This unit is concerned with "human cognition". The term “cognition” encompasses those aspects such as thinking, memory, attention, language and reasoning and their applications. During the course of this unit, these concepts will be studied in relation to the relevant literature.

On the successful completion of this subject, it is expected that students, on top of their  knowledge from PSYC281, will have an understanding of the scope and major theories of cognitive psychology and how those aspects are interact.