Course Pointer with study material and exam info for Psychology Specialisations at University of Leiden - 2023-2024

Study material and exam info

Blocks 1 & 3

Applied Cognitive Psychology

• Study material: Articles via Brightspace
  • Information Processing by Wickens & Carswell - Book chapter from Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics by Salvendy
  • Interaction Design, beyond Human Computer Interaction by Preece, Sharp & Rogers, 4th edition
  • The complexity of failure: Implications of complexity theory for safety investigations by Dekke, Cilliers & Hofmeyr - Article
  • The unity and diversity of executive functions and their contributions to complex “frontal lobe” tasks: a latent variable analysis by Miyake a.o. - Article
  • Perceptual selectivity for color and form by Theeuwes - Article
  • Intelligence gathering post-9/11 by Loftus - Article
  • How can humans understand their automated cars? HMI principles, problems and solutions by Carsten & Martens - Article
• About the exam: The final grade is a weighted average of the exam (40%) and two projects (60%)
• Exam dates: 6 November 2023 (block 1 exam) + 10 April 2024 (block 3 exam) + 4 July 2024 (resit)

Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

• Study material:
  • The chapter Emotion by Scherer in Introduction to Social Psychology: A European perspective by Hewstone & Stroebe, 3rd edition
  • Anger response styles in Chinese and Dutch children: a sociocultural perspective on anger regulation by Novin et al.  (2011) - Article
  • Comparison of sadness, anger, and fear facial expressions when toddlers look at their mothers by Buss & Kiel (2004) - Article
  • Verbal display rule knowledge: A cultural and developmental perspective by Wice et al. (2019) - Article
  • Longitudinal effects of emotion awareness and regulation on mental health symptoms in adolescents with and without hearing loss by Eichengreen et al. (in press) - Article
  • Awareness of single and multiple emotions in high-functioning children with autism by Rieffe et al. (2007) - Article
  • “My child will actually say ‘I am upset’ … Before all they would do was scream”: Teaching parents emotion validation in a social care setting by Lambie et al. (2020) - Article
  • Caring babies: Concern for others in distress during infancy by Davidov et al. (2021) - Article
  • Reactive/proactive aggression and affective/cognitive empathy in children with ASD by Pouw et al. (2013) - Article
  • The developmental trajectory of empathy and its association with early symptoms of psychopathology in children with and without hearing loss by Tsou et al. (2021) - Article
  • The roles of shame and guilt in the development of aggression in adolescents with and without hearing loss by Broekhof et al. (2021) - Article
  • Moral emotions and moral behavior by Tangney et al. (2007) - Article
  • Affective empathy, cognitive empathy and social attention in children at high risk of criminal behaviour by Van Zonneveld et al. (2017) - Article
  • How biosocial research can improve interventions for antisocial behavior by Glenn & McCauley (2019) - Article
  • Children's emotional development: Challenges in their relationships to parents, peers, and friends by Von Salisch (2001) - Article
  • Children who are deaf or hard of hearing in inclusive educational settings: A literature review on interactions with peers by Xie et al. (2014) - Article
• About the exam: The final grade is a weighted average of the exam with 2 open ended essay questions (60%) and work group assignments (40%)
• Exam dates: 6 November 2023 (block 1 exam) + 12 April 2024 (block 3 exam) + 1 July 2024 (resit)

Clinical Neuropsychology

• Study material: Clinical Neuropsychology by Kessels et al., Revised 1st edition
• About the exam: The final grade is a weighted average of the exam with multiple choice and open questions (60%) and an assignment (40%)
• Exam dates: 6 November 2023 (block 1 exam) + 5 April 2024 (block 3 exam) + 2 July 2024 (resit)

Clinical Psychology

• Prescribed material in previous years: Articles via Brightspace
• About the exam: The final grade is a weighted average of the exam (30%), participation and homework assignments (30%) and an essay (40%)
• Exam dates: 7 November 2023 (block 1 exam) + 4 April 2024 (block 3 exam) + 3 July 2024 (resit)

Economic and Consumer Psychology

• Study material:
  • Cultural psychology by Kahneman, 1st edition
  • The effectiveness of brand placements in the movies: Levels of placements, explicit and implicit memory, and brand-choice behavior by Yang & & Roskos-Ewoldsen (2007) - Article
  • Is this review believable? A study of factors affecting the credibility of online consumer reviews from an ELM perspective by Cheung et al. (2012) - Article
  • Feelings that make a difference: How guilt and pride convince consumers of the effectiveness of sustainable consumption choices by Antonetti & Maklan (2014) - Article
  • How morality judgments influence humor perceptions of prankvertising by Chang (2021) - Article
  • Not all nutrition claims are perceived equal: Anchoring effects and moderating mechanisms in food advertising by Paek et al. (2011) - Article
  • How does corporate social responsibility engagement influence word of mouth on Twitter? Evidence from the airline industry by Vo et al. (2019) - Article
  • Ignorant experts and erudite novices: Exploring the Dunning-Kruger effect in wine consumers by Aqueveque (2018) - Article
  • An investigation of the endowment effect in the context of a college housing lottery by Nash & Rosenthal (2014) - Article
  • When the going gets tough: Economic threat increases financial risk taking in games of chance by Wohl et al. (2014) - Article
  • For better or for worse? Empirical evidence of moral licensing in a behavioral energy conservation campaign by Tiefenbeck et al. (2013) - Article
  • Of great art and untalented artists: Effort information and the flexible construction of judgmental heuristics by Cho & Schwarz (2008) - Article
  • Impulsive Shopping Overseas: Do Sunk Cost, Information Confusion, and Anticipated Regret Have a Say? by Guan et al. (2021) - Article
  • Still preoccupied with 1995: The need to belong and preference for nostalgic products by Loveland et al. (2010) - Article
  • I am what I do, not what I have: The differential centrality of experiential and material purchases to the self by Carter & Gilovich (2012) - Article
  • Social perception of brands: Warmth and competence define images of both brands and social groups by Kervyn et al. (2022) - Article
  • Health-Based Weight Stereotypes in Advertising: Perpetuating Unhealthy Responses among Overweight Identifiers by Connors et al. (2021) - Article
  • Gender stereotypes in advertising: a review of current research by Grau & Zotos (2016) - Article
  • More articles via Brightspace
• About the exam: The final grade is a weighted average of the multiple choice exam (50%) and work group assignments (50%)
• Exam dates: 10 November 2023 (block 1 exam) + 9 April 2024 (block 3 exam) + 24 June 2024 (resit)

Good Research Practices

• Study material: to be announced via Brightspace
• About the exam: The final grade is based on a written exam grade with MC and open questions (40%) and 2 assignments (2 x 30%)
• Exam dates: 8 April 2024 (Exam) + 1 July 2024 (resit)

Blocks 2 & 4

Cognitive Neuroscience

• Study material: Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind by Gazzaniga et al., 5th edition
• About the exam: The final grade is a weighted average of the exam (50%) and a workgroup grade (50%)
• Exam dates: 25 January 2024 (block 2 exam) + 24 June 2024 (block 4 exam) + 11 July 2024 (resit)

Health and Medical Psychology

• Study material: An Introduction to Health Psychology by Morrison & Bennet, 5th edition
• About the exam: The final grade is based on a written exam grade (60%) and a work group grade (40%)
• Exam dates: 31 January 2024 (block 2 exam) + 17 June 2024 (block 4 exam) + 12 July 2024 (resit)

School Psychology

• Study material: Cognitive Development and Cognitive Neuroscience. The Learning Brain by Goswami, 2nd edition
• About the exam: The final grade is based on a the final examination (70%) and a work group assignment (30%)
• Exam dates: 22 January 2024 (block 2 exam) + 18 June 2024 (block 4 exam) + 9 July 2024 (resit)

Social Psychology in Organisations

• Study material:
  • Essentials of Organizational Behavior by Scandura, 3rd edition
  • Recommended: The Art of Presenting: Delivering Successful Presentations in the Social Sciences and Humanities by Harinck & Van Leeuwen, 1st edition
• About the exam: The final grade is based on a written exam grade (50%) and a work group grade (50%)
• Exam dates: 23 January 2024 (block 2 exam) + 17 June 2024 (block 4 exam) + 12 July 2024 (resit)

Causal Inference

• Study material: Observation and experiment: An introduction to causal inference by Rosenbaum, 1st edition
• About the exam: The final grade is based on a written exam grade with MC and open questions (60%) and a written paper (40%)
• Exam dates: 24 May 2024 (computer practicum) + 21 June 2024 (exam) + 11 July 2024 (resit)

Good Research Practices

• Study material: to be announced via Brightspace
• About the exam: The final grade is based on a written exam grade with MC and open questions (40%) and 2 assignments (2 x 30%)
• Exam dates: 8 April 2024 (Exam) + 1 July 2024 (resit)

Study material for Psychology Specialisations at University of Leiden