Undergraduate Course: Psychology 1 (PSYL08001)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | An introduction to the main areas of contemporary scientific psychology, with lectures covering: biological, differential, developmental, social, memory, perception, language and research methods, . |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
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.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Special Arrangements |
A quota of 315 students: students with degrees including Psychology will be seeded and so have priority access. |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Tutorials and lab contributions and research participation.
Students are required to attend 8 tutorials and to contribute 8 hours as participant via the Research Participation Scheme. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Adam Moore
Tel: (0131 6)50 3369
Email: amoore23@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
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