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, as well as a range of theories relevant to cognitive psychology. The notion of different levels/frameworks, and their impact on behaviour will also be discussed. Students will be given the opportunity to prepare and deliver an oral presentation, before writing a scholarly paper on an education-related topic.
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Byrnes JP. (2007). Cognitive Development and Learning in Instructional Contexts (3rd Ed.): Boston, MA: Pearson.
Abbas A. E. & Howard R. A. (2016). Foundations of Decision Analysis. Pearson.
Anderson JR & Freeman WH. (2015) Cognitive Psychology and Its Implications (8th Ed.). Macmillan.
Baddeley A. (2004). Your Memory. London: Carlton Books.
Baddeley A, Eysenck MW & Anderson MC. (2009). Memory. Hove, UK: Psychology Press.
Braisby N & Gellatly A. (2012). Cognitive Psychology (2nd Ed.): Oxford University Press.
Carlson NR & Birkett MA. (2017). Physiology of Behaviour (12th Ed.). Harlow: Pearson.
Eysenck MW. (2012). Fundamentals of Cognition (2nd Ed.): Psychology Press.
Eysenck MW & Groome D. (2015). Cognitive Psychology Revisiting the Classic Studies. London: Sage.
Fromkin V, Rodman R & Hyams N. (2007). An Introduction to Language (8th Ed.). Boston: Thomson.
Galotti KM. (2014). Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory (5th Ed). London: Sage.
Gazzaniga M, Heatherton T & Halpern D. (2016). Psychological Science (5th Ed.). W. W. Norton: London.
Gleitman H, Gross J & Reisberg D. (2011). Psychology (8th Ed.). 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 MW, Smith RE. (2015). Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour(3rd Ed.). McGraw-Hill.
Levitin DJ. (2011). Foundations of Cognitive Psychology: Core Readings (2nd Ed). Boston, MA: Pearson.
Lilienfeld SO, Lynn SJ, Namy LL & Wolff NJ. (2015). Psychology: From Inquiry to Understanding (3rd Ed.). Pearson: London.
Lund N. (2010). Intelligence and Learning. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Quinlan P & Dyson B. (2008). Cognitive Psychology. Prentice Hall.
Robinson-Riegler B & Robinson-Riegler GL. (2012). Cognitive Psychology: Applying the Science of the Mind (3rd Ed.): Pearson.
Smith EE & Kosslyn SM. (2007). Cognitive psychology mind and brain. Published Harlow: Prentice Hall.
Sternberg, RJ & Sternberg K. (2017). Cognitive Psychology. Australia: Cengage Learning.
Styles, E.A. (2006). The Psychology of Attention (2nd Ed.). Hove: Psychology Press.
Styles EA. (2005). Attention, Perception and Memory: An Integrated Introduction. Hove: Routledge.
Yantis S. (2013). Sensation and Perception. Worth.
Vygotsky L. (2012). Thought and language. Boston: MIT Press.
Woollard J. (2010). Psychology for the Classroom; Behaviourism London: Routledge.
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