PSY258 General psychology - metacognition

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Filip, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Stanislav Ježek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michaela Porubanová (lecturer)
Mgr. Milan Růžička (lecturer)
Mgr. Miroslav Šipula (lecturer)
Mgr. Michal Vavrečka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Dana Brhelová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Miroslav Šipula
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
each even Wednesday 14:00–15:40 U23
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
PSY258/SA: each even Wednesday 16:00–17:40 U33
PSY258/SB: each odd Wednesday 16:00–17:40 U33
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course follows the courses PSY105 General Psychology I - Psychology of cognitive processes and PSY106 General Psychology II. - Psychology of Emotion and Motivation

The main aim of the course is to deepen and integrate the knowledge acquired in the previous two courses (with the emphasis on cognitive psychology) and to develop the skill to reflect student's own cognitive processes, errors and mistakes, which occure in the cognitive and metacognitive processes (in the context of personality).

The course is conceived as a set of lecturs, interactive seminars and graded activities.

At the end of this course, student should be able:

1. To characterize the processes listed in the syllabus
2. To understand and describe the cooperation of the cognitive, metacognitive, emotional and motivational processes in the context of personality
3. To analyse selected cognitive processes applied in daily-life situations
4. To analyse the errors and mistakes which occurrs in the course of cognitive processes (in the daily-life situations) and to identify it's causes.
Syllabus
  • 1. Mental representation
  • Mgr. Miroslav Šipula
  • 2. Intelligence
  • Mgr. Milan Růžička
  • 3. Human and computer thought
  • Mgr. Michal Vavrečka, Ph.D.
  • 4. Cognitive theories of the survey response process
  • Mgr. Stanislav Ježek, Ph.D.
  • 5. Current theories of reasoning and decision making
  • Mgr. Michaela Porubanová
  • 6. Psychosemantics
  • Mgr. Miroslav Filip, Ph.D.
  • This is the main part of the course syllabus. The whole syllabus containing a list of particular terms, instructions and recommended literature will be available (in Czech) - in the folder "Study materials" in the Information System of MU.
Literature
  • EYSENCK, Michael W. and Mark T. KEANE. Kognitivní psychologie. Translated by Miroslav Filip. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2008, 748 s. ISBN 9788020015594. info
  • SEDLÁKOVÁ, Miluše. Vybrané kapitoly z kognitivní psychologie : mentální reprezentace a mentální modely. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2004, 252 s. ISBN 8024703750. info
  • SCHACTER, Daniel L. Sedm hříchů paměti : jak si pamatujeme a zapomínáme. Translated by František Koukolík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2003, 270 s. ISBN 8071855553. info
  • MAŘÍK, Vladimír, Olga ŠTĚPÁNKOVÁ and Jiří LAŽANSKÝ. Umělá inteligence. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 2003, 475 s. ISBN 8020010440. info
  • STERNBERG, Robert J. Kognitivní psychologie. Translated by František Koukolík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2002, 636 s. ISBN 80-7178-376-5. info
  • THAGARD, Paul. Úvod do kognitivní vědy :mysl a myšlení. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2001, 231 s. ISBN 80-7178-445-1. info
  • TOURANGEAU, Roger and Kenneth A. RASINSKI. The psychology of survey response. Edited by Lance J. Rips. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000, xiii, 401. ISBN 0521576296. URL info
  • RUISEL, Imrich. Základy psychologie inteligence. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2000, 183 s. ISBN 80-7178-425-7. info
  • MAŘÍK, Vladimír, Olga ŠTĚPÁNKOVÁ and Jiří LAŽANSKÝ. Umělá inteligence. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1993, 264 s. ISBN 8020005021. info
Teaching methods
1. Lectures
2. Class exercises (participation required)
3. Elaboration of two analysis of the mistakes and the erros which occurrs in the cognitive processes (in the daily-life real situations).
4. Two homeworks
5. E-learning ("ELF system" at http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/), on-line counselling and elective testing
Assessment methods
Student's work evaluation includes the evaluation of:

1. Class exercises participation (9 p.)
2. Two analysis (2 x 10 p.)
3. Elective mid-term examination (3 p.)
4. Written test (36 p.)

This is the main part of the course syllabus. The whole syllabus containing all the evaluation system details will be available (in Czech) - in the folder "Study materials" in the Information System of MU.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1423/jaro2012/PSY258 /
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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