Introduction to Psychology 1/IPSY103/Aims
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Aim
Consciousness, Thinking & Memory is the third of three free micro Open Online Courses (mOOCs) that jointly constitute the first half of a first-year university introductory psychology course. It is designed for undergraduate students who wish to work towards a major in psychology, students who wish to take a psychology course as an elective, and for informal learners everywhere.
This course will explore some of the more complex mental processes that psychology researchers investigate.
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this micro-course you will be able to:
- Describe dual processing and explain the role of attention in the experience of conscious awareness
- Use evidence to explain some of the challenges of studying consciousness and it various states
- Explain how schemas can result in cognitive strategies and biases that influence problem-solving and decision-making
- Distinguish between memory as a function and memory as a record and identify some of the neural correlates of memory
- Explain how declarative memory tends to work and the ways that it leads us astray
- Read and summarize current published research
- Write thoughtfully about psychological processes and research
- Critically analyze and discuss psychological processes and research