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Berkeley Global
Study the properties of human cognition and the principles that govern how it works. Explore how the mind perceives information from the environment and where it goes from there. Course content includes a balance of classic and recent findings in core topics in cognitive psychology (perception, memory, language comprehension and problem-solving, among others) accompanied by a variety of concrete examples from experiments and real life.
Course Outline
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Course Objectives
- Become familiar with the fundamental findings of cognitive psychology.
- Define the concept of cognitive psychology.
- Identify the capacity and structural issues related to the topic of attention.
- Cover the different stages of memory, theories explaining how short-term memory works, and issues explored over the years when trying to comprehend the components of this critical cognitive component.
- Explore the different theories about how long-term memory works and about the organization, permanence and malleability of this stage of memory.
- Examine general findings on memory strengths, weaknesses and processes.
- Identify the processes used to store visual information within our minds.
- Explore how our minds could potentially categorize and sort the information present in our world.
- Explain the concept of the spreading activation theory.
- Describe the decision-making process and how individual differences, social context and framing issues affect it.
What You Learn
- Concept of cognitive psychology
- Attention and the underlying processes that allow the flow of attention to occur
- Different components of short-term memory that have been explored over the years
- Value and importance of short-term memory with respect to the memory process
- Shortcomings and limitations of the stage of short-term memory
- Cognitive component of long-term memory
- Memory codes
- Processing theory
- Sensory memory
- Baddeley’s Theory of Working Memory
- The power of mnemonics
- Challenge of visual memory
- Mental rotations and timing
- Compare and contrast of multiple models of categorization
- Semantic organization
- Different components of language, including how language skills are acquired and how they are used to address new linguistic information
- Commonly used algorithms and heuristics when attempting to solve problems
- Types of decisions we make and how different factors affect the decision-making process
How You Learn
- Online lectures
- Reading assignments
- Written assignments
- Online discussions
- Quizzes
- Final exam
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Spring 2025 enrollment opens on October 21!