Minor Psychology of Cognition, Development, and Performance

ECTS: 30
Code: MPCDP30

Description

This University Minor focuses on human information processing with regard to acquiring competences, in a developmental context.

Knowledge about perception, attention, and information processing are crucial for performance. How these work and interact are topics that the courses in the minor deal with.

Other topics are: how mental performance changes over time, e.g., as a result of ageing, how mental condition and goals affect performance, in particular in applied fields such as sports and traffic psychology. Task analysis and knowledge on how human error occurs, increase understanding of mental processes and can help to improve performance and safety.

In this minor you will:

learn about psychological theories, and explain the functioning of the human information processing system in terms of cognitive theories
comprehend how healthy people function in daily life and how performance and safety can be improved in applied settings such as sports and traffic
understand the effects of an ageing brain on performance and propose potential countermeasures

This minor is in particular focussed on students with an interest in functions of the brain/cognitive psychology, such as Biology/LST and AI students. Without basic knowledge of biology/cognitive/neuropsychology this minor has been shown to be difficult to complete, and therefore students with a broader interest in psychology, in particular social psychology, are advised to look at the other minor we offer: Psychology in Society.

Student capacity

Questions?

For questions you can contact the minor coordinator.

Please note, there will be no waiting list in case the minor is full. All you can do is check regularly and hope that someone unenrolls, but actually the chance that people will unenrol is not large.

Please adress questions with regard to whether you are enrolled to the student service desk BSS (Onderwijsbalie GMW): owbalie.gmw rug.nl.

Download the Minor Psychology of Cognition, Development, and Performance leaflet

Deadlines

First enrol for the minor, then, later, you can enrol for courses.

Enrolment is possible from 23 May 2025 (00:00 CEST) up to 4 July 2025 (23:59 CEST). Minor code: MPCDP30 (30 EC only)
7 July - 20 July 2025: enrol for the individual courses of your choice (you will receive an emailed invitation).

From 22 July 2025 - early September 2025 courses with a PSMIN code are open for personal minors/ as elective course as long as capacity is not reached.

In case you enrolled for this minor last year but did not pass one or max two courses, then do not enrol in the minor this year but contact the Student Service Desk by email (owbalie.gmw rug.nl) and mention the course(s) you need to follow again. In case a course is no longer taught or no longer part of the minor you should select another elective minor course to obtain the Minor acknowledgement on your degree.

Should you decide not to follow the minor then please unenrol, as capacity is limited!

Sign up

Enrolment for the minor is possible from 24 May up to 5 July. Enrolment for courses starts at 9 July, you will receive an email.

Course programme

Please see Ocasys for the course programme and description.

Compulsory courses	ECTS	Semester
Introduction to Psychological Theories	5	1a
Elective courses	ECTS	Semester
Sport and Performance Psychology	5	1a
Traffic Psychology & Sustainable Mobility	5	1a
Thinking and Deciding	5	1a
Human Error	5	1b
Sensation and Perception	5	1b
Neuropsychology of Ageing and Dementia	5	1b

Last modified:

03 February 2025 12.57 p.m.