Thought, Memory and Language

73212

This online course will introduce you to the study of knowing. This includes how we acquire information from our environment, store it in memory, and use it to communicate, solve problems, and make decisions. 

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    Level
    6
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    Credits
    20
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    Cost
    $793 NZ Domestic
    $2,464 NZ International
  •  
    EFTS
    0.1667
  • Delivery type
    Online/Print
  • Teaching weeks 16 weeks
  • Workload Approximately 13 hours per week
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    Prerequisites

    If you need to discuss prerequisites for this course
    contact us

The study of cognition will also give you links to topics in our other psychology courses, particularly:

  • cognitive views of learning
  • cognitive aspects of social psychology
  • clinical applications that emphasise faulty thinking processes.

The learning focuses on experiments in cognition, encouraging you to think about how cognitive models and theories can be tested and improved. 

What you will learn

When you successfully complete this course you will be familiar with:

  • introducing cognitive psychology
  • perception and attention
  • Remembering and Forgetting
  • long-term memory
  • general knowledge
  • mental imagery
  • drawing conclusions and solving problems
  • language comprehension and production
  • reasoning and decision making.

Assessment

100% internal assessment 

Textbooks

There is a textbook required for this course. Visit our textbook page for more information.

Computer and internet requirements

To complete this course you will need access to a laptop or desktop computer, reliable broadband internet connection and a data plan able to support online learning such as streaming of videos (including YouTube), downloading content, and writing and submitting online assessments. If you are unsure if your current computer or internet access allows you to complete your online learning with us, please contact us before applying to enrol.

How to enrol

Before enrolling in this course you need to:

  • choose the qualification you will study the course under
  • check the order that courses in the qualification should be studied in the Qualification Structure table. This is in the Choose courses and apply tab on the qualification page.

Work towards

You can do this course as part of these qualifications:

Certificate of Proficiency
Bachelor's Degree

Course availability over the next 12 months

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  •  
    Level
    6
  •  
    Credits
    20
  •  
    Cost
    $793 NZ Domestic
    $2,464 NZ International
  •  
    EFTS
    0.1667
  • Delivery type
    Online/Print
  • Teaching weeks 16 weeks
  • Workload Approximately 13 hours per week
  •  
    Prerequisites

    If you need to discuss prerequisites for this course
    contact us