Course Name: Introduction to the Psychology of Language

Course abstract

The objective of this course is to understand the psychological processes involved in language production, acquisition & comprehension. Students will be expected to learn how words & sentences are formed, spoken & understood. Also, how language as a cognitive function plays its role in overall cognition (i.e. thought & understanding of the world)


Course Instructor

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Prof. Ark Verma

I have done my Bachelors Degree in Psychology & English Literature from the University of Allahabad in 2007. After that I did my Masters Degree in Cognitive Science at the Centre of Behavioral & Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad in 2009. I joined the PhD program in the Department of Experimental Psychology at Ghent University, Belgium in January 2010 & was awarded my PhD in 2014. I joined IIT Kanpur as an Assistant Professor of Psychology in May 2015. My research lies in the field of Cognitive Psychology (Lateralisation, Symmetry Detection, Attention) & Psycholinguistics (Visual Word Recognition & Bilingualism).
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Teaching Assistant(s)

Anurag Khare

PhD Student, Cognitive Science

 Course Duration : Feb-Apr 2019
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 Syllabus
 Enrollment : 15-Nov-2018 to 25-Feb-2019
 Exam registration : 25-Feb-2019 to 19-Apr-2019
 Exam Date : 28-Apr-2019, 28-Apr-2019

Enrolled

1482

Registered

96

Certificate Eligible

70

Certified Category Count

Gold

0

Elite

5

Successfully completed

65

Participation

16

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Elite

Silver

Gold




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>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed
<40 - No Certificate

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 6 out of 8 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score.
Introduction to the Psychology of Language - Toppers list

RAJASHREE ARLIMATTI 66%

BHARATESH CENTRAL SCHOOL- HALAGA

MILON MITRA 65%

SELF EMPLOYED

SAHANA NAGARAJA RAO MUDLAPUR 64%

SIES COLLEGE OF ARTS SCIENCE AND COMMERCE

JENNY PATEL 61%

SHETH P.T. MAHILA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND HOME SCIENCE

SNEHA JEROMI 61%

RAJAGIRI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 1482

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 96

Assignment Statistics



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Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.