Psychology 1 (PS0001)

? Credit Points : 40 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : PPL-1-PS1-PS

An introduction to the main areas of contemporary scientific psychology: learning, development, and motivation in humans and animals; sensation and perception; language, memory, and thought; personality and individual differences; social and biological approaches to behaviour; applications of psychology.

Entry Requirements

? Special Arrangements for Entry : A quota of 315 students: students with degrees including Psychology will be seeded and so have priority access, other students will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis.

Variants

? This course has variants for part year visiting students, as follows

Psychology 1 (VS1) (Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2))
Psychology 1 (VS2) (Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4))

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Psychology, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 1st year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 20 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
19/09/2007	11:00	12:00	Lecture Theatre A, David Hume Tower	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	11:10	12:00	Central
Lecture	Wednesday	11:10	12:00	Central
Lecture	Friday	11:10	12:00	Central

? Additional Class Information : Plus tutorials.
Students are required to attend 9 tutorials, to submit 3 essays and, in addition, to contribute 9 hours as participant via the Research Participation Scheme.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

LEARNING OUTCOMES
On completion of each section of the lecture course, students should be able to:
-Define key psychological concepts and illustrate them with relevant examples.
-Understand basic theoretical questions and arguments.
-Outline the types of research methods used in addressing these questions.
-Summarise some classic and some recent findings.
-Discuss how these findings relate to theoretical questions and arguments.

Assessment Information

Three essays of 1500 to 2000 words (one in Semester 1, two in Semester 2) plus a 2 hour degree exam at the end of each Semester. The course mark combines marks for tutorial essays (25%), tutorial and research participation (5%), and the degree exams (35% for each exam).

To fulfil the course requirements requires: submission of 3 essays and participation in tutorials and research, in addition to the 2 semester examinations.