Undergraduate Course: Moral Judgment and Behaviour (PSYL10100)

Course Outline
School	School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	Morality is critical to our lives, with differences in what people think is moral or not, and differences in what people do in moral situations, profoundly affecting individual and collective wellbeing, social harmony, and political and economic policy. This course will examine the factors affecting moral behaviour, including helping behaviours, charitable donation, exploitation of others, corporate malfeasance, and hypocrisy. It will also look at the major contemporary models of moral judgment and reasoning, and the evidence both for and against them. Throughout the course we will ask where the focus of morality is: the individual or the situation. The course will be divided into 5 sessions, each lasting for 1 hour and 50 minutes. While the majority of time will be devoted to lectures, students are encouraged to ask questions throughout and there will be group discussion(s) as class size allows. The texts used will consist of assigned articles. Each set of readings includes at least one generally accessible paper and several experimental articles that purport to test theories/findings related to the topic. Most articles are available via the main library or psychology library. For those articles that are not, they can be obtained via Learn. Please email the course organiser if you have trouble obtaining them.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Psychology Methodology 1 (PSYL10034) AND Psychology Methodology 2 (PSYL10035)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 55
Course Start	Block 1 (Sem 1)
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 88 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 55 %, Coursework 35 %, Practical Exam 10 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Participation: 10% - Class discussions in which students will either lead or moderate the evaluation of assigned papers. Coursework: 35% - Four 1-2 page reading responses analysing assigned papers and reacting to highlighted issues. Exam: 55% Visiting Student Variant Assessment (100%) Essay (3000 words) to be set by Course Organiser and due 4pm, Thursday 11 December.
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			1:30

Academic year 2014/15, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Block 1 (Sem 1)
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 88 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Participation: 10% - Class discussions in which students will either lead or moderate the evaluation of assigned papers. Coursework: 35% - Four 1-2 page reading responses analysing assigned papers and reacting to highlighted issues. Exam: 55% Visiting Student Variant Assessment (100%) Essay (3000 words) to be set by Course Organiser and due 4pm, Thursday 11 December.
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Learning Outcomes
Students should be able to identify key streams of research in the study of moral behaviour and judgment, discuss empirical findings that test key models of explanation in these areas, and identify factors that play a role in how human beings perceive and react to moral situations.

Reading List
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Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiser	Dr Adam Moore Tel: (0131 6)50 3369 Email: amoore23@exseed.ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Ms Fiona Graham Tel: (0131 6)50 3440 Email: F.Graham@ed.ac.uk