Methods of Assessment and Weighting

Components of Assessment	Method(s)	Percentage weighting
Coursework	Written assessment	50%
Examination	Short answer test	50%

First degree in Psychology

1. To present current methodologies and concepts in experimental psychology.

2. To equip students with information to critically assess experimental research methods and findings.

3. To enable students to apply knowledge to their own research designs.

4. To be able to interpret output from these experimental analyses.

5. To inform students about techniques of communicating results of experimental research.

1. To present current methodologies and concepts in experimental psychology.

2. To equip students with information to critically assess experimental research methods and findings.

3. To enable students to apply knowledge to their own research designs.

4. To be able to interpret output from these experimental analyses.

5. To inform students about techniques of communicating results of experimental research.

Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: Experimental Developmental Psychology
Week 3: Experimental Developmental Psychology
Week 4: Cognitive Psychology
Week 5: Cognitive Psychology
Week 6: Experimental Social Psychology
Week 7: Experimental Social Psychology
Week 8: Neuroscience
Week 9: Neuroscience
Week 10: Short answer test

Lectures and seminars (depending on numbers).

Fazio, R.H. (1990). A practical guide to the use of response latency in social psychological research. In C. Hendrick & M.S. Clark (eds), Review of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 11.   Newbury Park, CA : Sage, (pp. 74-97).

Gazzaniga, M.S. (ed) (2000). The New Cognitive Neurosciences. (2^nd edn) Cambridge, Mass.; London : MIT Press.

Hancock, P.A. (1999) Handbook of Perception and Cognition, Vol XVIII: Human performance and ergonomics. San Diego : Academic Press.

Schaffer, H.R. (1996) Social Development.   Oxford : Blackwell.

Slater, A. & Bremner, J.G. (eds) (2003) An Introduction to Developmental Psychology.  Oxford : Blackwell.