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Cognitive Psychology

Course Description: This course covers the origins, development, and concept of cognitive psychology, the concept of cognitive structure, its importance, its relationship to long-term memory, and its role in learning. It also covers basic cognitive processes (attention, perception, memory, metacognition), thinking styles, cognitive methods and strategies, language, and learning and learning styles.
Credit hours: 3
Objectives of the course :

The course aims to:
The student will learn about cognitive psychology, its most important trends, and the factors that led to its emergence. They will also understand its relationship with other psychological sciences, grasp the role of mental processes such as attention, perception, memory, thinking, language, learning, and metacognition in information processing. Furthermore, they will learn about the effectiveness and methods of training cognitive skills and strategies, and the importance of recognizing learners' learning styles and thinking styles.

Course outputs :

The student should be able to describe the origin, development, and concept of cognitive psychology.
The student will be able to describe the cognitive structure: its concept, importance, and its relationship to long-term memory and its role in learning.
For the student to describe the roles of various mental activities as knowledge sources, such as perception, attention, memory, and thinking.
The student should know the most important learning styles and thinking styles, distinguish between them, and recognize their roles in learning.
That the student explain the emergence of cognitive psychology and its modern trends.
The student will compare different cognitive processes (sensation, attention, perception, memory...).
The student explains metacognitive processes and their role in learning.
The student can distinguish between learning styles and thinking styles.

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  • Last updated: 2026-04-30

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