Thematic Seminar II / Cognitive Processes II

Recommended Prerequisites

The general admission criteria for  the PhD program apply

Teaching Methods

Lecture (seminar, conference).

Learning Outcomes

The curricular unit aims at:

(1) Enabling students to identify fundamental research trends in the study of memory and knowledge organization, language, problem solving, thinking and deciding.

(2) Providing knowledge on the core operational paradigms deployed in these domains.

(3) Fostering the analytical and conceptual skills required for a sound evaluation of the knowledge basis available in these fields, as well as the ability to place and solve productive research problems.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Topics in Representation and Knowledge Organization

Topics in Categorization

Topics in Problem Solving and Decision-Making

Topics in Memory and Language

Assessment Methods

Evaluation
Type A examination (written exam): 50.0%
Prova de tipo B (trabalho de revisão/empírico) : 50.0%

Bibliography

Costermans, J. (2001). As Activ. Cog: Raciocínio, Decisão e Resol de Probl. Coimbra: Quarteto.

H. Cohen & C. Lefebvre (Eds.). (2005) Hand.of categorization in cognitive science. Amster.: Elsevier.

J. E.Davidson & R. J. Sternberg (Eds.) (2003). The psych. of prob. solving. NY : Cambridge Univ. Press.

Dunbar, R.I.M. & Barrett, Louise (Eds.) (2007). Oxf. Handbook of Evolutionary Psych.. Oxf. & NY: Oxford Univ. Press.

K. Holyoak & R. G. Morrison (Eds.). (2005). The Cambrid. Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning. NY: Camb. Univ. Press.

G.Jamieson (Ed.) (2007). Towards a cog.-neurosc. of hypnosis and conscious states: A resource for researchers, students, and clinicians. London: Ox. Univ. Press.

Robbins, P. & Ayded, M (2009). The Camb. Handbook of Situated Cog. Camb.: Camb Univ.

E.Tulving & Craik (Eds.) (2000) The Oxf. Handbook of Memory. Oxf. and NY: Oxf. Univ. Press.

Ventura, P., Brito-Mendes, C., Morais, J, & Kolinsk, R. (2002). A org. da memória semântica. Lisboa: Fund. C. Gulbenkian.