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In the evaluation of the student's performance, special emphasis is placed on the extent to which the student:
" is aware of the important differences between the cognition of man and other primates;
" is familiar with the important steps in the development of the individual as a social being;
" knows the most fundamental principles for language acquisition;
" understands the correlation between the development of language and the development of non-linguistic skills.
This course deals with social cognition as well as individual cognition. In the part on social cognition we want to answer the following question: what sorts of cognitive capacities are necessary in order to develop a social organization as we know it today? The main assumption in the course is that social organization and language are inseparable and we will therefore pursue the parallel problem: what sorts of cognitive capacities are necessary in order to evolve language? Finally, once language is developed we want to discuss its impact on cognition. In the part on individual cognition there is a presentation of key problems related to perception, imagery, attention, motor behaviour, and memory. There is a focus on the relation between these cognitive abilities and the social aspect of human cognition.
2 years study in a discipline of the Humanities.
Svend Østergaard.
To be announced.
Classroom teaching.
English.
To be announced: www.hum.au.dk/semiotics
Written/oral.
