NBIP03 · 6 credits · Basic level (G1F) · Inget huvudområde
Cognitive Psychology
Active · next start VT 2027
74%
passed the latest ordinary exam
TEN1 · 3 Jun 2025 · 19 students
77%
passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years
TEN1 · 75 students
Part of 1 programme
Exam
TEN1 Written examination
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Ordinary exams
77% passed · 75 students
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Re-exams
88% passed · 8 students
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- Pass the re-exam: 88% (8 students), compared with 77% (75 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get 4 or 5: 43% (83 students)
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Other modules
Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.
Hand-in or lab
LAB1 Laboratory assignment
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Main rounds
100% passed · 87 students
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Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
Hand-in or lab
UPG1 Seminar
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Main rounds
100% passed · 59 students
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Later rounds
100% passed · 22 students
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- Pass a later round: 100% (22 students), compared with 100% (59 students) on the ordinary exam
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About the course
Aim
The course introduces theories and concepts found in the field of cognitive psychology that are relevant from an ethological perspective. Students will get the chance to orient themselves within the field and learn how these concepts and theories can be applied. After finishing the course, the student is expected to be able to:
- Give examples of central phenomena within the field of cognitive psychology and explain these with the use of relevant theories.
- Describe common methods used to study cognition.
- Critically analyze and reason about different views of intelligence and related concepts.
- Reflect on how different concepts, theories, and empirical findings within the field of cognitive psychology have been formed, developed, and changed over time.
- Design an experiment based in cognitive psychology and summarize the findings.
- Apply concepts and theories found in the field of cognitive psychology on specified problems and situations.
Content
Lectures and self-directed learning on the field of cognitive psychology and its subtopics. The course introduces present and historical perspectives on the human ability to take in, process, and store information from the world around us, and how this knowledge can be relevant in the study of animals.
Laboratory assignment during which the students will get practical experience in using one of the methods used to study the cognitive functions described during the course. The results are summarized in a written report.
A seminar on intelligence in humans and animals where the student reflects on the different views of this concept.
- Examiner
- Mikael Skagenholt
- Scheduled hours
- 50 h
- Main field of study
- Inget huvudområde