Psychology of Thinking

Code:

P300

Acronym:

PP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2007/2008 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	Psicologia do Pensamento Online (via Sigarra)
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIPSI	137	Official Curricular Structure 2007/2008	2	-	4	36	108

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Learning outcomes

• To know, at an introductory level, the main concepts, problems and methods of the psychology of cognitive processes associated with thinking, namely: problem solving, reasoning and decision making.

• To be able to interpret, analyze and summarize domain-specific texts, of initial or intermediate level of specialization, and to establish relationships between learned materials and real life situations where their application might be relevant.

Mandatory literature

Anderson John R.; Cognitive psychology and its implications. ISBN: ISBN 0-7167-3678-0
Sternberg Robert J.; Cognitive psychology. ISBN: 0-15-508535-2
Wilson Robert A. 340; The^MIT encyclopedia of the cognitive sciences. ISBN: 0-262-73124-X

Software

WebCT Vista

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	28,00
	Exame	2,00
	Total:	-	0,00