Department: Master of Education
Module Description: Cognitive Psychology is the study of the ‘mind’ and mental functions, including learning, memory, attention, perception, reasoning, language, conceptual development, and decision making. This module provides specialised knowledge of a range of theoretical approaches to cognitive psychology with evidentiary support from experimental and empirical research. Subjects that relate directly to education are considered in more depth, with coverage of both classic and current research into cognitive processes. Over 9 weeks, students will explore the relationship between mind and brain, the modularity of brain and mind. The notion of different levels/frameworks of description and explanation will also be discussed. Students will be given the opportunity to prepare and deliver an oral presentation, before conducting a literature review on an education-related topic. This will then be used to inform answers on an Essay-based final Exam.
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Byrnes, J. P. (2009). Cognitive development and learning in instructional contexts. 3rd edn. Boston, MA: Pearson International.
Abbas, A. E. and Howard, R. A. (2016). Foundations of decision analysis. Boston: Pearson.
Anderson, J. R. (2010). Cognitive psychology and its implications. 7th edn. New York: Worth.
Baddeley A. (2004). Your memory. London: Carlton Books.
Baddeley, A., Eysenck, M.W. and Anderson, M.C. (2009). Memory. Hove, UK: Psychology Press.
Braisby, N. and Gellatly A. (2012). Cognitive psychology. 2nd edn. Oxford University Press.
Carlson, N. R. (2012). Physiology of behaviour. 11th edn. Harlow: Pearson/Education.
Eysenck, M. W. and Brysbaert, M. (2018). Fundamentals of cognition. 3rd edn. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
Fromkin,V., Rodman, R. and Hyams, N. (2018). An introduction to language. 11th edn. Boston: Thomson.
Galotti, K.M. (2014). Cognitive psychology in and out of the laboratory. 5th edn. London: Sage.
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Gleitman, H., Gross, J. and Reisberg, D. (2011). Psychology. 8th edn. W. W. Norton: London.
Gross, R. (2010). Psychology: the science of mind and behaviour. London: Hodder Education.
Holt, N., Bremner. A., Sutherland, E., Vliek, M., Passer, M.W. and Smith, R.E. (2015). Psychology: the science of mind and behaviour. 3rd edn. McGraw-Hill.
Lilienfeld, S.O., Lynn, S.J., Namy, L.L. and Wolff, N.J. (2015). Psychology: from inquiry to understanding. 3rd edn. Pearson: London.
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Vygotsky, L. (2012). Thought and language. Boston: MIT Press.
Woollard, J. (2010). Psychology for the classroom: behaviourism. London: Routledge.
