Undergraduate Course: Cognitive Processes of Reading and Dyslexia (PSYL10016)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Psychology |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | To introduce and guide independent study of current research literature in the area of Developmental Dyslexia and Reading. To examine a variety of methods of investigating reading skills. To contrast different theoretical explanations of how and why developmental dyslexia arises. To encourage critical and analytic thinking. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Psychology Methodology 1 (PSYL10034)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
- Describe at least one theory of the acquisition of reading skills.
- Understand which dyslexic symptoms are best explained by each of the models of dyslexia described in the course.
- Understand the broad concepts (but not the technical details) of the connectionist approach to describing and explaining dyslexia.
- Understand the contributions made by the different methodological approaches used to investigate dyslexia. |
Assessment Information
| 100% exam |
Special Arrangements
| With permission of the Psychology 4 Course Organiser (Dr Martha Whiteman) and the student's Director of Studies, this course may be taken by honours-level Linguistics students. |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | |
Course secretary | Ms Fiona Graham
Tel: (0131 6)50 3440
Email: F.Graham@ed.ac.uk |
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