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PSY-30099 - Module Specification
School of Psychology
Faculty of Natural Sciences

For academic year: 2023/24 Last Updated: 13 February 2024

PSY-30099 - Key Readings in Cognitive Psychology
Coordinator: Nicky Edelstyn Room: DH1.94 Tel: +44 1782 7 34318
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 6
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733736

Programme/Approved Electives for 2023/24

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2023/24

This module is an advanced course in Cognitive Psychology. It introduces key articles in the field and develops the students' ability to evaluate and appreciate these important theoretical and empirical research accounts. The key readings presented throughout the course are reviewed and presented alongside related research, subsequent developments and applications in the literature.

Aims
Building upon module PSY-20045 Biological and Cognitive Psychology, this module aims to provide students with a detailed critical understanding of a range of key, influential readings in cognitive psychology and to equip them with the ability to critical evaluate journal articles themselves.

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/psy-30099/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

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answer questions relating to key readings in cognitive psychology: 1

Study hours

Taught class time - 2 hours per week over 10 weeks
Asynchronous study - set readings with questions - 10 hours
Prep for class - 10 hours
6 hours to complete continuous assessment tests and 14 hours to prepare
Essay research (reading of research papers and revision of lecture material) - 60 hours
Essay writing - 30 hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Multiple Choice Questions - Knowledge weighted 20%
Continuous Assessment
Students will sit a continuous assessment of 10 item MCQs on three occasions (10 items each) checking understanding of lecture content. These will be delivered via the KLE. The best two out of the three tests will count towards the module mark.

2: Essay weighted 80%
Essay
Students write a 2500 word essay regarding one of the three topics introduced in the module; one from 3 questions to be answered.

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 13 February 2024