PSYC3315 Cognitive Psychology (University of Western Australia): rated 3.4/5 overall across 13 reviews collected on UWA Wall.
PSYC3315 is a University of Western Australia course taught by the Psychological Science in Society and Culture. This page brings together its handbook details and what UWA students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 认知心理学
Type: Undergraduate unit
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Society and Culture
Faculty: Psychological Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
This unit covers attention, executive functioning, principles and dissociations of human memory, information updating, skill acquisition, problem solving and reasoning, judgement and decision making, applied cognition including forensic analysis, eyewitness testimony, expertise and human error.
PSYC3315 has 13 scored reviews: overall 3.4/5 · usefulness 2.5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 StudentVIP reviews (average 2.5 stars); 11 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.6/5).
On Reddit: "3315: UC is really helpful, please follow the LOs he gives! you will thank yourself when revising for exam,, I found it interesting! fair warning, I didn’t understand any of it until one point I realised it’s all related. it gets very logical and fun from there, once you underst…"
On Reddit: "i found this exam very easy but i did study a lot for it. the short answer questions were verbatim the learning objectives pretty much, which was great for me because i studied as if each of these objectives were short answers and just memorised them. the multiple choice questio…"
The course panel on UWA Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is PSYC3315 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 13 reviews: usefulness 2.5/5, overall 3.4/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches PSYC3315, and when is it offered?
A: PSYC3315 is taught by the Psychological Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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