Learning concepts and categories

2024/2025

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Department of Educational Programmes

Course type:

Elective course

When:

2 year, 2 module

Instructor

Koch, Dmitry

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.