Postgraduate Course: Developmental and Social Psychology (PSYL11035)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Psychology |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
The course aims to provide an overview of psychological research in the areas of developmental psychology and social psychology. The course comprises five lectures:
1. The paradigm crisis in social psychology
2. Introduction to discourse analysis (workshop based)
3. Group Decision Making & Performance
4. Children's lexical development
5. Research methods for assessing typical and atypical
cognitive development
There will also be a one-hour seminar associated with each lecture, representing a total of five seminars in addition to course lectures.
Note: This course can only run if 6 or more students are enrolled. While we anticipate that this minimum will be reached, if there are not 6 people enrolled by Tuesday of week 4 in Semester 1 the course will be closed. Anyone already enrolled at that time would be informed by Monday of Semester 1 week 5 in time to find an alternative class from those available in block 2, 3 or 4.
Venue: S37, 7 George Square |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will have an understanding of some of the contemporary issues related to research in developmental psychology and social psychology. In particular, the course will enable students:
- to appreciate some of the underlying epistemological issues that inform experimental social psychology and the ways in which these are addressed through the discourse analytic approach
to understand the potential pitfalls of group decision making and how these might be averted, as well as the circumstances under which a group context improves vs. degrades performance
- to describe and evaluate theories and findings regarding how children learn new words, with respect to both typical and atypical language development
- to understand the difference between test and learning based methodologies for assessing cognitive development, and to be aware of problems in applying them to children with severe learning difficulties |
Assessment Information
| One 2,000 word essay |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Morag Donaldson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3437
Email: Morag.Donaldson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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