Neuropsychology of conscious and unconscious mental processes

Course: Neuropsychology

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
Neuropsychology of conscious and unconscious mental processes
Code
ОНД.19
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
LO 4. Make a psychological prognosis for the development of individuals, groups, organizations. LO 5 Develop programs of neuropsychological interventions (neurocorrection, neuroabilitation, neurorehabilitation), conduct them in individual and group work, assess quality. LO 9. Solve ethical dilemmas based on the rule of law, ethical principles and universal values.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Know the basics of general psychology, psychology of consciousness, CNS anatomy and physiology of HNA. 2. Have the skills of scientific research, search, processing and analysis of information from various sources, the use of information and communication technologies.
Course content
The purpose of the discipline is to master topical psychological and neuropsychological theories of consciousness and the unconscious, to learn how to develop the design of neuropsychological studies of conscious and unconscious mental processes. The assimilation of the discipline forms the readiness for independent research activities in the field of neuropsychological research of conscious and unconscious mental processes, neuronal correlates of consciousness, a difficult problem of consciousness. Interdisciplinary neuropsychological studies of consciousness are an actual area of development for modern academic psychology. Neuropsychology of unconscious mental processes is an important aspect of the applied application of the knowledge and skills of a psychologist in such areas as psychological counseling, psychodiagnostics, research of consumer behavior.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Antolohiia suchasnoi analitychnoi filosofii, abo zhuk zalyshaie korobku / za nauk. red. A. S. Synytsi. Lviv: Litopys, 2014. 374 s. [in Ukrainian]. 2. Vakhtel A. Svidomyi dosvid ta antyreduktsionizm u filosofii Devida Chalmersa //Filosofska dumka. – 2017. – №. 3. – S. 41-56. [in Ukrainian]. 4. Sepetyi D. P. Svidomist yak subiektyvnist: taiemnytsia Ya. Knyha 1. Zombi, kompiutery ta Absoliutnyi Dukh. – 2017. [in Ukrainian]. 5. Sepetyi D. P. Svidomist yak subiektyvnist: taiemnytsia Ya. Knyha 2. Pryvyd u mashyni proty demona Laplasa. – 2017. [in Ukrainian]. 7. Gilead M., Ochsner K. N. The Neural Basis of Mentalizing. – Springer Nature, 2021. 8. Schore A. N. The Development of the Unconscious Mind (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology). – WW Norton & Company, 2019.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, practical training, Individual work
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral reports, discussion, presentation, analytical essay. Semester assessment: evaluated answers and additions at seminar classes, analytical essay. The score is formed as the sum of all points scored during the semester. Oral response – from 12 to 20 points. Supplements – from 6 to 10 points. Analytical essay – from 24 to 40 points. Organization of evaluation: 0-59 – not counted, 60-100 standings.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Sergiy Vitaliiovych Lytvyn
Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology
Faculty of Psychology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology
Faculty of Psychology