PSYE311 Психофизика
Анотация:
The course covers the basic theories and models of human perceptual and cognitive performance of tasks that involve detection, discrimination and scaling of various types of stimuli. Measurement procedures and specific performance indexes are derived on the basis of established theoretical models. The course shows how the procedures and indexes are used in psychological studies as well as in applied psychology – evaluation of human individuals, conditions of observation and diagnostic methods. The course involves many exercises and in-class demonstrations of the standard procedures for data collection and interpretation in psychophysical studies.
Преподавател(и):
гл. ас. Кирил Костов д-р
Описание на курса:
Компетенции:
Students who complete this course:
1) will know:
• the basic models and theories characterizing human performance in the fields of detection, discrimination and scaling;
• the standard procedures for gathering and interpreting empirical data in psychophysical studies.
2) will be able to:
• plan and carry out psychophysical experiments;
• evaluate and compare individuals and groups of individuals with respect to their abilities to perform perceptual and cognitive tasks
• analyze diagnostic methods;
• understand and evaluate texts in the fields of psychology of perception and cognitive science.
Предварителни изисквания:
None
Форми на провеждане:
Редовен
Учебни форми:
Лекция
Език, на който се води курса:
Английски
Теми, които се разглеждат в курса:
Литература по темите:
• Матеев, С. (2011) Начала на психофизиката.София, НБУ.
• Kingdom, F. A. A., & Prins, N. (2010). Psychophysics: A practical introduction. San Diego, CA, US: Elsevier Academic Press.
• MacMillan, N.A. and Creelman, C.D. (2005) Detection Theory: A user's guide. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
• Schiffman, H.R. (2003) Psychophysics. In: Davis, S.F. (Ed) Handbook of research methods in experimental psychology, Chapter 20. Oxford, Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Средства за оценяване:
• Homework assignments – 20%
• Midterm exam – 40%
• Final exam – 40%