PSYC 206

Cognitive Psychology
… the stuff behind thoughts & behaviours
Dr. Bruce Stevenson

Ph: 6773 2565 bstevens@une.edu.au

Room 28, Psychology Building

 Lectures (all podcasts)
Times
• Monday weekly podcasts available by 9am
• Wednesday optional online/Zoom at 10am (recorded)

Topics Description
Topic 1 Foundations of Cognitive Psychology (Weeks 1-3)
Topic 2 The World Around Us (Weeks 4-5)
Topic 3 Memory (Weeks 6, 7 & 10)
Topic 4 Thought, Reasoning & Consciousness (Weeks 11-13)

Eysenck & Keane (2020). Cognitive Psychology: A Student’s

Handbook (8th ed.)
 Tutorials (Moodle Lessons)
Times
• Monday released by 12pm
• Thursday optional online/Zoom at 2pm (recorded)
• Friday quiz released by 9am

Week Activity Topic

Week 3 Tutorial 1 Phantoms in the Brain
Week 5 Tutorial 2 Critical Thinking & Report Writing
Week 10 Tutorial 3 Recovered Memory
Week 12 Tutorial 4 Consciousness & Mind-Body Problem
 Research Report

Week Activity
Week 3 provide research data by midnight on Monday (July 13)

two documents for writing research report on Friday (July 17)

Week 7 optional online/Zoom at 12pm Monday (recorded; Aug 3)
 Assessment Tasks
• Tutorial Quizzes Submission deadlines by October 4 (10%)
(10 questions based on each of 4 tutorials; optional)

• Experiment Data Act as a participant in an online study, providing data

for Research Report by July 13 (unit
requirement)
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• Mid-Trimester Test Open from Aug 6 to 16 (20%)
(30 questions based on Topics 1 & 2; unit requirement)

• Research Report Submit as a PDF file by Sept 7 (30%)

(2000 word report; unit requirement)

• End-Trimester Exam 50 Multiple Choice & 3 Short Answer (40%)

(All four Topics, based on lecture content; unit requirement)
 Other information
(also refer to PSYC206 Study Timetable in Moodle)

• Commentary on Topic 1 & textbook chapters (note

reference to the examinable sections in the textbook)

• Internet resources (PSYC206 Moodle website, textbook site

& related links)

• Reading List (very few, only read what is required)

• Podcasts (all lectures plus online/Zoom sessions will be available as podcasts)

 Week 1 Lectures
Introduction to Cognitive Psychology, Topic 1
Foundations

1. What is Cognitive Psychology?

2. What is information?
3. Focus is on mental activity.
4. Historical & philosophical developments.
5. Conscious & unconscious aspects of the mind.
6. Autism: A case study.