Universität Wien

200101 PS Proseminar General Psychology (2009S)

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

Gegebenenfalls finden sie aktuelle Nachrichten sowie Skripten, Unterlagen u.ä. zu dieser Lehrveranstaltung unter http://psychologie.univie.ac.at.
Die Voraussetzungen für diese Lehrveranstaltung entnehmen Sie bitte dem Studienplan für das Diplomstudium Psychologie (Homepage der Fakultät für Psychologie - Studium - Download - SSC Psychologie: Allgemeine Informationen).

Die Prüfungstermine für Vorlesungen finden Sie unter APIS unter Terminankündigungen. Ein Antreten zu Prüfungen ohne Anmeldung ist nicht möglich

Details

max. 40 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 13.03. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Friday 20.03. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Friday 27.03. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Friday 03.04. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Friday 24.04. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Friday 08.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Friday 15.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Friday 22.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Friday 29.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Friday 05.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Friday 12.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Friday 19.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Friday 26.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The seminar consists of two parts. Part A covers introductions to A.1 the organisation of the University, the studies, and the research, A.2 the searching, reading, writing, and presenting of topical literature, and A.3 the methods and topics of Experimental Psychology. Part B consists of presentations to be prepared and held by small groups of participating students.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance, routine reading of the literature, presentation, and successful participation in final written exams.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Acquisition of key study skills for a successful graduation (searching and citing literature, presenting); acquisition of topical knowledge in the areas of learning, attention, perception, and human information processing.

Examination topics

Reading, Presenting, Disussing.

Reading list

Allgemein (general):

Sternberg, R. (2006). Cognitive Psychology (4th edition). Thompson/Wadsworth.

Referate (presentations):

Dehaene, S., Naccache, L., Le Clec'H, G., Koechlin, E., Mueller, M., Dehaene-Lambertz, G., van de Moortele, P. & Le Bihan, D. (1998). Imaging unconscious semantic priming. Nature, 395, 597-600.

Eagleman, T. M. & Sejnowski, T. M. (2000). Motion integration and post-diction in visual awareness. Science, 287, 2036-2038.

Eastwood, J. D., Smilek, A. & Merikle, P. M. (2001). Differential attentional guidance by unattended faces expressing positive and negative emotion. Perception & Psychophysics, 63, 1004-1013.

Horstmann, G., Scharlau, I. & Ansorge, U. (2006). More efficient rejection of happy than angry face distractors in visual search. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13, 1067-1073.

Kouider, S. & Dupoux, E. (2004). Partial awareness creates the "illusion" of subliminal semantic priming. Psychological Science, 15, 75-81.
Nijhawan, R. (1997). Decomposition of colour through motion extrapolation. Nature, 386, 66-69.

Skinner, B. F. (1948). Superstition in the pigeon. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 38, 168-172.

Singer, T., Seymour, B., O¿Doherty, J. P., Stephan, K., Dolan, R. J., & Frith, C. D. (2006). Empathic neural responses are modulated by the perceived fairness of others. Nature, 439, 466-469.

Tolman, E. C., Ritchie, B. F. & Kalish, D. (1946). Studies in spatial learning. I. Orientation and short-cut. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 36, 13-24.

Tovée, M. J.. & Cornelissen, P. L. (1999). The mystery of female beauty. Nature, 399, 215-216.

Vul, E., Harris, C., Winkielman, P., & Pashler, H. (in press). Voodoo correlations in the social neuroscience. Perspectives on Psychological Science.

Yu, D. W., & Shepard, G. H. Jr. (1998). Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? Nature, 396, 321-322.

Association in the course directory

12500

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