Cognitive and social neuropsychology

Course: Neuropsychology

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
Cognitive and social neuropsychology
Code
ОНД. 08
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
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7
Learning outcomes
LO1. To search, process and analyze professionally important knowledge from various sources using modern information and communication technologies. LO 2. Ability to organize and conduct psychological research using valid and reliable methods.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Know the basics of evolutionary psychology, neuropsychology of conscious and unconscious mental processes, CNS anatomy and physiology of HND. 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 neuropsychological theories that describe unsocial cognitive processes and cognition in a social context; learn to develop the design of neuropsychological studies of cognitive processes and social cognition. The assimilation of the discipline forms a readiness for independent research activities in the field of cognitive and social neuropsychology. Interdisciplinary neuropsychological studies of cognitive processes and social cognition are an actual area of development for modern academic psychology. Cognitive and social neuropsychology 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
3. Foley H. J., Bates M. Sensation and perception. Routledge, 2019. 4. Poeppel D., Mangun G. R., Gazzaniga M. S. (ed.). The cognitive neurosciences. MIT Press, 2020. 5. Schore A. N. The interpersonal neurobiology of intersubjectivity //Frontiers in Psychology. 2021. T. 12. S. 1366. 6. Ward J. The students guide to social neuroscience. Psychology Press, 2016. 7. Ward J. The Students Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience. Routledge, 2019. 8. Wixted J. T., Ghetti S. Stevens Handbook of Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Social Psychology. John Wiley & Sons, 2018. Vol. 4. 9. Wixted J. T., Thompson-Schill S. L. Stevens Handbook of Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Language and Thought. John Wiley & Sons, 2018. Vol. 3.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, practice, Individual work
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral reports, discussion, presentation, final control work. Semester assessment: answers and additions are evaluated at seminar classes. Evaluation of the written task on topics 1-4: RN1.1; RN1.2; RN2.1 – 10/6 points. Evaluation of the written task on topics 5-11: RN1.1; PH2.1; RN2.2 –10/6 points. Evaluation of participation in the discussion at seminars: RN1.1; RN1.2; RN1.3; PH2.1 – 20/12. Assessment of the quality of tasks at seminars: RN1.1; PH.2.1; PH2.2; PH2.3 – 20/12. The minimum score required for admission to the exam is 36 points, the maximum for the semester is 60 points. The form of control is an exam. The minimum score on the exam is 24, the maximum is 40 points.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Anton Oleksandrovych Kurapov
Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology
Faculty of Psychology
Sergiy Vitaliiovych Lytvyn
Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology
Faculty of Psychology