The students are able to:

• Describe the various stratification levels of human behaviour according to the interpretive framework of three major perspectives (i.e. behaviourism, cognitive theory and activity theory) for recognizing the process of generating and developing individual artifacts, and accordingly for observing human activity
• Describe the notions of “object” (present-at-hand, ready-to-hand), “artifact”, and “constellation of artifacts” as a starting point to approaching complex phenomena like consciousness and intentionality
• Conduct a naturalistic observation study, by knowing how to design a research protocol and how to determine the proper means for recording human behaviour, based on a thorough understanding of the requirements and specificities of each particular activity field
• Engage in phenomenological analysis of the observed human behaviour using video recordings, so as to identify human behaviour patterns and units of analysis of these patterns
• Model human mental activity and the ways in which a specific goal is achieved, with the aim of developing “joint cognitive systems”