Course abstract

This course serves as a general introduction to the field of cognitive psychology. The course is aimed at touching the fundamental assumptions & issues that motivate the state – of the – art research in contemporary cognitive psychology. Cognitive psychology is referred to as the scientific study of basic mental processes, such as attention, perception, memory. Beginning with the historical roots of cognitive psychology, & the so – called cognitive revolution, I will talk about mental processes like sensation, perception, attention, memory & language. I will also talk about the methods used in contemporary Cognitive Psychology to investigate the workings of the human mind. Some of the lectures will be about making students abreast of recent research in each of these topics.