Instructor

Prof. Rashmi Gupta

Semester

Autumn ‘21

Course Difficulty

Easy

Time Commitment Required

2 hrs a week

Grading Policy and Statistics

This is the hard part of the course cause most of the people who take the course are pretty serious, making relative grading a bit tough. Scoring decent marks will not suffice a good grade. This semester people scoring 90+ also couldn’t get a AA.

Attendance Policy

There was no attendance policy (Online Sem)

Pre-requisites

None

Evaluation Scheme

50% - Midsem
50% - Endsem

Topics Covered in the Course

• Why study Psychology/Benefits?
• What is Psychology?
• History of Psychology
• Learning
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Depression
• Perception
• Social perception
• Attention
• Emotion, Reward, and Motivation Processes
• Memory

Teaching Style

Live online lectures along with a lot of demonstrations to make the class more interactive

Tutorials/Assignments/Projects

No tutorials/Assignments/Projects were conducted

Feedback on Exams

There were only two exams (mid-semester and end-semester), and they were straightforward. MCQ type with negative marking. Totally from the slides.

Motivation for taking this course

Psychology is about learning human behavior, which seemed fascinating to me. The course content was excellent and covered my interests.

How strongly would I recommend this course?

I would surely recommend this course to those who are looking towards understanding the science behind various cognitive processes and don’t care much about grades.

When to take this course?

I took the course in the 5th semester. There is no ideal semester for taking the course you can take it whenever you want (except in your freshmen year) but according to the BTech curriculum it is mandatory to take in 5th sem

References Used

Slides are more than enough for scoring good marks, but to enjoy the course, you can refer to Cognitive Psychology connecting mind, research, and everyday experience by E. Bruce Goldstein.

Other Remarks

The course is fun if you follow the text and attend the classes religiously.

Review By: Gunin Gupta