Academic Year/course:
2023/24
613 - Degree in Psychology
31202 - Attention and Perception Psychology
Syllabus Information
Academic year:
2023/24
Subject:
31202 - Attention and Perception Psychology
Faculty / School:
301 - Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas
Degree:
613 - Degree in Psychology
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
1
Semester:
First semester
Subject type:
Basic Education
Module:
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1. General information
The general objective of the subject will be to provide students with the knowledge of the psychological processes that explain how external physical energy is perceived, transformed and encoded into internal information in our nervous system and how these perceptual and attentional processes influence and interact in the behaviour of human beings.
These approaches and goals are aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda of United Nations (https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/). Specifically, the learning activities foreseen in this subject will contribute to the achievement of the following objectives: 3. Health and Wellness; 4. Quality education; and 8. Decent work and economic growth.
2. Learning results
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To integrate the knowledge of the Psychology of Attention and Perception with basic knowledge acquired in the Baccalaureate.
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To use in a precise way the language of Psychology in general and of the Psychology of Attention and
Perception in particular.
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To understand and explain the dysfunctional and pathological aspects of behaviour and those related to the knowledge of the Psychology of Attention and Perception.
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To work as a team and collaborate in the solution of practical cases and experimental work.
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To present in a clear and concise way the different theories of the Psychology of Attention and Perception.
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To properly express the limits of the subject of study pertaining to human Attention and Perception.
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To contrast the information coming from experimental data with that presented by the different psychological theories of Attention and Perception.
3. Syllabus
Unit 0: Introduction to the Psychology of Attention and Perception.
Block I. Perception
Unit 1. Introduction to the study of perception and conceptual framework.
Unit 2. Perceptual modalities: physical senses.
Unit 3: Perceptual modalities: chemical senses.
Unit 4. Visual processing: colour and space.
Unit 5. Visual processing: form and movement.
Unit 6. Introduction to the psychopathology of perception.
Block II. Attention
Unit 7. Introduction to the study of attention and conceptual framework.
Unit 8. Types of care.
Unit 9. Attention and information processing.
Unit 10. Introduction to the psychopathology of attention.
4. Academic activities
Lectures: the teacher will present the contents of each topic of the subject through the use of audiovisual materials.
Practical problem-solving activities: the student will work actively, and in groups, on practical materials proposed by the teacher, reinforcing the concepts explained in the lectures.
Self-teaching work: the student, autonomously, will dedicate time to study and personal work.
Assessment tests.
5. Assessment system
Continuous assessment:
Problem-solving group work on practical knowledge.
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The practices may be evaluated by means of group reports.
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In addition, there will be an individual multiple-choice exam.
Final test (official exam):
Multiple-choice exams on theoretical contents.
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Multiple-choice exam and/or short questions on the practices seen in the subject.
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If the student has passed by continuous evaluation (5 out of 10), this part is optional.
*All multiple-choice exams will have 3 alternatives and will be corrected as follows: Note=right answers-Errors/2.
*In order to pass the subject it will be necessary to pass the theoretical and practical parts separately (5 out of 10).
*All the students will have the right to a global evaluation of all the contents of the subject in which they will be able to opt for the highest grade.