3rd Year Modules

Compulsory:

Behavioural neuro

Developmental psych

Dis

Choose one from each semester

Year long module:

Psychology in practice

Can’t take if did it in second year

20 hours work placement - can be spaced however

capped module

Find own placement

Six timetabled sessions

Portfolio - essay, reflection, and diary

Doesn’t have to be related to psych

Run by Heather - email with any questions

Semester 1:

Drugs and behaviour - Gareth Norris

Forensics automatically take this module

All online - one face to face lecture in week 1

Weekly drop-in sessions and office hours

Weekly feedback

Assessment - 4 discussion forums - 500 word initial post - 3x 250 word follow on posts

Module mark is the best of three of the four discussion grades

Counselling - Antonia

Assessment in class

Attendance is compulsory (can’t pass if you don’t attend)

Capped module

Assessment - 5000 word portfolio

Psych critical review

Learn how to do systematic review

Develops critical writing - gives step by step

Work for assessment done in practicals

Choose what you review

Two assignments no exams - proposal 10%, review 90%

Psychology of Humour - Gil

humour as a scientific discipline - biological and evolutionary bases - social aspects - mating - health - negative humour - applications

Assessment - Observation report (pair work) 2000 words 50%, Essay 2500 50%

Semester 2:

21st century self

Looks at social injustice - critical and constructionist psychology - quite philosophical

Looks at how power operates as a system

4 contact hours a week - problem based learning - given tasks with no single solution - some group work but very supported

Every student last year got 1st class in their group works

Then do an independent investigation on anything but looking at the power relations

Psychology of ageing: older adults - Alexander Taylor

First year running - capped module

Core areas - Biology, Social and Health

Starts at healthy ageing not just degenerative ageing

Themes - what is ageing?, environmental interaction, purpose in life, civic participation, degenerative ageing

Assessment - design an intervention, get feedback from ‘community stakeholders’ - refine intervention - 15 min pre-recorded group presentation. Also self-reflective essay

One lecture a week - front loaded with seminars

Child language: development and assessment

Models of lexical acquisition - theory and research

Language disorders including autism

Verbal IQ scoring

Matching groups in child language research

Ethics and Research methods

Some content that would normally be saved for post grad is provided

Seven seminars

Lecturer teaches very visually - essay: get a visual and talk about it

Assessment: essay 2000 words 40%, exam approx. 3000 words 60% of module