Overview

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Offerings

DUBAI-ISC-TJD-INT-2022-2022
DUBAI-ISC-TJD-INT-2024-2024
DUBAI-ISC-TMD-INT-2023-2023
DUBAI-ISC-TSD-INT-2022-2022
DUBAI-ISC-TSD-INT-2024-2024
KAPLAN-SGP-TJA-INT-2021-ONGOING
KAPLAN-SGP-TMA-INT-2021-ONGOING
KAPLAN-SGP-TSA-INT-2021-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-INT-2018-ONGOING

Other learning activities

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.
Define and explain various cognitive processes and how they impact human behaviour, and apply that understanding to explain why people behave and believe the things they do;
2.
Describe the impact of cognition, including how it impacts society and daily functioning, and understand how people make decisions and process incoming information to function effectively in day- to-day life;
3.
Participate in various studies and effectively discuss the research design, research question, and results for each study, in both verbal and written form;
4.
Identify, describe, and critique the literature and evidence associated with cognitive studies in an objective report;
5.
Effectively communicate your understanding of cognition and the cognitive processes underlying human behaviour, in both verbal and written form.

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:

Key topics are: 

  • Perception
  • Memory 
  • Learning
  • Attention
  • Knowledge
  • The Experimental Method
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 
  • Judgement, Decisions, and Reasoning
  • Language