HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
psychology
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Inbal Arnon
Coordinator Office Hours:
Tuesday 11-12
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Inbal Arnon
Course/Module description:
How do we manage to produce and understand language so accurately and rapidly? How do kids learn to talk, and why is it so much harder for adults to learn a second language? In this course we learn about the processes underlying speech perception, lexical access, and sentence production and comprehension. We will discuss the relation between language and thought, examine the parallels between processing language and processing musical and visual stimuli and see how psycholinguistic findings can inform theoretical debates.
Course/Module aims:
To teach students about the major debates in the field and the main findings. Give them an understanding of how to do an experiment and how to critically read scientific articles.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Understand current debates
Plan a psycholinguistic experiment
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Classes will be led by Dr. Arnon. Each class will end with a short discussion of one of the assigned readings, led by the students.
Course/Module Content:
Issues in language processing, speech perception, lexical processing, syntactic processing, language and thought. How cognitive biases affect cross linguistic generalizations.
Required Reading:
see syllabus on moodle
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 25 %
Participation in Tutorials 15 %
Project work 60 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
Presentations will be a 20-minute critique of an assigned reading
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