Undergraduate Catalogue of Courses 2013/2014
PSYCHOLOGY
PLEASE NOTE: Resit: (for Honours students only): Candidates achieving a CAS mark of 6-8 may be awarded compensatory level 1 credit. Candidates achieving a CAS mark of less than 6 will be required to submit themselves for re-assessment and should contact the Course Co-ordinator for further details.
Course Co-ordinator: Dr K Mearns
Pre-requisite(s): PS 1009, PS 1010, PS 1509, PS 1510, PS 2015, PS 2016, PS 2515, PS 2516, PS 3009, PS 3011, PS 3014, PS 3513, PS 3519, PS 3518, PS 3517
This course will impart and develop the skills and knowledge required to conduct psychological research.
1 x 1 hour lecture on carrying out a literature review and running a research project.
2 x 1 hour training sessions on recruiting participants and designing experimental studies.
The psychology thesis is carried out under the supervision of a member of staff and the student and staff member meet weekly throughout the academic year (24 hours of tutorial time).
1st Attempt: Submission of an honours thesis.
Resit: Normally resubmission of an honours thesis.
Formative Assessment and Feedback Information
Students receive formative feedback from their supervisor for the duration of the project.
Feedback is provided to students from the supervisor and also from other members of staff at a poster session arranged at the start of the second half-session.
Course Co-ordinator: TBC
Pre-requisite(s): Level 4 Psychology Joint Honours degree students.
The lectures on psychopharmacology will provide accounts of the neural mechanisms underlying the effects of common psychotropic medicines (including drugs used to treat schizophrenia, depression and anxiety) and recreational drugs (including alcohol, cocaine and ecstasy). The lectures on neuropsychology and biological psychology will provide accounts of how brain damage, genes and hormones can affect behaviour and cognition.
12 week course - 1 one-hour lecture per week and two one-hour tutorials during the course.
1st Attempt: One 90 minute written examination (75%), in-course critical review assessment of no more than 3000 words (20%), activities during tutorials (5%).
Course Co-ordinator: Dr D Martin
Pre-requisite(s): PS 1009, PS 1010, PS 1509, PS 1510, PS 2015, PS 2016, PS 2515, PS 2516, PS 3011, PS 3014, PS 3519, PS 3518, PS 3517
Note(s): This course is only available to students completing a Behavioural Studies degree.
This course will impart and develop the skills and knowledge required to understand psychological research.
1 x 1 hour session on carrying out a literature review.
The behavioural studies project is carried out under the supervision of a member of staff, and arrangements are made for regular contact between the supervisor and the student in order to complete the project. Supervisors and students meet approximately weekly during both half sessions, equivalent to 24 x 1 hour tutorials.
1st Attempt: Submission of a Behavioural Studies Project Report.
Resit: Normally resubmission of a Behavioural Studies Project Report.
Formative Assessment and Feedback Information
Students receive formative feedback from their supervisor for the duration of the project.
Feedback is provided to students from the supervisor.
Course Co-ordinator: Dr S Cleland
Pre-requisite(s): PS 1009, PS 1509, PS 1010, PS 1510, PS 2015, PS 2016, PS 2515, PS 2516, PS 3011, PS 3014, PS 3520, PS 3519
Note(s): This course is only open to students taking the following degree programmes: Single Honours Psychology, SIngle Honours Behavioural Studies, Honours Psychology/Behavioural Studies with minor subject.
Three options chosen from a list made available by the School of Psychology and which may change from year to year. Tutorials and essays will consider general issues and current developments in psychology.
12 week course - 3 one-hour lectures, 1 one-hour research seminar, 1 one-hour tutorial every fortnight.
1st Attempt: 2 ninety minute examinations (75%), in course assessment of tutorial acitivities (5%), written assessment of no more than 4000 words (20%).
Course Co-ordinator: Professor A Sahraie
Pre-requisite(s): PS 1009, PS 1509, PS 1010, PS 1510, PS 2015, PS 2016, PS 2515, PS 2516. Level 4 Psychology and Behavioural Studies degree programme students.
- Spatial Vision.
- Temporal Vision.
- Depth Perception.
- Biopsychology of Vision.
- Role of Attention in Perception.
1 x one-hour lecture per week, for 10 weeks. 2 x two hour workshops.
1st Attempt: 1 90 minute written examination (75%),
Peer assessed debate workshop (5%), Submission of a < 2000 word written assignment on aspects of the course (20%).
Resit: 90 minutes written examination 100%.
Formative Assessment and Feedback Information
Students will be given the opportunity to expand on the issues discussed in the lecture material. Groups of students will identify and collect material relevant to a discussion topic and will be provided with guidance from the tutor. They will discuss the material in a group in the following workshop and their contribution will be assessed using a peer assessment overseen by the tutor. Each student will be required to submit a 600 word summary of the main points discussed in the debate as a report aimed at a group of fellow undergraduate community. These reports will be assessed by the tutor.
Groups will get feedback from the other group members in the discussions following their presentation.
The tutor will also provide the group with feedback on the content and ways to improve their work.
The tutor will provide feedback on the submitted short report.
Course Co-ordinator: Dr K Mearns
Pre-requisite(s): PS 1009, PS 1010, PS 1509, PS 1510, PS 2015, PS 2515, PS 2516, PS 3011, PS 3518
This course will impart and develop the skills and knowledge required to understand psychological research.
1 x 1 hour session on carrying out a literature review.
The joint behavioural studies project is carried out under the supervision of a member of staff and arrangements are made for regular contact between the supervisor and the student in order to complete the project. This is equivalent to 12 hours of tutorials.
Submission of a Joint Behavioural Studies Project Report.
Normally resubmission of a Joint Behavioural Studies Project Report
Formative Assessment and Feedback Information
Students receive formative feedback from their supervisor for the duration of the project.
Feedback is provided to students from the supervisor.
Course Co-ordinator: Dr D Pearson
Pre-requisite(s): Level 4 Psychology Joint Honours degree students.
The memory component of the course examines the cognitive study of human learning and memory; the modal and working memory models; the application of memory models to everyday cognition. The language component of the course examines cognitive mechanisms underlying sentence processing and production, and higher level processes of language comprehension.
12 week course - 1 one-hour lecture per week and two one-hour tutorials during the course.
1st Attempt: One 90 minute written examination (75%), in-course critical review assessment of no more than 3000 words (20%), activities during tutorials (5%).
Course Co-ordinator: Dr S Cleland
Pre-requisite(s): PS 1009, PS 1509, PS 1010 PS 1510, PS 2015, PS 2016, PS 2515, PS 2516, PS 3011, PS 3012, PS 3014, PS 3520, PS 3518, PS 3519
Note(s): This course is only open to students taking the following degree programmes: Single Honours Psychology, SIngle Honours Behavioural Studies, Honours Psychology for the Combined degree.
Three options chosen from a list made available by the School of Psychology and which may change from year to year. Tutorials and essays will consider general issues and current developments in psychology.
12 week course - 3 one-hour lectures, 1 one-hour research seminar, 1 one-hour tutorial every fortnight.
1st Attempt: 2 ninety minute examinations (75%), in course assessment of tutorial acitivities (5%), written assessment of no more than 4000 words (20%).