PSYC3012 Cognitive Psychology (University of Sydney): rated 2.9/5 overall across 16 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
PSYC3012 is a University of Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Science in Psychology Academic Operations. This page brings together its handbook details and what USYD students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 认知心理学
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Psychology Academic Operations
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
This unit extends the theories and methods of investigating memory and attentional processes discussed in PSYC2013/PSYC2016 to consider a number of domains of higher cognitive processing including memory, language, object and face recognition, categorisation, and reasoning. An integrating theme of the course will be how such cognitive capacities contribute to skilled behaviour and expertise across a range of domains of human behaviour, and how they are implemented in artif…
PSYC3012 has 16 scored reviews: overall 2.9/5 · usefulness 4.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 6 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.0 stars); 10 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.2/5).
On Reddit: "😭😭 and if u saw someone sort of in the middle of the room looking in utter disbelief at that kid leaving, that was me"
On Reddit: "we might’ve been in the same room bc one person left in mine as well-"
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Q: Is PSYC3012 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 16 reviews: usefulness 4.0/5, overall 2.9/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches PSYC3012, and when is it offered?
A: PSYC3012 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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