Current Trends in Cognitive Psychology 2-IKV-141

Objectives of this course is to provide insight into current topics in Cognitive Psychology. This include the relation between psychology and ethology, contemporary approches to Intelligence and decision making, Cognitive illusions and biases and emotionality.

Course schedule

Type	Day	Time	Room	Lecturer
Seminar	Tuesday	9:00 - 11:30	I-8	Tomáš Gál

Syllabus

Current Trends in Cognitive Psychology, Summer 2020
Thema	Presentation	Date	Materials
Introduction	Methodology	25. 2.	Validity and Rentability in Quantitative and Qualitative Research
Projects brainstorming		3. 3.	Project managemant
From Ethology to Psychology (1)		10. 3.	Are bigger brains better?
From Ethology to Psychology (2)		17. 3.	The foundations of the human cultural niche
Perception		24. 3.	Language, thought, and color
Thinking Slow & Fast		31. 3.	Biased thinking
Intelligence and Decission making		7. 4.	How do we get meanings from information
Affective and Cognitive Empathy		21. 4.	Two systems of Empathy
Cognitive Illusions		28. 4.	Models of Affective Decision Making
The (new) Executive Brain		5. 5.	Fateful Disconnections
Concluding Coloquium		12. 5.

Supplemental reading and references

• KAHNEMAN, D. (2011) Thinking, fast and slow. Macmillan.
• GOLDBERG, E. (2009): The New Executive Brain, Oxford, Oxford University Press
• STAINTON, R. J. (2005) Contemporary debates in Cognitive Science. Oxford, Blackwell
• STERNBERG, R. J., STERNBERG, K. (2011) Cognitive Psychology. Belmont, Wadsworth (6ed)

Course grading

Semestral evaluation: active participation by sending resumes of provided texts. Exam: project presentation at coloquium.

Ongoing Evaluation
	10. 3.	17. 3.	24. 3.	31. 3.	7. 4.	21. 4.	28. 4.	5. 5.
Štefan H.
Ľubica K.
Wilma K.
Kevin P.
Viktor S.
Anton Š.
Michal K.

Projects