2020-2021 / PSYC1034-3

Applied cognitive psychology

Duration

60h Th

Number of credits

 Master in psychology (120 ECTS)6 crédits 

Lecturer

Serge Brédart

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

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
- The confidence-accuracy realtionship in eyewitness testimony

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, hybrid learning)

Introductory seminar
Supervised personal work

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

The health context prevents the presence of students, the course sessions will be given via LifeSize
In this case, the oral exam will be done via LifeSize.

Recommended or required readings

A series of papers is provided as a function of the topic chosen by the student

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions ) AND oral exam

- Remote

oral exam AND written work

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

- Assessment of a written essay
- Oral examination

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Serge Brédart: serge.bredart@ulg.ac.be