Psychology in the real world 1

Aims of the course:

1. To introduce the field of psychology.
2. To show participants how psychology can be applied to the understanding of everyday life settings.
3. To illustrate how various psychological approaches contribute to our understanding of everyday life settings.

Course content overview:

• This course will begin with an introduction to psychology by outlining various approaches within psychology and their potential application in everyday contexts.
• Participants will be introduced to the breadth of psychology in the first teaching week and will then see how various psychological approaches help our understanding and contribute to explaining human behaviour in the following weeks.
• While each week will draw on multiple psychological disciplines, there will be a different focus each week on one particular approach, to enable a greater depth of learning.
• Participants will discuss the application of psychology in contexts such as personal relationships, the work place and in health.
• Participants will be expected to recognise the multiple psychological perspectives that help our understanding of human behaviour in context.

Schedule:

Induction Week: 4-10 June 2012

Teaching Weeks: 11 June-15 July 2012

Feedback Week: 16-22 July 2012

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A Certificate of Participation will be awarded to participants who contribute constructively to weekly discussions and exercises/assignments for the duration of the course.