The Fundamentals of Psychology

Risks and Cognitive Psychology

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What's behind taking risks?

The psychology of risk is the study and understanding of the mental processes underlying our responses to risky situations, the recognition of a risk's impact, and the development of frameworks that can help individuals make sound judgments in the face of risk.

An introduction to Cognitive Psychology

Perception Is not reality, or is it? Perception in psychology can be defined as the sensory experience of the world, which includes how an individual recognizes and interpretes sensory information. This also includes how one responds to those stimuli. Perception includes these senses: vision, touch, sound, smell, taste, and proprioception.

What topics will you cover?

• How do we assess risks?
• The optimistic self bias
• Identity bubbles
• What can we do?
• The Monkey Business Illusion - is it a classic Psychology Study?
• Attention - Cognitive Inhibition
• Selective attention development

Who is the course for?

This course would be valuable for students who are curious about human behaviour and mental processes. Of course a psychology degree won’t give you an absolute understanding of every interaction you have with people. We are quite a complex species after all. However, the insights you gain about peoples’ motivations, perceptions and behaviour will perhaps give you a different perspective on why people react in the ways they do and help you to understand people a little better.

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