2023 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Teacher education courses
Cognitive Psychology
- Academic unit or major
- Teacher education courses
- Instructor(s)
- Kimihiko Yamagishi
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Tue (W9-706)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAT.A405
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2023
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course covers basic topics and theories in cognitive and educational psychology. Occasionally, active learning style shall be in action.
Course description and aims
-Students develop familiarity with comtemporary cognitive and educational psychology (through occasional active learning)
Keywords
テーマ：Cognitive Psychology, Educational Psychology
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
The instructor discusses different topics in every class. Basically the course goes in lecture-style learning.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Basic memory prinsiples | Learn basic memory prinsiples |
| Class 2 | Working memory | Learn processes of working memory |
| Class 3 | Memory representations | Learn theories of memory representaion |
| Class 4 | Procedural memory and misinformation | Learn procedural memory and misinformation |
| Class 5 | Psychology of problem solving | Learn psychology of problem solving |
| Class 6 | Psychology of reasoning | Learn psychology of reasoning |
| Class 7 | Psychology of judgment and decision making | Learn psychology of judgment and decision making |
| Class 8 | In-class student presentation and mutual evaluations | Learn through in-class talk and mutual evaluations |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
Uses in-class handouts
Reference books, course materials, etc.
• NOT REQUIRED but recommended: Galotti (2017), Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory, ASIN :1506351565
Evaluation methods and criteria
In-class learning enthusiasm: 10%
Performance on the final exam and the final presentation: 90%
Related courses
- LAH.S105 ： Psychology A
- LAT.A405 ： Cognitive Psychology
- SHS.M448 ： Developmental Psychology
Prerequisites
For preparation of active-learning classes, the registration deadline is set at am 00:00, April 7th. Those who did not make the deadline and yet registered shall receive a dismissal notice from the instructor. To ensure active-learning style, this course requires a "minimum passenger count" of NINE registrations. The class is dismissed otherwise.
Having earned undergraduate credits of introductory psychology courses.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
yamagishi.k.aa&m.titech.ac.jp (please replace the ampersand by @)
Office hours
Office hours by appointment