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Advanced Issues in Thinking and Reasoning - PSY437

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The focus of this unit will be on complex human cognition, reasoning, thinking and information processing. The unit will explore topics including dual process theories of human cognition, the adaptive heuristics vs biases debate, the role of the fourth heuristic (emotion) in information retrieval and manipulation and other topics in the area of human judgement and decision making.

Credit Points: 3
When Offered:

S1 Day - Session 1, North Ryde, Day

Staff Contact(s): Associate Professor Colin Wastell
Prerequisites:

 

Corequisites:

PSY490 or PSY495

NCCW(s): PSYC437
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Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Department of Psychology

Faculty of Human Sciences

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