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)