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Study material and exam info for Block 1A - 2B

BLOCK 1A

Controversies in Psychology

• Study material:
  • Book chapters and/or articles from the syllabus
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital exam with open questions and an essay

Deception in clinical settings

• Study material:
  • Book chapters and articles via Brightspace
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital exam

Diversity in teams and organizations

• Study material:
  • Book chapters and articles available online
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital exam and an assigment

Group dynamics

• Study material:
  • Group Processes: Dynamics within and between groups by Brown & Pehrson, 3rd edition
  • Additional texts on Nestor
• Exam info: The assessment will consist of a digital exam with essay and multiple choice questions

Health Psychology

• Study material:
  • Texts and media via the syllabus
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by the exam and assignments

Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods

• Study material:
  • Book chapters and articles available online
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by an exam with open questions and assignments

Psychopathology symptoms, classifications and diagnosis

• Study material:
  • Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria from DSM-5 by American Psychiatric Association
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital exam

Sport and performance psychology

• Study material:
  • Reader
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital multiple choice exam

Thinking and deciding

• Study material:
  • Judgment and decision-making by Kim, 1st edition
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital exam

Traffic psychology and sustained mobility

• Study material:
  • Book chapters and/or articles via Nestor
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital exam with essay questions

BLOCK 1B

Consumer and economic psychology

• Study material:
  • Book chapters and/or articles on Nestor
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital exam and an individual assignment

Human error

• Study material:
  • Streetlights and Shadows: Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making by Klein - 1st edition
  • A life in error. From little slips to big disasters by Reason - 1st edition
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital exam with multiple choice questions and an individual assignment

Interventions in individual development

• Study material:
  • E-reader
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital exam with multiple choice questions and a report

Introduction to Clinical Neuropsychology

• Study material:
  • Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology by Kolb & Whishaw, 8th edition
• Exam info: The final grade is deccided by a digital exam and assignments

Introduction to cognitive behavioural therapies

• Study material:
  • Behavioral interventions in cognitive behavior therapy: Practical guidance for putting theory into action by Farmer & Chapman - 3rd edition
  • Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Basics and Beyond by Beck - 3rd edition
  • Articles to be announced
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital exam with essay questions

Introductie in de Klinische Neuropsychologie

• Voorgeschreven stof:
  • Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology by Kolb & Whishaw, 8e druk
• Tentameninfo: het eindcijfer wordt bepaald op basis van opdrachten en een schriftelijk tentamen

Neuropsychology of Ageing and Dementia

• Study material:
  • Book chapters and/or articles on Brightspace
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital exam

Organizational development and change

• Study material:
  • Organization Change: Theory and Practice by Burke - 5th edition
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by an exam and a written assignment

Sensation and perception

• Study material:
  • Sensation and Perception by Yantis & Abrams - 2nd edition
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital exam

Philosophy of Psychology

• Study material:
  • Book chapter and/or articles available online
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital exam and a group assignment

Social influence

• Study material:
  • Book to be announced on Brightspace
  • Syllabus available on Brightspace
  • In past years this was: Influence: Science and Practice (5th international edition)
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital multiple choice exam and a small video assignment

Talent Development

• Study material:
  • APA handbook of giftedness and talent (selection of chapters) by Pfeiffer e.a. (eds), 1st edition
  • Additional journal articles and reports
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital exam

Understanding Psychopathology

• Study material:
  • Articles via Nestor
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital exam

BLOCK 2A

Clinical Neuropsychology

• Study material:
  • Book chapters and articles available online
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital exam

Cognitive behavioural processes across disorders: A transdiagnostic approach

• Study material:
  • Articles via Nestor
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital exam

Conflict management and negotiation at work

• Study material
  • Negotiation by Lewicki & Saunders, 8th edition
  • Getting to a YES by Fisher & Ury, 3rd edition
  • Managing Conflict Through Communication by Cahn & Abigail, 5th edition
  • Conflict management and mediation (chapter 8) by Euwema & Giebels
  • Articles via the syllabus
• Tentameninfo: The final grade is determined by an exam

Diagnostiek in de ontwikkelingspsychologische praktijk

• Voorgeschreven stof:
  • Handboek psychodiagnostiek voor de hulpverlening aan kinderen en adolescenten van Begeer e.a., 9e druk
• Tentameninfo: Het eindcijfer is gebaseerd op een eindopdracht en een open boek tentamen

Dynamic skills in groups

• Study material
  • Joining Together: group theory and group skills by Johnson & Johnson, 11th edition
• Tentameninfo: The final grade is determined by assignments and a presentation

Forensic Psychology

• Study material:
  • Forensic psychology: crime, justice, law, interventions van Davies & Beech, 3rd edition
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital exam with multiple choice questions

Groepsdynamische vaardigheden

• Voorgeschreven stof:
  • Groepsdynamica van Johnson & Johnson, 11e druk
• Tentameninfo: Het eindcijfer is gebaseerd op opdrachten en een presentatie

Intergroup relations

• Study material:
  • The psychology of prejudice and discrimination by Whitley & Kite, 3rd edition
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital exam and an assignment

Learning and memory

• Study material:
  • Learning and Memory From Brain to Behavior by Gluck e.a., 4th edition
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital exam

Overview of Psychotherapy

• Study material:
  • Current Psychotherapies by Wedding & Corsini, 11th edition
  • Articles via Nestor
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by two digital exams

Programming for psychologists

• Study material:
  • How to Think Like a Computer Scientist by Elkner e.a., 3rd edition
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by assignments

School Neuropsychology: Mind, Brain & Education

• Study material:
  • Essentials of school neuropsychological assessment by Miller & Maricle, 3rd edition
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital exam

Social cognition

• Study material:
  • Social Cognition: From brains to culture by Fiske & Taylor, 4th edition
• Exam info: The final grade is determined by a digital exam

BLOCK 2B

Brain, Consciousness and Society

• Study material:
  • The course literature will be made available online.
• Exam info: The final grade is a weighted average of the multiple choice exam and the group exercise.

Career development and management

• Study material:
  • Career development and counseling: Putting theory and research to work by Brown & Lent, 3rd edition
• Exam info: The final grade is a weighted average of the multiple choice exam and weekly assignments

Cognitieve psychologie (NL)

• Voorgeschreven stof:
  • To be announced
  • Cognition: Exploring the Science of the Mind van Reisberg, 8e international student edition
• Tentameninfo: The final grade is based on the exam

Cognitive Psychology (EN)

• Study material:
  • To be announced
  • In past years: Cognition: Exploring the Science of the Mind van Reisberg, 8th int. student edition
• Exam info: The final grade is based on the exam

Developmental Neuropsychology

• Study material:
  • Developmental Neuropsychology: A Clinical Approach by Anderson e.a., 2nd edition
• Exam info: The final grade is based on the exam

Diagnosis and assessment

• Study material:
  • E-reader with articles and test material
• Exam info: The final grade is based on an assignment

Diagnostiek in de klinische psychologie

• Voorgeschreven stof:
  • Psychologische diagnostiek in de gezondheidszorg van Luteijn & Barelds - 4e druk
• Tentameninfo: Het eindcijfer is gebaseerd op het tentamen en een schrijfopdracht

Interpersonal relations

• Study material:
  • Intimate relationships by Miller, 9th edition
• Exam info: The final grade is based on a take-home exam

Ontwikkeling, opvoeding en onderwijs

• Voorgeschreven stof:
  • Boekhoofdstukken en artikelen op Brightspace
  • Parenting, a dynamic perspective van Holden, 4e druk
• Tentameninfo: Het eindcijfer is gebaseerd op het tentamen

Seksuologie

• Voorgeschreven stof:
  • Leerboek Seksuologie van Gijs - 3e geheel herziene druk
• Tentameninfo: Het eindcijfer is gebaseerd op het tentamen

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