Module PY2210-KP04, PY2210

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor Media Informatics 2020, compulsory, psychology
• Master Entrepreneurship in Digital Technologies 2020, optional subject, interdisciplinary competence
• Bachelor Media Informatics 2014, compulsory, psychology

Classes and lectures:

• Psychology of Perception and Cognition (seminar, 1 SWS)
• Psychology of Perception and Cognition (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 45 hours in-classroom work
• 75 hours private studies and exercises

Contents of teaching:

• Fundamentals of Perceptual and Cognitive Psychology
• Visual perception
• Auditory perception
• Skin senses, haptic and tactile perception
• Psychophysics
• Memory
• Learning
• Attention
• Acting, judging and deciding

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Students are familiar with fundamental theories in the psychology of perception and cognition, as well as the user-related prerequisites for perception and information processing, and are able to explain their significance for human-technology interaction.
• They can describe key processes involved in perception, information processing and the regulation of behaviour, and take these into account when analysing and designing technical systems.
• In addition, you will be able to evaluate interactive systems using fundamental psychological criteria and methods from the fields of perception and cognitive psychology.

Grading through:

• portfolio exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Franke

Teacher:

• Institute of Human-Centered Interactive Systems
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Franke
• MitarbeiterInnen des Instituts

Literature:

• Anderson, J. R. : Kognitive Psychologie (7. Auflage) Spektrum, 2013
• Goldstein, E. B. : Wahrnehmungspsychologie (9. Auflage) Spektrum, 2015

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

07.04.2026