729G80 · 9 credits · Basic level (G1N) · Kognitionsvetenskap

Social Cognition and Cognitive Development

Active · next start VT 2027

86%

passed the latest ordinary exam

TEN1 · 25 Mar 2026 · 50 students

89%

passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years

TEN1 · 96 students

28%

Harder than 28% of courses at basic level

Compared with 874 courses at the same level, ordinary exams over the last three academic years. 96 students.

Part of 1 programme

Bachelor's Programme in Cognitive Sciencesemester 4 · period F7KKO · compulsory

Exam

TEN1 Individual written exam

Ordinary exams

89% passed · 96 students

25 Mar 202686%50

27 Mar 202591%46

Re-exams

86% passed · 14 students

8 May 202678%9
21 Mar 2024100%5

Pass the re-exam: 86% (14 students), compared with 89% (96 students) on the ordinary exam
Get B or A: 37% (110 students)

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Other modules

Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.

Hand-in or lab

SEM1 Active participation in seminars

Main rounds

100% passed · 76 students

29 Mar 2026100%45
28 Mar 2025100%31

Later rounds

100% passed · 5 students

8 Apr 2025100%5

Pass a later round: 100% (5 students), compared with 100% (76 students) on the ordinary exam

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Hand-in or lab

UPG1 Written group assignments

Main rounds

100% passed · 72 students

29 Mar 2026100%37
28 Mar 2025100%35

Later rounds

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About the course

Aim

After completion of the course, the student should be able to:

apply established theories and empirical findings about human development in terms of social cognition
account for cognitive processes involved in perceiving socially relevant stimuli during childhood and adulthood
account for how humans perceive and understand themselves and the social world around them during childhood and adulthood
account for how humans (children and adults) explain their own and others’ behaviour
account for how social cognition and cognitive development relates to behaviour
formulate scientific hypotheses and statistically process data to test theories in the field of social cognition and cognitive development

Content

The course aims to give the students an introduction to the field of social cognition and cognitive development with contributions from social psychology, and neuroscience. The course covers the following aspects:

Social-cognitive development
Cognitive development
How humans perceive, understand, and think about themselves and the social world around them
The relation between social-cognitive phenomena and the brain during childhood and adulthood
The relation between social-cognitive phenomena and behavior during childhood and adulthood
The relation between social-cognitive phenomena and individual differences
The application of social cognition in the world of modern technology

Examiner: Felix Koch
Main field of study: Kognitionsvetenskap

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