Psychology

This course offers a study of eye movements including the various types of eye movements and their main characteristics, as well as use of eye movements as a tool to explore and understand different cognitive processes. Other topics include: relationship between eye movements and visual cognition; oculomotor coordination in real and virtual environments; applications of research in eye movements.

This course examines the relation between a series of brain disorders and their consequences on behavior, emotion, and cognition. The course clarifies the nature, the development, and the consequences of organic disorders acquired after brain lesions, neurological diseases, or other non-neurological syndromes and their consequences. Using case studies culled from clinical work, the course provides first-hand accounts of neuropsychology and how brain illness or injury can manifest across different cultures. This application-based approach to neuropsychology provides a clear, comprehensive, understanding of what happens in a human mind after an organic damage. The course addresses the principal neurological disorders and their impact of the patient life, as well as how to recognize symptoms and their manifestation in diverse cultures. The course discusses the main pathologies with organic base in all their aspects and consequences on behavior, emotions, and cognition including cerebrovascular disease, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, dementia and neurodegenerative disease, multiple sclerosis and demyelinating disorders, neuropsychology of oncology, neurotoxicology, alcohol-related neuropathology, cultural neuropsychology, and analyses of clinical cases. The course requires background knowledge of brain and behavior relationships and a previous course in neuropsychology as a prerequisite.

This course is a required course for students majoring in psychology.

According to the training mode of clinical psychology, that is, scientist + practitioner model, the following teaching objectives are formulated.

Teaching objectives:

1. Master the basic theory and research methods of abnormal psychology, memorize the diagnostic criteria of common mental disorders (DSM-V), and be able to make differential diagnosis among disorders;

2. Through case analysis, we have a clear understanding of the basic information, coping strategies and intervention methods of major mental diseases, and can have a clear understanding of the respective advantages and indications of drug therapy and psychotherapy;

3. Think deeply about psychological abnormalities from the multiple perspectives of biology-psychology-society, especially to understand and analyze abnormal psychology and behavior under the background of Chinese culture;

4. Participate in the practical activities of publicizing scientific psychology knowledge, cultivate professional sense of mission and assume professional responsibility.

This course examines the neurobiological aspects of normal aging as well as those caused by various forms of dementia. It analyzes the cognitive changes and decline associated with aging on a normal brain, as well as those impacted by Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, multiple sclerosis, vascular dementia, and dementias due to HIV. It also explores techniques and procedures for early detection of cognitive impairment and possible intervention in the areas of memory, control and integration processes and language.

This course offers a study of happiness in relation to science and education as well as discussion of the pursuit of personal happiness.

The course presents the main theoretical trends and empirical work on motivation and emotion from the behavioral, cognitive, and neuroscience approaches, with a special emphasis on current research trends and topics. 

You will explore and apply theoretical concepts of cognitive psychology to develop an understanding about what enables professionals to become top performers in their field. Throughout the course, you will develop the skill to apply theoretical concepts to(business) practice, cases, as well as to your own experiences and educational situation. This transfer will be done through modeling complex situations and formulating specific implications and recommendations. You will also learn to manage your own and others' learning with a special emphasis on feedback-seeking.

Description

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT METHOD(S) USED IN THIS COURSE IS WITH RESERVATION. A RE-EMERGENCE OF THE CORONAVIRUS AND NEW COUNTERMEASURES BY THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT MIGHT FORCE COORDINATORS TO CHANGE THE TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT METHODS USED. THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TEACHING/ASSESSMENT METHOD(S) WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE COURSE SYLLABUS.

When do smart people make stupid decisions? Why can't you force people to be creative? How do you become an expert at something? And why do some experts fail, make mistakes, or become overconfident in decision making? The present course analyzes and examines how people make decisions in business and everyday life. Based on insights from cognitive psychology we explore how professionals make decisions and learn in different work settings. Specifically we will study such topics as cognitive biases, creativity, learning from failure, and expertise development. The course provides a strong foundation in cognitive psychology that can contribute to your understanding in many different domains, such as (behavioral) economics, finance and marketing.

Literature

An e-reader has been compiled with introductory book chapters, academic articles and non-fiction book chapters.

Prerequisites

Students need to be interested in issues of decision-making, learning and human performance. An advanced level of English is crucial to engage in all activities in this course.