MA ACP Welcome slides January 2014

30 Pages·2014·0.81 MB·English

Master
specialisation
Applied Cognitive
Psychology
(ACP)
January 2014
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Outline
• Who’s who in the Cognitive Psychology Unit?
• Curriculum: choices to make
• Studying ACP and studying at ULeiden
• Labs
• Internship / Thesis
• Examples of internship/thesis
• Group Picture
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Guido
Band
William Verschuur Guido Band
Bernhard Hommel Wido La Heij
Your Mentor ACP Coordinator
Chair of the CP unit Teaching coordinator
Your teacher
& Teacher & Teacher
Secretaries:
Room 2B07
Eva Potters
Phone [phone]
Pauline Ruygrok
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Mentor &
Internship coordinator
William Verschuur 2A48
At least three individual meetings per year.
William
Initiative can come from you, or else William will contact you.
General counseling role.
Topics:
- Obstacles for studying
- Choosing/planning an internship/thesis
- Choosing electives
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Additional Lecturers
Jop Groeneweg Fenna Poletiek
Pascal Haazebroek Stephen Brown
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Student representatives
Neeltje Blankenstein:
Cognitive Psychology Board
Internal affairs of the Cognitive Psychology unit
Mariëtte Roest:
Institute Board Psychology
Psychology-wide affairs
Ashley Timmermans:
represents ACP students in MOC = Master program committee
To discuss educational affairs at master level
Courtney Jaeger:
International Student Representatives
Subgroup of MOC
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Curriculum:
Two Complementary Approaches in ACP
Cognitive Ergonomics
Applying knowledge of human factors (limitations) to
environmental design.
E.g., traffic, cockpit, webdesign
Cognitive Enhancement
Applying knowledge about influences on human cognitive
potential.
E.g. education, occupation, aging, sports
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Scheduled, Mandatory
courses:
February:
Human Computer
Interaction (5)
April:
Human Pot.: Application
(5)
+
Decision Making (5)
September:
Art of Applying
Psychology (5)
November:
Human Potential: Theory
(5)
Unscheduled:
Elective (5 EC)
Internship (10 EC)
Thesis (20 EC)
Colloquia
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Colloquia
• 5 Colloquia
• Options:
• Applied Cognitive Psychology (William Verschuur) - blackboard
• Cognitive Neuroscience (Lorenza Colzato) – www.libc-leiden.nl
• Other units
• Registered on a card
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Curriculum: Elective
Choose 5 EC from “any” other master program, e.g.:
- Elective from a different psychology specialization: (next slide)
- Course outside psychology (e.g. Buddhism & Psychology; Industrial Design) ***
- EEG course Experimentation 2 (Research Master) ***
NOTE: ***
For courses that are not on the official electives list: permission required
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