Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

One of the most puzzling fact for humans over the centuries has been the understanding of human behavior. Understanding and predicting human behavior will helps humans in exerting more control over situations. The bases of human behavior are the cognitive processes underlying them. The present course is an attempt to discuss and understand the basic cognitive processes that guide human behavior. The knowledge from the course will be useful in tackling everyday problems and attaining optimal solutions. Additionally, we can use knowledge about human cognitive systems in designing sophisticated Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems that learn from mistakes and make our lives a lot easier to live.
INTENDED AUDIENCE : UG/PG/PhDPREREQUISITES : Not ApplicableINDUSTRY SUPPORT : Not applicable

COURSE LAYOUT

Topic: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
Week 1: History, Theory and Research in Human Cognition
Topic: Basic Cognitive Processes
Week 2:Object Perception and Recognition
Week 3:Attentional Processes and cognition
Week 4:Memory Introduction
Week 5:Long Term Memory
Topic: Organizational Knowledge
Week 6:Memory of general knowledge
Week 7:Concept Formation
Week 8:Visual and Spatial Memory
Topic: The Use of Knowledge
Week 9:Human language skills
Week 10:Thought process and Problem Solving
Week 11:Reasoning
Week 12:Decision Making