Module PY1200-KP04, PY1200-MIW

General Psychology 1 (APKP04)


Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

  • Bachelor MES 2014, optional subject, no specific field
  • Master MES 2014, optional subject, no specific field
  • Master MES 2020, optional subject, interdisciplinary
  • Bachelor MES 2020, optional subject, interdisciplinary
  • Bachelor Biophysics 2016, optional subject, no specific field

Classes and lectures:

  • General Psychology 1 (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

  • 90 hours private studies and exercises
  • 30 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

  • Acquisition of basic knowledge in the topics perception, action, cognition and language
  • Teaching of basic ideas, concepts and theories of perception and cognitive psychology
  • Learning basic principles of experimental psychology work for planning and conducting experiments
  • Understanding and judgment of basic ideas, theories and methods of perception, cognition and language

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

  • Students can explain and apply psychological concepts in the areas of perception, action, cognition and language.
  • They can translate psychological research questions into empirical research.
  • They can use their knowledge in basic psychological research to scientifically reason, think and discuss.
  • They have acquired social competence through discussion skills and knowledge transfer.
  • They have acquired self-competence in the areas of concentrated absorption of knowledge, critical reflection and dealing with scientific literature.
  • They can structure newly acquired knowledge themself.

Grading through:

  • written exam

Responsible for this module:

Literature:

  • Goldstein : Wahrnehmungspsychologie Spektrum, 2007
  • Müsseler (Hrsg.) : Allgemeine Psychologie Spektrum, 2007
  • Anderson : Kognitive Psychologie (7. Auflage) Springer, 2013

Language:

  • offered only in German

Notes:

Prerequisites for attending the module:
- None

Prerequisites for the exam:
- Preliminary examinations can be determined at the beginning of the semester. If preliminary work has been defined, it must have been completed and positively assessed before the initial examination.

Last Updated:

12.01.2024