Dept. of Human Work Science

ARP601 Psychology A 30.0 ECTS credits

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General information about studying at Luleå University
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LANGUAGE: Swedish

EXAMINER
K Olsson Prof

PREREQUISITES
General eligibility for admission. Students from outside the Nordic countries have to possess qualifications in Swedish as a foreign language equivalent to Swedish course IV (syllabus approved by the National Swedish Board of Universities and Colleges) or the introductory course for foreign students, 20 points (30 credits).

COURSE AIM
The aim of the course is to provide knowledge of the human being as a biological, cognitive, and social being. The course deals with classical psychological problems as well as current psychological research. The course aims at showing the connections between theory and applications as well as different psychological applications The course will provide knowledge of psychological experimental methodology and basic statistics.

CONTENTS
The course consists of following parts: Part 1: Introduction. The history and applications of psychology Part 2: Psychological investigation methods Part 3: Personality psychology Part 4: Cognitive psychology Part 5: Social psychology Part 6: Differential psychology

TEACHING
Teaching will be in the form of lectures, seminars and laboratory work. The course is mainly based on skill acquisition where the students, under supervision, use their theoretical and methodological knowledge to plan investigations, collect information, process data and report results.

EXAMINATION
The examination will be in the form of individually written examinations after each part. Oral and written presentation of laboratory work and performed studies. The course grades are fail, pass, and pass with distinction.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: Fail, Pass, Pass with dis

ITEMS AND CREDITS 
Written exam                                                	4.5 ECTS
                                                            	4.5 ECTS
Writetn exam                                                	9.0 ECTS
Written exam                                                	4.5 ECTS
Written exam                                                	6.0 ECTS
                                                            	1.5 ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Banyard, P. & Hayes, N. (1994) Psychology. Theory and Application. London: Chapman & Hall. Further litterature will be presented later..

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