Psychology of Thinking

Code:

P300

Acronym:

PP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://moodle.up.pt/course/edit.php?id=2119
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	158	Official Curricular Structure 2007/2008	2	-	4	36	108

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Learning outcomes

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

• 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.

Program

Contents

• Introduction to the study of thinking. Problems and methods.
• Problem solving. Gestalt and Artificial Intelligence approaches.
• Problem solving in specific domains. Expertise.
• Decision making. Choice among alternatives.
• Judgement under uncertainty. Heuristics.
• Reasoning. Bounded rationality.
• Thinking, intuition and emotion.
• Thinking, language and culture.

Mandatory literature

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

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures. Participation in ongoing research.

Software

Moodle

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Cognitive science
Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Experimental psychology

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	28,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Attendance of at least 70% of the lectures is strongly recommended.

Calculation formula of final grade

According to the classification in the final exam.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Participation as subjects in ongoing research experiments is expected.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Special situations to be discussed.

Classification improvement

Special situations to be discussed.