Study Programmes 2016-2017
PSYC1034-3  
Applied cognitive psychology
Duration :
60h Th
Number of credits :
Master in psychology : general (120 ECTS)6
Lecturer :
Serge Brédart
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents :
- Misinformation and its correction
- Cell-phone-related distraction
- Strategies for improving proper name learning
- Episodic memory in color-blind people
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
- introduce the student to one topic in applied cognitive psychology
- develop the student's ability to write a review paper
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Psychology of cognition and language (PSYC5868-1 and PSYC5870-1)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Supervised personal work
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Introductory seminar
Supervised personal work
Recommended or required readings :
A series of papers is provided as a function of the topic chosen by the student
Assessment methods and criteria :
- Assessment of a written essay
- Oral examination
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Serge Brédart: serge.bredart@ulg.ac.be