• Level 6
  • 20 Credits
  • 0.1667 EFTS
  • Delivery type:
    Online
  • Course duration: 16 weeks
  • Course cost:
    $890 NZ Domestic
    $3,670 NZ International
  • Workload - Approximately 13 hours per week
  • Availability
    Monthly course availability for upcoming periods
    2027

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. 

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

Computer and internet requirements

This course is delivered online, so you will access your course material and submit assessments online. Our online courses may include reading, videos, quizzes or activities, and you may need to download content.

For online learning you need:

  • Access to a laptop or desktop computer
  • Reliable internet and data plan.  

If you are unsure if your current computer, Windows or internet access will allow you to study online, please contact us before applying to enrol. 

Find out more about online learning 

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.

How to apply

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You can study this course as part of any of the programmes listed below.

Click on a tile to go the programme information, including the entry requirements and how many courses you'll need to do to complete the programme.

From there you click 'Apply now' and start your study journey.

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