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Department of Psychology
Below is a list of units offered by the Department of Psychology in 2006/07. Follow the links to view individual unit descriptions. Units are sorted by level and then by period slot. To find a specific unit code or title please use your browser's find on page function.
Academic Year PS10086 Mind and behaviour 12 Credits
Academic Year PS10087 Psychology laboratory 1 12 Credits
Semester 1 PS10105 Controversies in Psychology 1 6 Credits
Semester 2 PS10088 Quantitative methods 1 6 Credits
Semester 2 PS10089 Controversies in Psychology 2 6 Credits
Academic Year PS20028 Psychology placement 60 Credits
Academic Year PS20092 Research methods and design 12 Credits
Semester 1 PS20093 Quantitative methods 2 6 Credits
Semester 1 PS20106 Biological psychology 6 Credits
Semester 1 PS20109 Social psychology 6 Credits
Semester 2 PS20104 Personality 6 Credits
Semester 2 PS20107 Developmental psychology 6 Credits
Semester 2 PS20108 Cognitive psychology 6 Credits
Academic Year PS30094 Psychology dissertation 18 Credits
Semester 1 PS30014 History of psychology 6 Credits
Semester 1 PS30015 Economic & political psychology 6 Credits
Semester 1 PS30016 Health psychology 6 Credits
Semester 1 PS30018 Mind & social being 6 Credits
Semester 1 PS30026 Public knowledge: history, philosophy, sociology & psychology of science 6 Credits
Semester 1 PS30076 Psychology project 1 6 Credits
Semester 1 PS30083 Stress, immunity & health 6 Credits
Semester 1 PS30101 Psychology of pain 6 Credits
Semester 1 PS30103 Attitudes and social cognition 6 Credits
Semester 2 PS30019 Artificial minds: Minds, machines & persons 6 Credits
Semester 2 PS30059 The cultures of belief 1 3 Credits
Semester 2 PS30060 Science & religion 3 Credits
Semester 2 PS30077 Psychology project 2 12 Credits
Semester 2 PS30084 Understanding gender relations 6 Credits
Semester 2 PS30085 Cognitive neuropsychology 6 Credits
Semester 2 PS30095 Child development 6 Credits
Semester 2 PS30100 Interacting with technology (for learning, work and leisure) 6 Credits
Semester 2 PS30102 Traffic and transport psychology 6 Credits
Semester 2 PS30110 Psychology of risk 6 Credits
Dissertation period PS50044 MSc dissertation 30 Credits
Dissertation period XX50053 Project dissertation 30 Credits
Dissertation period XX50129 Project 2 30 Credits
Semester 1 PS50029 Introduction to issues in health and health beliefs 6 Credits
Semester 1 PS50030 Biopsychosocial mechanisms in health 6 Credits
Semester 1 PS50031 Health communications and context 6 Credits
Semester 1 PS50032 Managing ill health 6 Credits
Semester 1 PS50035 Measurement & meaning in the natural & social sciences 6 Credits
Semester 1 PS50036 Public knowledge: history, philosophy, sociology & psychology of science 6 Credits
Semester 1 PS50061 Artificial minds: Minds, machines & persons 6 Credits
Semester 1 PS50065 Multivariate statistics for use in health contexts 1 3 Credits
Semester 1 PS50066 Multivariate statistics for use in health contexts 2 3 Credits
Semester 1 PS50067 Communication theory 6 Credits
Semester 1 PS50071 Science & communication I 6 Credits
Semester 1 PS50078 Theoretical issues in psychology 6 Credits
Semester 1 PS50096 History of psychology 6 Credits
Semester 1 PS50097 Mind & social being 6 Credits
Semester 1 PS50099 Science on the Web: website design and evaluation 3 Credits
Semester 1 XX50125 Methodology & explanation 6 Credits
Semester 2 PS50033 Advanced research design in health 6 Credits
Semester 2 PS50034 Health psychology in practice 12 Credits
Semester 2 PS50041 Media workshop 1 6 Credits
Semester 2 PS50042 Media workshop 2 6 Credits
Semester 2 PS50043 Supervised research project 12 Credits
Semester 2 PS50046 The cultures of belief 3 Credits
Semester 2 PS50047 Science and religion 3 Credits
Semester 2 PS50051 Health psychology placement 6 Credits
Semester 2 PS50055 Dissertation 30 Credits
Semester 2 PS50063 Controversies in cognition 6 Credits
Semester 2 PS50064 Placement 3 Credits
Semester 2 PS50072 Science & communication 2 6 Credits
Semester 2 PS50081 Extended essay in health psychology 6 Credits
Semester 2 PS50098 Understanding gender relations 6 Credits
Semester 2 PS50111 Psychology placement 6 Credits
Semester 2 PS50112 Advanced statistics for use in health contexts 6 Credits
Semester 2 XX50126 Dialogue between system & theory 6 Credits
Semester 2 XX50127 Communication, interaction & tasks 6 Credits
Semester 2 XX50128 Project 1 12 Credits
Certificate level units (e.g. PS1*)