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Social Cognition - MA ( efterår 2010 - 10 ECTS )

Rammer for udbud

  • Uddannelsessprog: engelsk
  • Niveau: MA
  • Semester/kvarter: 1 semester.
  • Timer per uge: 2 every second week.
  • Deltagerbegrænsning: None.
  • Undervisningssted: Århus
  • Hovedområde: Det Humanistiske Fakultet
  • Udbud ID: 23814

Formål

 

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.

Indhold

 

This course deals with social cognition. Using Michael Tomasello: The cultural origins of human 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. Besides Tomasello, we will take a neuro-scientific approach, using Chris Frith: Making Up The Mind as a basic book. Imitation, empathy, and human's mentalizing capacity will be related to basic functions of the brain. Apart from the two mentioned books, relevant articles will be used.

Faglige forudsætninger

BA in a discipline of the Humanities.

Underviser

Svend Østergaard.

Tid og sted

To be announced.

Undervisnings- og arbejdsform

Classroom teaching.

English.

Litteratur

M. Tomasello: The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition

C. Frith: Making up the Mind

Studieordning og bedømmelse


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