Perception & Cognition I - PSY00003C

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Module will run

Occurrence	Teaching period
A	Autumn Term 2022-23 to Spring Term 2022-23

Module aims

This module discusses the processes through which our primary senses (vision and hearing) gain and interpret information about our world and how this information is organised, stored in, and retrieved from, memory.

Module learning outcomes

• Describe the physiology of the eye and the early parts of the visual system and understand how these determine our perception of the world.
• Have an understanding of the properties of sound and how it leads to the perception of loudness, pitch, timbre and perceived location
• Give an account of the variety of methods that have been used in the study of cognition
• Describe the theoretical approaches to, and empirical methods for, the investigation of human memory

Module content

In Year 1 we investigate the processes through which our primary senses (vision and hearing) gain and interpret information about our world and how this information is organised, stored in, and retrieved from, memory.

• TB1: Cognition
• TB2: Hearing
• TB3: Memory
• TB4: Seeing

Indicative assessment

Task	% of module mark
Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled)	37.5
Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled)	37.5
Essay/coursework	25

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task	% of module mark
Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled)	37.5
Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled)	37.5
Essay/coursework	25

Module feedback

The marks on all assessed work will be provided on e-vision.

Indicative reading

Baddeley, A., Eysenck, M.W., Anderson, M.C. (2015) Memory, Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group

Basic Vision: an introduction to visual perception. Snowden, R. Thompson, P. & Troscianko T. (2012) Oxford University Press

Cognitive Psychology. Quinlan, P. & Dyson, B. (2008) Pearson