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• Book title: Introduction to Personality, Clinical and Health Psychology
• Author: Custom edition of Leiden University
• Edition: 1st edition

About the book

The book 'Introduction to Personality, Clinical and Health Psychology' is a book that has been specially compiled for Leiden University. It is based on three other books:

• Personality Psychology by Larsen and Buss - 3rd edition
• Abnormal Psychology by Nolen-Hoeksema - 9th edition
• Taylor's Health Psychology - 11th edition

The fact that this book is a compilation of three other books is also clearly reflected in the structure of the book. In this book it is always indicated from which book the chapters originate. In the summary, it has been decided to also mention the original book titles.

Overview mandatory study material and examinfo

BLOCK 1

Introduction to Psychology

• Readings:
  • Book: Psychology by Gray & Bjorklund, 8th edition

    • week 1: ch 1,2.3

    • week 2: ch 4,5

    • week 3: ch 6,7

    • week 4: ch 8,9

    • week 5: ch 10

    • week 6: ch 11,12,13

    • week 7: ch 14,15,16 

• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of a multiple choice exam (70%) and the work-group sessions (30%)
• Examdates: 25 October 2024 + 21 January 2025 (resit)

Introduction to Methodology and Statistics

• Readings:
  • Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods by Leary, 6th edition
  • Statistical Methods for Psychology by Howell, 2014 or 2021 edition

    • week 1: Leary ch 1,2 

    • week 2: Leary ch 3 (pp.63-66), 4, 5

    • week 3: Leary ch 6 (pp.131-146) Howell ch 1 (1.1-1.3), 2 (2.1,2.2,2.7,2.8,2.9)

    • week 4: Howell ch 2 (2.3, 2.5) , 3 (3.1,3.2, 3.5)

    • week 5: Leary ch 7 (pp. 156-171), 6 (pp. 138-146)

    • week 6: Leary ch 9, 10

    • week 7: Leary ch 13, 14

• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of a multiple choice exam (70%) and an R skills test (30%)
• Examdates: 21 October 2024 + 20 January 2025 (resit)

History of Psychology

• Readings: Chapters on History of Psychology by Van der Velde & Uithol

  • week 1: ch 1,2

  • week 2: ch 3,4 

  • week 3: ch 3 The empiricists, 17th and 18th century 

  • week 4: ch 4 Psychology as a science 

  • week 5: ch 6 Freud and psychoanalysis 

  • week 6: ch 5 the science of behavior 

• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of a multiple choice exam (70%) and the practice sessions (30%)
• Examdates: 23 October 2024 + 23 January 2025 (resit)

BLOCK 2

Inferential Statistics

• Readings: Statistical Methods for Psychology by Howell, UL 2014 or 2021 edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of a multiple choice exam (70%) and an R skills test (30%)
• Examdates: 16 December 2024 + 29 January 2025 (resit)

Personality, Clinical and Health Psychology

• Readings: Introduction to personality, clinical & health psychology, UL edition
• Examinfo:
  • the final grade is a weighted average of a multiple choice exam (70%) and a workgroup grade (30%)
  • Don't shoot the dog is not part of the exam
• Examdates: 18 December 2024 + 27 January 2025 (resit)

BLOCK 3

Developmental and Educational Psychology

• Readings: How Children Develop by Siegler a.o., 6th edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of a multiple choice exam (70%) and workgroup assignments (30%)
• Examdates: 24 March 2025 + 20 June 2025 (resit)

Experimental and Correlational Research

• Readings: Statistical Methods for Psychology by Howell, UL 2014 or 2021 edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the examination grade (70%) and the grade for the R skills test (30%)
• Examdates: 28 March + 19 June 2025 (resit)

Social and Organisational Psychology

• Readings:
  • Organizational Behavior - International Student Edition by Neck a.o., 3rd edition
  • Social Psychology by Heinzen & Goodfriend, 2nd edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the exam grade (70%) and the average grade for the two work group assignments (30%)
• Examdates: 26 March 2025 + 16 June 2025 (resit)

BLOCK 4

Biopsychology and Neuropsychology

• Readings: Biological Psychology by Kalat, 14th edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the exam (70%) and the compound grade for the two assignments (30%)
• Examdates: 26 May 2025 + 23 June 2025 (resit)

Cognitive Psychology

• Readings: Cognition by Chun & Most
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the final grade (70%) and the WG grade (30%)
• Examdates: 3 June 2025 + 25June 2025 (resit)

Psychology and Science

• Readings:
  • Chapters on Philosophy of Science and Logic by Van der Velde, 1st edition
  • Critical Thinking by Moore & Parker, 13th edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the multiple-choice examination grade (70%) and the report grade (30%)
• Examdates: 28 May 2025 + 27 June 2025 (resit)