PSY305: Cognitive Psychology

Exploring the Mind

Exam Revision Strategies
Know your Course
Learning Outcomes
It is important to know what you are expected to know
 The key words
Course Learning Outcomes (Course Guide) in red are the
verbs you will
find in your
 Examine major theories, principles, and concepts in exam questions
cognitive psychology.
 Discuss relevant theories and research findings to
explain real-life behaviour and cognitions.
 Appraise cognitive theories and how hypotheses are
verified through empirical testing.
 Illustrate how cognitive psychology provides evidence
of the link between cognitive functions of the mind and
behaviour.
 Apply cognitive theories and findings to everyday
mental-life and behaviour.
Study Unit
Learning Outcomes

 Go through the
weekly study plan
and check that you
are able to address
each of the LOs
under every Study
Unit
Exam Revision Strategies
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Tap into all the exam revision resources

 iSG
• activities
• points to relevant textbook sections/topics
• assigned journal articles
• narrated ppt slides
• videos and other links
 Seminar slides and notes
 Past exam questions and script marker comments
 Practice quizzes (Canvas L01)
Knowing what you know (and don’t know)

 Identify knowledge gaps

• What do I not understand?
• What am I missing?
 Test your understanding
• Check the Study Unit Learning Outcomes (iSG)
• “Test Yourself” questions (end of textbook chapters)
• Practice Quizzes in Canvas L-group
• Past years’ exam papers
• Exam script-marker comments