Courses / Module

• Outline the basis of psychology as an empirical, scientific discipline.
• Differentiate between scientific and pseudo-scientific psychological research.
• Define the main technical terms relating to research design and implementation.
• Understand the concepts of experimental design to the analysis of psychological phenomena.
• Understand how to conduct a search of the psychological literature on a given research topic.

• Module Graded (numeric value) or Ungraded (Pass/Not Passed): Graded

• Pass standard: 40%
• Could the result of this module be capped? Continuous assessment grades are either capped at 40% following initial non-submission of the required assessment or deducted 3% per calendar day for late submission, as appropriate to the assessment
• Penalties: Continuous assessment grades are either capped at 40% following initial non-submission of the required assessment or deducted 3% per calendar day for late submission, as appropriate to the assessment

• Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? Yes
• University scheduled written examination (Autumn): 120 minutes, On-campus

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