Universität Wien

200095 VU Cognitive Psychology and Neurosciences (2023W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 20 - Psychologie
Continuous assessment of course work

NUR FÜR MASTERSTUDIERENDE PSYCHOLOGIE
ACHTUNG: Jede VU kann max. 1x absolviert werden. Sie müssen für das Modul A3 4 unterschiedliche VUs, mit unterschiedlichem Haupttitel absolvieren.

Bei Verwendung der VU für Modul A4 Freie Fächer ist max. eine VU erlaubt!

Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 40 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 05.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0624
  • Thursday 12.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0624
  • Thursday 19.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0624
  • Thursday 09.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0624
  • Thursday 16.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0624
  • Thursday 23.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0624
  • Thursday 30.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0624
  • Thursday 07.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0624
  • Thursday 14.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0624
  • Thursday 11.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0624
  • Thursday 18.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0624
  • Thursday 25.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal D Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0624

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Students will learn about the topics and methods of two research groups at the Faculty of Psychology, each of which investigates the nuanced ways that individuals interact with and are impacted by their environments: (1) the ARTIS Lab (Art Research on Transformations of Individuals and Society), which focuses on empirical assessments of how our interactions with art or our aesthetic worlds might impact us at the levels of our feelings, cognitions, brains, and bodies. (2) The Environmental Psychology Research group, which investigates the impact of different natural and built environments on people's well-being on the one hand and the impact of human behaviour on the natural environment on the other hand (e.g., climate change, pollution, biodiversity). Via a mix of lecture and individual or group work, students will have the opportunity to hear about the background of these fields as well as the current projects and methodologies being investigated and employed.

Tentative schedule:
1. Introduction
2. An Introduction to Empirical Aesthetics (and current topics) – What, How, Why would you even want to do that?
3. Current topics —interventions, applications, art in everyday life
4. Group work—develop a project for applied study/use of art (wellbeing, attitudes, life)
5. Group presentations & Discussions I
6. Group presentations & Discussions II
7. Introduction to Urban and Environmental Psychology
8. Pro-environmental Behaviour
9. Environment & Human Health
10. Connectedness to Nature
11. Data and Methods for Urban and Environmental Psychology
12. Feedback on 1. Report/Homework; General discussion & implications

This VU will be held in English.

Assessment and permitted materials

Participation in the sessions, max 2 times absent; Minimum for passing the class is a grade 4 in each assignment.

There are two assignments, one for each part of the VU:

Aesthetics: a group presentation, 10 min with slides (and a hand-out 1 page, APA Style). Students develop a research idea in small groups in class, and give a group presentation in sessions 5 or 6;

Environmental Psychology: a policy report, max. 1,000 words, plus references, 12p, APA norms, single space, to be handed in online. Students will write a short report summarising relevant evidence for a decision-making body to inform policy; this adds a different, practical angle to academic work and provides complementary skills in communicating scientific work to different audiences and in a different style.

Details will be given during the course and will be available on moodle, including deadlines.

Literature and specific instructions will be provided for each assignment.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Participation in the sessions, max 2 times absent; Minimum for passing the class is grade 4 in each of the two assignments.

Examination topics

Reading list

Literature and specific instructions will be provided for each assignment in class and in Moodle.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Th 05.10.2023 09:27