Project Module Intentional Forgetting (Winter Semester 2024/2025)
Lecturer: Jenny Rettstatt
Content: The students will work on a task related to human-technology interaction or the design of a socio-technical system in interdisciplinary small groups and present the results clearly and comprehensibly. The project topics can emerge from ongoing research projects at the faculties of TU Chemnitz and may involve cooperation partners from business or industry. The project groups are ideally composed of students with different bachelor’s degrees. Supervision is provided by one or more faculties involved in teaching the Master’s program in Human Factors.
Qualification goals: In the field of cognitive psychology, the topic of intentional forgetting is explored, which deals with the conscious control of forgetting processes. The project module focuses on how targeted changes in daily routines and workflows can influence established cognitive schemas to optimize mental processes. The project offers participants the opportunity to engage intensively with the latest scientific theories and methods that examine intentional forgetting.
General Project Description: In the context of cognitive psychology, the topic of intentional forgetting is explored, focusing on the conscious control of forgetting processes. The project module aims to investigate how targeted changes in daily routines and workflows can influence cognitive schemas and optimize mental processes. The project offers participants the chance to engage deeply with current scientific theories and methods investigating intentional forgetting.
Project Module Topic: An experimental design will be developed to investigate targeted interventions in routines and sequences of actions. The aim is to analyze which specific interventions can promote or hinder the forgetting of irrelevant information, and how they can either relieve or strain cognitive processes.
Exemplary Tasks:
- Literature research on the mechanisms of intentional forgetting and its application in cognitive psychology
- Development and evaluation of questionnaires or interviews with participants
- Conceptualization, programming, implementation, and evaluation of the experiment
- Creation of a guideline for recommendations on change operations
Framework Conditions:
- Student group of about 3-4 people
- Interest in interdisciplinary research and willingness to actively participate in the project
Requirements: None
Target groups: Master's students in Human Factors
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Seminar
Time: By arrangement
Location: By arrangement
