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Introduction to Mind

Course code

PSP6060.LT

old course code

PSP6060

Course title in Estonian

Sissejuhatus psüühikasse

Course title in English

Introduction to Mind

ECTS credits

5.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2025/2026 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2025/2026 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Understanding the essence of psyche and the difference of psyche from nonpsychical phenomena. Understanding the basic mechanisms of the psychical functioning. Understanding the relationships between pedagogy and psyche.

Brief description of the course

Psyche. Paradigms and methods of psychology. Sensory processes: vision, hearing, balance, position of the body in space, proprioception, other sensory systems. Movement. Structure and functioning of the nervous system. Psychic processes: emotion, motivation, perception, memory, thinking, planning of actions, language and speech.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- knows and understands the essence of psyche and the principles of the functioning of psyche;
- knows and understands the principles of the functioning of biotic processes that underlie psyche (sensory systems, nervous system);
- knows and understands theoretical principles of psychology today; understands the fundamental shortcomings of these theoretical principles and knows why the majority of empirical studies conducted in psychology today do not allow understanding and explaining psyche in principle.

Teacher

Aaro Toomela

The course is a prerequisite

Biological Psychology (PSP6012.LT)
Cognitive Psychology (PSP6013.LT)
Neuropsychology (PSP6088.LT)

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