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 Lent Term. There is a reading week in Week 6 of Lent 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 peer- and self- reviewed annotated bibliography (approx. 100 words) Practice visual design on an A5 postcard Outline for a 2-page POSTnote (approx. 500 words), supported by 5 samples of?annotated bibliography (500 words)
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Essay (10%) in the ST. Report (70%) and visual media (20%) in the LT. ? Visual Media (20%) in LT ? You will produce a visual design on an A5 postcard.Report (70%) in LT ?? You will write a two-page POSTnote (1500 words) with a thematically annotated bibliography in support (1500 words)Integration Essay - 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 Individual Differences and Why They Matter (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 Biological Psychology (PB200), Cognitive Psychology (PB201), Developmental Psychology (PB202) and Social Psychology: Individuals, Groups and Culture (PB204).