Study Material / Introduction to Cognitive Psychology (April 2026)
Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
April 2026
3 credits
12 weeks
Prof. Naveen Kashyap
IIT Guwahati
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One of the most puzzling fact for humans over the centuries has been the understanding of human behavior. Understanding and predicting human behavior will helps humans in exerting more control over situations. The bases of human behavior are the cognitive processes underlying them. The present course is an attempt to discuss and understand the basic cognitive processes that guide human behavior. The knowledge from the course will be useful in tackling everyday problems and attaining optimal solutions. Additionally, we can use knowledge about human cognitive systems in designing sophisticated Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems that learn from mistakes and make our lives a lot easier to live.
Last updated in March 2026.
Week 1
History and Research Methods of Cognitive Psychology
  • A Brief History of Cognitive Psychology-01
  • A Brief History of Cognitive Psychology-02
  • Studying Cognitiony
Week 2
Object Perception and Recognition
  • Perception: Basic Principles
  • Models of Perception-01
  • Models of Perception-02
Week 3
Attentional Processes and Cognition
  • Basic Attention Processes
  • Models of Attention
  • Automization and Attention
Week 4
Memory Introduction
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Week 5
Long Term Memory
  • Long-Term Memory Encoding
  • Retrieval from Long-Term Memory
Week 6
Memory of General Knowledge
  • Semantic Memory Basics
  • Models of Semantic Memory
Week 7
Concept Formation
  • Introducing Concepts and Categories-01
  • Introducing Concepts and Categories-02
Week 8
Visual and Spatial Memory
  • Basics of Visual Memory
  • Object Transformation in Visual Memory
Week 9
Human language skills
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Week 10
Thought process and Problem Solving
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Week 11
Reasoning
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Week 12
Decision Making
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