Undergraduate Course: Psychology 1: mind and brain (VS2) (PSYL08008)
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 | Part-year visiting students only |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | A one-semester introduction to contemporary scientific psychology, focussing on areas relating to mind and brain, namely: biological bases of behaviour, language and thinking, memory and perception.
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| 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
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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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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Students are required to attend 4 fortnightly tutorials (4 hours in total) |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Adam Moore
Tel: (0131 6)50 3369
Email: Jackie.Allan@ed.ac.uk |
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