Undergraduate Course: Psychology 2B (PSYL08012)
Course Outline
School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
Summary | This course aims to develop an integrated understanding of modern approaches to some of the core areas of psychology such as perception, cognitive neuroscience, language and memory/learning (the remaining core areas were covered in Psychology 2A). As a continuation of Psychology 2A, students are also presented with a broader conceptual and methodological framework of psychological research and its outreach to the public. Besides this, students are taught transferable skills such as writing about science for lay audience and making presentations.
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Course description |
The course will cover four core areas of psychology, building on the introductory lectures to many topics addressed in Psychology 1A and Psychology 1B.
The course will consist of four thematic lecture blocks of six lectures each, grouped into two double-blocks. Before each double-block, there will be two to three lectures covering broader conceptual and methodological topics that cut across multiple areas of psychology (experimental and computational approaches to psychology, experimental design, and the role of psychology in society).
Each thematic lecture block will be accompanied by a lecture content-oriented small-group tutorial and a lab that teaches and enhances a general research-related or transferable skill (experimental design, presenting science in written and oral forms).
Halfway through the course, in week 6, is Activity Week, when typical lectures, labs and tutorials are suspended. The Activity Week consists of group-based hands-on activities that illustrate the course content as well as teach transferable skills. The Activity week activities are not assessed.
The last week of the course consists of a Mini-conference, where students give presentations on a range of psychological phenomena.
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Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | Visiting students should usually have completed at least one introductory level Psychology course at grade B or above for entry to this course. We will only consider University/College level courses |
High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2019/20, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 233 |
Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 30,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 4,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
152 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
40 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
60% exam: 40% multiple-choice exam; 2 x 10% short essays
20% oral presentations in the final week
20% practical assessments in labs and tutorials
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Feedback |
Feedback on participation and performance in tutorials and labs
Feedback on presentation
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Exam Information |
Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Psychology 2B | 2:00 | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Psychology 2B Resit | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Show knowledge of the key concepts, research areas, methods and empirical findings in the four core areas of psychology (perception, cognitive neuroscience, language, memory/learning).
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of how the core areas relate to one another: what are their similarities and differences in terms of conceptual and empirical approaches.
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of the main principles of experimental design.
- Show basic knowledge of and have basic skills in communicating science for lay audience.
- Show basic knowledge of and have basic skills in making presentations.
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Be prepared to look for connections in the material covered in different parts of the curriculum and look beyond the presented material
Presentation skills
Efficiently extract the key features of a scientific problem or research program and present these orally/audiovisiually in a succinct and engaging manner
Writing skills
Efficiently extract the key features of a scientific problem or research program and present these in writing in a succinct and engaging manner
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Keywords | Psychology,perception,cognitive,neuroscience,language,memory,learning,presentations |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Peter Lamont
Tel: (0131 6)50 3372
Email: peter.lamont@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Alex MacAndrew
Tel: (0131 6)51 3733
Email: alexandra.macandrew@ed.ac.uk |
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