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Curricular information is subject to change
At the conclusion of this module, students should be able to:
- Discuss the chronological development of Psychology as a discipline
- Describe the key features of the main Schools of Psychology (e.g. Structuralism, Functionalism, Gestalt, Psychodynamism and Behaviourism)
- Compare and contrast the main approaches to Psychology in the 19th and 20th centuries
- Critically analyse the relationship between Psychology and Society, e.g. with regard to concepts such as 'race’, ‘gender’ and ‘madness’
Lecture topics will typically include:
1. Early experimentalism
2. Evolution
3. Psychology and race
4. William James
5. Behaviourism
6. Neo-Behaviourism
7. Gestalt Psychology
8. Freud, psychodynamism & psychoanalysis
9. Social Psychology
10. Psychology and animals
11. Psychology and the meaning of madness
12. Ethics in Psychology
Note that these are subject to change.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 20 |
Tutorial | 2 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 78 |
Total | 100 |
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Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Multiple Choice Questionnaire: Multiple choice exam on material covered in the first half of the semester. | Week 6 | n/a | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 40 |
Essay: 1500 word essay | Week 12 | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 60 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
The mid-semester MCQ exam will be completed online via BrightSpace, and automated feedback will be provided. Individual written feedback will be provided on end-of-semester essays via BrightSpace.