PSYC5868-1 : Psychology of cognition and language Part I

PSYC5868-1

Psychology of cognition and language Part I

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

Master in French and Romance languages and literatures : French as a second language (120 ECTS)		4
Bachelor in psychology and education : speech and language therapy		4
Bachelor in psychology and education : general		4
Master in education (120 ECTS)		4
Master in speech and language therapy (120 ECTS)		4
Master in psychology : general (120 ECTS)		4

Lecturer :

Serge Brédart, Martine Poncelet

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents :

Subjects (partim I)
Cognition
1. Definition of cognitive psychology.
2. Perception.
3. Attention
4. Concepts and categorization
Language
1. Characterizing and describing human language
2. Speech production and perception.
3. Language development and second language acquisition.
4. Learning to read.
5. Language and the brain.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit :

Introduce the student to main concepts as well as to diverse domains within psychology of cognition and language

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Theoretical basis of psychological sciences (PSYC5866-1)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

"ex-cathedra" teaching

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

face-to-face