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Module Title
Module Code
School
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NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

The aim of this module is to provide an overview of key principles, methods of investigation and studies of research in the psychology of perception. Particular emphasis will be placed on an explanatory framework within an historical and theoretical context.

Learning Outcomes

1. Critically consider classical and contemporary approaches to studying normal and dysfunctional perception
2. Describe the main theories and research findings in the psychology of perception
3. Evaluate key theories and research findings covered in the module

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	24	Based on indicative content and learning outcomes
Tutorial	4	Moderator and student-led tutorials
Independent Study	95	Self directed learning including exam preparation
Assignment Completion	2	In-Unit Examination
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Introduction to and history of the psychology of perception

Experimental Methods of investigation

Visual Perception and Attention

Object Recognition

Chemoreception – Smell and Taste

Hearing and Speech Perception

Cutaneous Perception

Spatial Perception

Multi-sensory Integration and cross-modal cognition

Disorders of Perception

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	%	Examination Weight	%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
Unavailable

Indicative Reading List

Nick Braisby, Angus Gellatly,: 2012, Cognitive Psychology, Oxford University Press, Londonn, UK, 9780199236992
Vicki Bruce, Patrick Green, and Mark A. Georgeson: 2003, Visual Perception, Psychology Press, Hove, 9781841692388
Michael Eysenck, Mark T. Keane: 0, Cognitive Psychology Ed7, 7th, Psychology Press, 9781841695402
E. Bruce Goldstein: 2014, Sensation and Perception, 9th, Wadsworth Publishing, Belmont, CA, 9780495790792
Robert Sekuler, Randolph Blake: 2006, Perception, Mc-Graw Hill, London, 9780071112727
Edward E. Smith and Stephen M. Kosslyn; with the contributions of Lawrence W. Barsalou... [et al.]: 2009, Cognitive psychology, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J., 9780131825086
John Anderson,: 2009, Cognitive Psychology and its Implications, 7th, Worth Publishers, New York, 9781429219488
Carol Brown,: 2007, Cognitive Psychology, SAGE Publications Ltd., London, 9781412918398
James Enns: 2004, The thinking eye, the seeing brain, W.W. Norton, New York, 9780393977219
Ken Gilhooly, Fiona Lyddy, Frank Pollick: 2014, Cognitive Psychology, 2-3, McGraw-Hill, Berkshire, UK, 978-0077122669
edited by E. Bruce Goldstein; consulting editors, Glyn Humphreys, Margaret Shiffrar, William Yost: 2005, Blackwell handbook of sensation and perception, Blackwell Publishing, Malden, 9780631206842
James W. Kalat,: 2013, Biological Psychology, Wadsworth Publishing, Belmont, CA, 9781111831004
Philip Quinlan & Ben Dyson: 2008, Cognitive psychology, Pearson, London, 9780131298101
Daniel Reisberg: 2010, Cognition, W. W. Norton, New York, 9780393198515
Robert J. Sternberg,: 2011, Cognitive Psychology, Wadsworth Publishing, Belmont, CA, 9781111344764
Elizabeth Styles,: 2006, The Psychology of Attention, Psychology Press, Hove, 9781841693972

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