PSY4003 - Understanding Human Behaviour

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

Foundational knowledge of core areas in psychology, including the application of psychology to world issues. International and cultural perspectives will be addressed throughout, beginning with the historical and cultural context and origins of modern psychology.

Biological: brain structure and function in areas such as such as pain, fear, eating & drinking and sleeping, physiology in a global context

Cognitive: attention, memory, and problem-solving.

Developmental: development across the lifespan, personality and temperament; behavioural genetics approach; resilience and vulnerabiltiy, constructivist and constructionist theories, information processing approach; the role of education and ecological systems theory;

Social: history of psychology, social thinking, beliefs & judgements, attitudes & behaviours, individual and society.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Formal scheduled learning and teaching activities
Hours: 60
Intended Group Size: 200

Guided independent study
Hours: 240

Further details relating to assessment
Formative assessment will take place in taught sessions through the use of summary questions to check the development of understanding as well as online. This will feed into the summative MCQs which will be delivered and graded online. 40% of the module marks will be provided by the end of year Integrated Assessment, which will look at how the different areas of psychology can be applied to a case study or specific issue as appropriate to the programme of study.

Assessment:

001 Online quiz, 30 minutes; early semester 1 15%
002 Online quiz, 30 minutes; end of semester 1 15%
003 Online quiz, 30 minutes; early semester 2 15%
004 Online quiz, 30 minutes; end of semester 2 15%
005 Case study; 2,000 words; integrated assessment period 40%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Tom St Quinton
Level - 4
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 4YL

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