PE80444: Cognitive Psychology

PE80444 is a module taught to year 2 students in the combination of educational psychology. The module tackles different domains related to internal mental processes including attention, sensation, perception, memory, intelligence (human and artificial), etc. It also covers topics related to the brain as the main regulator of thinking, reasoning, judgement, problem solving... For a better understanding of cognitive aspects, topics such as planning and goal setting, cognitive control and inhibition, self-regulation and metacognition, consciousness... will be explored.