SOW-PSB2SP10E
Conscious and Unconscious Processes
Course infoSchedule
Course moduleSOW-PSB2SP10E
Credits (ECTS)6
CategoryB2 (Second year bachelor)
Language of instructionEnglish
Offered byRadboud University; Faculty of Social Sciences; Psychology;
Lecturer(s)
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Lecturer
dr. M.J. van Doorn
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Lecturer
dr. J.H.B. de Groot
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Lecturer
dr. C.P.M. van Halen
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Contactperson for the course
dr. S. Klaperski-van der Wal
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Examiner
dr. S. Klaperski-van der Wal
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Academic year2021
Period
PER2  (08/11/2021 to 28/01/2022)
Starting block
PER2
Course mode
full-time
Remarks-
Registration using OSIRISYes
Course open to students from other facultiesNo
Pre-registrationNo
Waiting listNo
Placement procedure-
Aims
  1. You will be able to identify and summarize current debates in psychology  about consciousness. (FQ 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.3, 5.1, 5.2)
  2. You will be able to articulate your own reasoned view of consciousness in relation to at least one of the following themes: phenomenological awareness, self-awareness, or the power of the unconscious. (FQ 5.1, 5.2, 5.4)
  3. You will be able to integrate philosophical and empirical perspectives on consciousness. (FQ 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.3, 5.1, 5.2)
  4. You will be able to self-reflect on how your understanding of consciousness has been changed by your accumulation of philosophical and empirical knowledge on consciousness during the course. (FQ 5.1, 5,2, 5.4, 5.5).
 
Content
The question of which psychological processes are conscious and which are not has fascinated and challenged researchers for centuries. The mystery of consciousness has even been labelled as the “the last frontier of science.” In this specialty course, we will discuss various psychological processes, such as free will, subjective experience, states of consciousness, mind or matter, smart or stupid unconscious, and attributing consciousness to others. This specialty course will focus not only on various unconscious processes and the importance of the unconscious, but also on psychological processes that involve consciousness and various modern perspectives on what consciousness really is. These topics will be approached from a philosophical, neurological, and social-cognitive perspective.
Level

Presumed foreknowledge
Psychology students admitted to year 2.
Test information

Specifics

Required materials
To be announced
Various empirical and review articles. The final list of papers will be announced on Brightspace.

Instructional modes
Lecture
Type of instructional modeLecture

General
7 Lectures, 7 workgroup meetings, and 7 online Q&A forums

Response meeting
Type of instructional modeResponse course

Working group
Attendance MandatoryYes
Type of instructional modeWorking group

Tests
Open answer questions
Test weight80
Test typeExam
OpportunitiesBlock PER2, Block PER3

Essay
Test weight20
Test typeEssay
OpportunitiesBlock PER2