Approaches to the study of Cognition and Emotion

Catalog description

This course covers philosophical issues, traditional problems and current research that are central to an understanding of the fields of cognition and emotion, and its impact in the learning process. The course begins approaching the object of study of cognitive psychology in light of contemporary psychology, cognitive neurosciences, philosophy of science, technological development, and other historical-cultural transformations that have impacted the field. The course explores the research endeavors that shaped both fields leading to the formulation of theory and to the current knowledge of the multiple cognitive and emotional processes (e.g., sensation, perception, attention, memory, language, and emotion). Cognitive and emotional processes are addressed from their biological, social, and psychological perspective. The course seeks to offer a perspective of complexity through the examination of convergences and divergences between the main approaches to the study of cognition in a school context.