This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the major theories underpinning current cognitive psychology, as well as an awareness of the methodologies used by cognitive psychologists to advance the discipline.  Cognitive psychology currently represents a mainstream area of the discipline of psychology with which all majors in the area should be familiar.

The course will commence with an examination of the theories and findings which have been put forward to explain basic perceptual processes.  Following from this will be a consideration of how attention is controlled and directed towards the environment, and how information is represented and remembered.  The course will then move on to consider the area of language functioning.  Finally, applications of this area of psychology will be highlighted, including neuropsychology and ergonomics.