Course Details
Country:
Ireland
Institution:
University of Galway
Course Title:
Language & Cognition: A Contextual Behavioural Approach
Course Number:
PS3106
Course Description:
Galway: The aim of this course is to introduce students to Relational Frame Theory (RFT; Hayes, Barnes- Holmes & Roche, 2001) as an approach to understanding human psychology. RFT is based on a comprehensive basic experimental research program into human language and cognition. With by now over 100 empirical studies focused on its tenets, it is arguably the most well established comprehensive theory of human psychology ever produced. This course will first familiarize students with the philosophical and theoretical underpinning of RFT and ex plain the core behavioural processes implicated by this approach. It will then examine up to date RFT-based research into diverse area s of human language and cognition including cognitive development, motivation, problem-solving, analogical reasoning, rule governed behaviour, these lf, psychopathology, psychotherapy, mindfulness and spirituality. The course will combine lecture- based didactic teaching with active student participation in seminar discussion. GMU:A review of important landmarks in cross-cultural
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
PSYC 3---
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