Module "Cognitive Psychology" (Landau): Infos and Literature

This is the literature we recommend for the oral exam in the „Cognitive Psychology“ module. The literature can be found in the OLAT course „Cognitive Psychology Module Landau“. The access code is Zm3900Ga. As usual, you can also find the access code on our homepage under „Lehre“. This winter semester we offer two block seminars, "Visuomotor Control" (Thomas Schmidt) and "Visual Attention & Objects" (Xin Ying Lee). In the summer semester there will be classes on "Visual Attention & Awareness" and either "Methods and Models in Perception" or "Auditory Perception". For more information on our seminars, see the respective entries on our news page.

You can register for the module oral exam in KLIPS. Oral exams are designed to cover the entire module, but only those classes from the module you actually took. The specialized materials in the various readers (e.g., research papers in „Visual Attention & Awareness“, „Human Intelligence“) are not part of the exam, only the textbook sources listed below. Please focus on those topics that have actually been discussed in the respective classes you took, because only those can be topics in the exam.

Exams conducted by Thomas Schmidt:

My exams start with a research paper that forms the point of departure for the rest of the exam. Those research papers are individually appointed by me as soon as the date of the exam is set. Please contact me to make appointments for the exam.

Exams conducted by Thomas Lachmann, Saskia Jaarsveld, or Daniela Czernochowski:

Please make individual appointments with these examiners.

 

Literature:

Visual Attention & Awareness“:

Ashcraft, M.H. (2006). Cognition. Pearson. → Ch. 4, „Attention“.

Eysenck, M.W., & Keane, M.T. (2010). Cognitive Psychology. Psychology Press. Ch. 5, "Attention and Performance".

Psychophysics & Signal Detection“:

Hautus, M.J., Macmillan, N.A., & Creelman, C.D. (2022). Detection Theory: A User’s Guide. Routledge. → Ch. 1, „The Yes-No experiment: Sensitivity“.

Gescheider, G.A. (2015). Psychophysics: The Fundamentals. Psychology Press. → Ch. 4, „Classical Psychophysical Theory“.

"Visuomotor Control":

Rosenzweig, M.R., Breedlove, S.M., & Watson, N.V. (2005). Biological Psychology. Sinauer. → Ch. 11, "Motor Control and Plasticity".

Eysenck, M.W., & Keane, M.T. (2010). Cognitive Psychology. Psychology Press. Ch. 4, "Perception, Motion, and Action".

"Visual Features and Objects":

Eysenck, M.W., & Keane, M.T. (2010). Cognitive Psychology. Psychology Press. Ch. 2, "Basic Processes in Visual Perception".

Eysenck, M.W., & Keane, M.T. (2010). Cognitive Psychology. Psychology Press. Ch. 3, "Object and Face Recognition".

Neuroscience of Cognitive Control“:

Gazzaniga, M.S. (2014). Cognitive Neuroscience. → Ch. 12, „Cognitive Control“.

Human Intelligence, Problem Solving, & Creative Thinking“:

"Problem Solving":

Ashcraft, M.H. (2006). Cognition. Pearson. → Ch. 12, „Problem Solving“.

"Intelligence":

See the PDF file „literature list intelligence.pdf“ on OLAT with links to the chapters.

"Creativity":

Prof. Jaarsveld’s slideshows „Creativity 1A.pdf", "Creativity 1B.pdf", "Creativity 1C.pdf“