Introduction to Psychology

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Recognise the diversity of approaches to the scientific study of Psychology
• Outline main experimental findings, interpretations and theories relevant to the covered areas of psychological research
• Communicate effectively by written, verbal, and visual means.
• Critically evaluate theories and data in Psychology

Topics covered include:

Introduction

The Science of Psychology

Sensation

Perception

Memory

Metacognition

Social Cognition

Attitudes and Emotions

Interpersonal/Group Processes

Development & Health Psychology

Clinical Psychology

Teaching and learning methods

Weekly live sessions, recorded lectures, practice quizzes, lecture notes, short movies, textbook readings, and handouts. Most module materials are available through Blackboard, which can be accessed at: http://www.blackboard.soton.ac.uk

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Spielman, R.M., Dumper, K., Jenkins, W., Lacombe, A., Lovett, M., & Perlmutter, M. (2021). Psychology - H5P Edition. BCcampus.

Assessment strategy

Final Exam – students must pass final exam to pass the course. Students who fail to do so can resit the exam in August as is typical at the University of Southampton (57.5%).

Weekly online learning practice which involves restudying and answering questions about key concepts from the lectures (20%).

An individual academic poster assignment makes up the remainder of the coursework (20%).

Research participation (2.5%).

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External