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PSY-811 Psychology of Learning & Cognition
Campus RCMS
Programs PG
Session Fall Semester 2016
Course Title Psychology of Learning & Cognition
Course Code PSY-811
Credit Hours 3-0
Pre-Requisutes
Course Objectives
  • To develop an understanding of various cognitive processes like memory, problem solving and reasoning.
  • To use this understanding of cognitive processes as a set of rules and try to see how such rules help understand human behavior and enable designing efficient tools for human use.
Detail Content
  • The science of cognition.
  • Attention and Learning.
  • Perception.
  • Memory
  • Language: Nature and Acquisition.
  • Reasoning and Decision Making
  • Problem Solving, Creativity and Development of Expertise
  • From Multiple Intelligence to Artificial Intelligence
Text/Ref Books
  • Durso, F. T. Nickerson, R. S., Dumais, S. T., Lewandowsky, S., Perfect. T. J. (2007). Handbook of Applied Cognition (2nd Edition). Wiley
  • Goldstein, E. B. (2005). Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research and Everyday Experience. Wadsworth. Belmont.
  • John R. Anderson (2009). Cognitive Psychology and Its Implications (7th Edition). Worth Publishers
  • Sternberg, R. J. (2008). Cognitive Psychology (5th Edition). Thomson Wadsworth Publishers.Sobel, C. P. (2001). The Cognitive Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Mayfield Publishing Company. London
Time Schedule Fall 2015
Faculty/Resource Person Dr. Salma Siddiqui
PhD (Quaid-i-Azam University)
Discipline: Clinical Psychology
Specialization: