PSY4081 Perception and cognition
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
PSY4081 Perception and cognition is a level 4, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. It isn't offered in 2020. It needs PSY4051 and PSY4131.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Other periods
- Monash Online
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before PSY4081
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After PSY4081
No unit lists PSY4081 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
As a specific example of cognitive psychology, the first half of this unit covers sensory processes involved in vision, audition and speech perception. Coding mechanisms common to different modalities are emphasised to help students understand general mechanisms of sensory coding and perceptual processing. The second half of the unit encompasses the acquisition, organisation, and retrieval of knowledge and aims to cover cognitive psychology more generally. It includes emphasis on contemporary research techniques, cognitive architecture, attentional processes, models of learning and memory, mental imagery, language and higher-order thinking.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching period 2 | Monash Online | Mo |
| Teaching period 5 | Monash Online | Mo |
Assessment
- Critical essay (1,000 words)35%
- Lab report (1,500 words)35%
- 6 x Secure online quizzes30%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Demonstrate the practical and theoretical skills underlying several major methods for conducting cognitive and perceptual psychological research
- 2
Critique the central problem faced by any perceptual system and be able to use this as a framework to evaluate the evolution of perceptual principles and current theories of perception
- 3
Critically summarise the broad principles of perception which apply to all modalities including neuropsychological mechanisms at the level of receptors, pathways, and brain structures; top down and bottom up processing, feature detection and the constructive nature of perception
- 4
Examine and compare the sensory and perceptual processes specific to vision, audition and speech perception
- 5
Evaluate and critique the major theoretical and research approaches within cognitive psychology
- 6
Critically review historical and current theory on cognitive processes, such as learning, memory, attention, language, problem solving and decision making.
Workload and teaching
Students should expect to spend a minimum of 20 hours per week on this unit to achieve the learning outcomes.
This time will cover:
a. video lecture materials;
b. synchronous & asynchronous discussion;
c. synchronous web-based 'class-time' for skills-based activities;
d. weekly readings;
e. weekly skills-based assessment tasks; and
f. content-based assessment, including revision and formative assessment).
Learning resources
Required resources
See Moodle for details about required resources.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Miss Leah Braganza
- Unit Coordinators
- Ms Eloise Perini