PSY 30000 Bio&Lrn Psy SA Elective

(3-4 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

HG - Heidelberg, Germany / Das Zusammenspiel von Kognition und Emotion (BSc): This seminar examines how emotions shape and interact with cognitive processes such as thinking, decision-making, memory, and language. Students explore psychological and neuroscientific studies addressing questions like how mood influences perception and judgment, how emotional valence affects memory, and whether emotional experiences are tied to language. Through readings, discussions, and short presentations, the course deepens understanding of the relationship between feeling and thought while fostering emotional awareness and analytical skills. Trinity College Dublin (IT): The aim of this module to provide an advanced evaluation of psychological knowledge on creative cognition that builds on the foundation provided in the PS1234 Thinking module. It will familiarize students with the core theoretical and methodological issues in the scientific study of human creativity and imagination. It will enable students to develop a critical assessment of experimental studies of human innovation, including conceptual combination, category expansion, the creation of alternatives to reality in adulthood and the role of pretence in childhood. It will facilitate students in the formulation of rigorous evaluations of experimental investigations of human insight, analogy, scientific discovery and imagery. It will foster a critical appreciation of the influence of contextual factors such as culture in creative endeavours Sydney, Australia (SY): This unit explores four foundational areas in psychology: learning and behaviour, clinical psychology, developmental psychology, and neuroscience. The lecture series emphasizes the underlying processes that shape behaviour, emotions, and motivation, examining both typical development and the emergence of psychopathologies. In tutorials, students will engage in a behaviour change group project, where they analyze the sources of their own behavior, design and implement a change plan, and assess its impact on behaviour and mental health. This project is particularly relevant for students interested in applied and clinical psychology. Additional tutorial modules focus on developmental psychology and neuroscience, providing a comprehensive understanding of these key areas. Freemantle, Australia (FA): This course looks at perception and decision making and how it works through psychological, physiological, psychophysical, ecological, motivational, and computational pathways and interactions. We will think critically about how sensation influences perception, and how this all in turn results in the decisions we make in the world around us. Fremantle, Australia (FA) PSYC 2000: This course will introduce students to theory and research of perception. Students will consider the philosophical, theoretical, and empirical underpinnings of how we perceive life, the environment and behaviour. Students will study sensory pathways, fundamental perceptual processing, and higher-level meaning-making to understand the role perception plays in our day-to-day functioning. This course covers sensation and perception from several perspectives such as psychological, physiological, psychophysical, ecological, motivational, and computational. Consideration will be given to the diversity in terms of social, cultural, and environmental factors which enables students to develop an understanding of the multi-sensory processes of perception.