- You have an overview of the field of psychology and its sub-disciplines, such as biological, social, developmental and clinical psychology.
- You have insight into how different factors can influence human thinking, feeling and behavior. Important factors are biological and social processes, the existence of individual differences, the role of prior experiences and the current context you are in.
- You have insight into which questions psychology aims to answer and understand how the empirical cycle is used to this end.
- You can assess the relevance of psychological articles (scientific and popular-scientific) and formulate critical questions about them.
- You acquire insight in how to study psychological information and extract the main points and insights from it, enabling you to successfully complete multiple choice tests.
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The course gives an introduction into the discipline of psychology. It will start outlining what Psychology is about: which questions does it want to answer and how does it do so? What does it mean for something to be psychological knowledge? During the course we will cover multiple sub-disciplines such as biological, social, developmental and clinical psychology. Topics that will be discussed include among others research methodology, memory, consciousness, perception, emotion, personality and psychological disorders and their treatment.
At the end of the course you will have an overview over the discipline of psychology. |
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Assessment for this course consists of a multiple-choice test.
Note
This assessment is NOT for students of the psychology bachelor. They have to meet different criteria.
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