Psychology

Course summary

The first year of study consists of four main approaches in Psychology: Biological (aggression), Cognitive (memory), Social (obedience and prejudice) and Learning theories (conditioning and observation). For each of these approaches there are compulsory research practicals – a chance to carry out some first-hand research. In the second year, you will study Clinical Psychology (focusing on schizophrenia and OCD) and Child Psychology (attachments). You will look at research methods through extended consideration of conceptually more demanding aspects of the scientific approach, analysis of qualitative data and use of inferential statistics. You will also study Issues and Debates in Psychology, as well as looking at a number of classic and contemporary studies.