Last modified: 31 May 2022 13:28
Face processing underpins human social interaction, allowing us to recognise friends and avoid enemies, identify social groups, decode emotional messages and find romantic partners. Despite the advice not to ‘judge a book by its cover’, people also form judgements of a stranger’s attractiveness and character within seconds of seeing their face. This course will examine how these aspects of face processing relate to contemporary real-world topics, including the rise of facial AI.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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Face processing underpins human social interaction, allowing us to recognise friends and avoid enemies, identify social groups, decode emotional messages and find romantic partners. Despite the advice not to ‘judge a book by its cover’, people go further than these relatively objective judgements, and also form judgements of a stranger’s attractiveness and character within seconds of seeing their face, for example, by judging how trustworthy, powerful or competent they look. This course will examine these aspects of face processing and how they relate to contemporary real-world topics, including the rise of facial AI.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 40,41,42 | Feedback Weeks | ||
| Feedback |
Students will answer one of three questions in essay format, spanning the course content (e.g. Should we ban face recognition AI in our cities? Are the police right to rely on super-recognisers to find criminals? etc). |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Apply | Apply face processing research to address real-world social issues. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Critically evaluate research methods and experimental findings in the face processing literature. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Critically evaluate the key theories and debates in the face processing literature |
| Conceptual | Understand | Explain the underlying mechanisms involved in recognising, perceiving and judging faces. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 48,49,50 | Feedback Weeks | ||
| Feedback |
Resubmission of failed elements of assessment. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Apply | Apply face processing research to address real-world social issues. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Critically evaluate research methods and experimental findings in the face processing literature. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Critically evaluate the key theories and debates in the face processing literature |
| Conceptual | Understand | Explain the underlying mechanisms involved in recognising, perceiving and judging faces. |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Understand | Explain the underlying mechanisms involved in recognising, perceiving and judging faces. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Critically evaluate the key theories and debates in the face processing literature |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Critically evaluate research methods and experimental findings in the face processing literature. |
| Conceptual | Apply | Apply face processing research to address real-world social issues. |
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