PSYC20007 Cognitive Psychology (University of Melbourne): rated 3.6/5 overall, difficulty 0.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 0.0/5 across 57 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
PSYC20007 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences in Psychology. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 认知心理学
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Psychology
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
Mental processes such as attention, memory, language and categorisation form the basis of our creative human cognitive abilities. An understanding of these cognitive abilities and the methods used by cognitive psychologists to study them provides an essential foundation for ongoing study in psych.
PSYC20007 has 57 scored reviews: overall 3.6/5 · usefulness 3.7 · difficulty 0.0 · would-recommend 0.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UniMelb students on UniMelb Wall (0.0/5 overall); 34 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.8 stars); 22 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.4/5).
On Reddit: "hi, i’m a past student - i did pretty well on this exam and my studying mostly consisted of reviewing lecture content and sort of organising that information by drawing out a mind map for each lecture. i found that a lot of the information/experiments discussed were connected in…"
On Reddit: "Both are definitely very easy to H1 in, as long as you're a decent essay writer and keep up with the lectures (which content wise is pretty easy)"
The course panel on UniMelb Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is PSYC20007 hard?
A: Students rate PSYC20007's difficulty 0.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it on the easier side.
Q: Is PSYC20007 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 57 reviews: would-recommend 0.0/5, usefulness 3.7/5, overall 3.6/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches PSYC20007, and when is it offered?
A: PSYC20007 is taught by the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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