This course is compulsory on the BSc in Psychological and Behavioural Science. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students.
This course is compulsory on the BSc in Psychological and Behavioural Science. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students.
This course is delivered through a combination of lectures and classes totalling a minimum of 20 hours across Michaelmas Term. There is a reading week in Week 6 of Michaelmas Term. In response to the current situation, some or all of this teaching will be delivered through a combination of live online classes and pre-recorded short online videos. You will receive the same amount of teaching whether you are on campus or online.
Students will complete a number of pieces of formative work to cement learning and prepare for summative assessments.? Weekly multiple choice question sets Podcast episode plan (800 words)
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Essay (60%, 3000 words) and podcast (30%) in the MT. Essay (10%) in the ST. Essay (60%) in MT ? you will produce a 3000 word extended essayPodcast (30%) in MT ?working in pairs you will develop a 6 to 8 minute podcast.Essay (10%) in ST - Students following the BSc in Psychological and Behavioural Science will be expected to submit one 3000 word ?Integration Essay? in their second year. The integration essay will count towards 10% of the final mark in PB200, PB201, PB202, PB204 and PB205.? The integration essay will discuss a topic investigated in one course and use its approach to integrate and debate approaches from two other courses taken in Year 2. For example, if you choose to base your integration essay in Biological Psychology (this course) you will use a topic from this course as the basis for debating the treatment of that topic by theories from two of Cognitive Psychology (PB201), Developmental Psychology (PB202), Social Psychology: Individuals, Groups and Culture (PB204) and Individual Differences and Why They Matter (PB205).