2024/2025

Learning concepts and categories

Type: Mago-Lego

Delivered by: Department of Educational Programmes

When: 2 module

Open to: students of one campus

Language: English

ECTS credits: 3

Contact hours: 30

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course Learning Concepts and Categories introduces students to the basic knowledge of the development of concepts and categories in children. Human concepts underlie cognitive functions such as thinking, problem solving, planning and decision making, which are now gaining popularity in cognitive developmental psychology research. During the course, students will learn about the types of categories available to children for learning and the factors that influence learning success. It will be introduced that the development of concepts and categories is the basis for many language-based cognitive processes.