Perception and Attention
Perceção e Atenção
Curse code:9219104
Telma Catarina Ferreira De Almeida
Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:
Provide the conceptual bases that allow the comprehension of some of the psychological processes involved in mental functioning and human behaviour.
At the end of the CU, the student should be able to understand:
- The breadth of Psychology in its multiple perspectives.
- The connection between the psychological and biological processes.
- The sensory modalities.
- The perceptive functions and perceptual organization.
- The different structures and mechanisms of consciousness.
- The different types of attention and the selective nature of this process.
- The interaction between the psychological processes discussed in the CU.
- The possible problems explained by changes in the psychological processes.
Syllabus:
- PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES
- ARTICULATION BETWEEN THE BIOLOGICAL BASES AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES OF THE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
- CONSCIOUSNESS
Structure, monitoring and control. - SENSORY PROCESSES AND PERCEPTION
Sensory modalities.
Detection and decision.
Sensory codification.
Perceptual functions and organization.
Perceptual illusions. - ATTENTION
Models and types of attention. - INTEGRATION OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES
Suggested Bibliography:
- Coxon M (2012) Cognitive Psychology, London: Sage Publications
- Eysenck M & Keane M (2000) Cognitive psychology: A student’s handbook, 4th ed., East Sussex. UK: Psychology Press
- Gleitman H, Fridlund A & Reisberg D (2011) Psicologia, 9th ed., Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
- Myers DG (1999) Exploring psychology, 4th ed., New York: Worth Publishers Sternberg
- Sternberg RJ & Sternberg K (2012) Cognition, London: Wandsworth
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