LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF SCIENCE PSYCHOLOGY YOUR FUTURE STARTS WITH HOPE

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1 LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF SCIENCE PSYCHOLOGY YOUR FUTURE STARTS WITH HOPE

2 Psychology Fact File Faculty: Science Department: Psychology Campus Location: Hope Park Entry Requirements: The standard offer level is between UCAS points, including a minimum of two A/A2 Levels or equivalent. In addition, applicants must have GCSE Mathematics grade C or above (or equivalent). Duration: Three years Year of Entry: 2016 Fees: The tuition fees for home and EU students for 2015/16 are 9,000 for full-time undergraduate courses. Degree: BSc Single or BSc/BA Combined Honours Contact Details: Student Recruitment +44 (0) enquiry@hope.ac.uk Course Combinations: Psychology and Accounting (BA) Psychology and Art & Design History (BA) Psychology and Biology (BSc) Psychology and Childhood & Youth (BA) Psychology and Computer Science Psychology and Christian Theology (BA) Psychology and Creative Writing Psychology and Criminology (BA) Psychology and Dance (BA) Psychology and Early Childhood (BA) Psychology and English Language (BA) Psychology and Geography (BSc) Psychology and Film & Visual Culture Psychology and Health & Well-being Psychology and History (BA) Psychology and Information Technology (BSc) Psychology and International Relations Psychology and Law (BA) Psychology and Marketing (BA) Psychology and Mathematics (BSc) Psychology and Music (BA) Psychology and Nutrition (BSc) Psychology and Sociology (BA) Psychology and Special Educational Needs (BA) Psychology and Sport & Physical Education (BSc) Psychology and World Religions (BA) UCAS code N4C8 UCAS code VC38 UCAS code CC18 UCAS code LC98 UCAS code S5D5 UCAS code VC68 UCAS code C278 UCAS code LC38 UCAS code W5C8 UCAS code CXV3 UCAS code CQ83 UCAS code FLC8 UCAS code F567 UCAS code L5C8 UCAS code VC1V UCAS code GC58 UCAS code LC2V UCAS code MC18 UCAS code NC80 UCAS code GC18 UCAS code WC38 UCAS code CB84 UCAS code LC83 UCAS code XC18 UCAS code CC86 UCAS code CV68 2

3 Course Introduction Psychology is the exciting study of the mind and behaviour. Psychologists employ the rigour of science to investigate how people perceive the world, structure their thinking, solve problems, interact with others, grow up, get older and much more. Concepts such as perception, memory, personality and interpersonal relationships are all central building blocks of the psychological theories that are studied at Liverpool Hope as part of a Psychology degree. Psychology has a major impact on society in many aspects of public life, including health, education, occupation, economy, policy and justice. At Liverpool Hope University, we provide highlevel research-oriented teaching from our team of skilled educators. Our staff comprise of active researchers with a wide array of academic interests, ranging from conflict resolution, resilience and coping through religion, development of literacy skills, how we use Facebook, form relationships and attend to, organise and remember different forms of information. Psychology students learn about the brain, the mind, the behaviour, but first and foremost we learn about our fellow humans. We learn to care for them and to be present when needed, which are all valuable skills we can build upon for a better and fairer society. A degree in Psychology from Hope is recognised by the British Psychological Society. 3

4 What you will study Level C (Year One) Core curriculum: Conceptual and historical issues in Psychology Social Psychology Social cognition Self-Identity Cognitive Psychology Perception Attention Memory Intelligence Biological Psychology Central nervous system and the functions of the brain Addiction Personality Psychodynamic theory Personality traits Developmental Psychology Approaches to human development Attachment through the lifespan Research Methods Observation and correlation Simple research designs on projects of your choice Enhanced curriculum: Replication of classical experiments Applied areas of psychology (e.g. forensic, education, clinical, sport, counselling) Practical issues in Psychology (includes writing experimental programs) Contemporary issues in Psychology Level I (Year Two) Core curriculum: Learning and memory Language and communication Reading, writing and dyslexia Self and society Group processes and dynamics Brain lateralisation and neuropsychology Advanced research designs Interviews Thematic analysis Psychometrics and questionnaire design Ethics in psychological research Empirical practicals covering a range of topics Enhanced curriculum: Clinical psychology Psychopathology Health Promotion Forensic Psychology 4

5 Level H (Year Three) Core curriculum: Mental health and wellbeing Cognition and emotion Consciousness, sleep and dream states Decision-making and deductive reasoning Problem-solving Cross-cultural differences Moral development Gender differences in cognition Abnormal personality Empirical research project leading to dissertation Sample titles Cross dimensional correspondences in perception for congruent and noncongruent shape-elevation and shapepitch features The role of multi-modal binding of sound and symbol in the development of writing skills in young children Muslim experiences of Islamaphobia Knowledge and attitudes towards epilepsy Caregiver burden in dementia Comparison of the innate and educational number systems Sex differences in high and low calorie food item location memory Social media: the role of language and personality correlates Colour category boundaries in bilinguals. Enhanced curriculum: Perception, action, consciousness and the free will Optional courses Cognitive neuroscience Psychology of religion Psychology and education Psychology of peace and conflict Learning, expertise and talent. 5

6 Employability and Career Opportunities A degree in Psychology from Liverpool Hope University represents the first step towards a professional career in Psychology. Since the course is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), a degree from Liverpool Hope University allows our students to apply for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the Society. Eligibility for GBC is one of the prerequisites to get access to professional training programmes in areas such as Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Occupational Psychology, Educational Psychology, Sport and Exercise Psychology or Forensic Psychology. Professional training programmes are offered as accredited Doctorates or Master programmes by universities or as qualification programmes by the BPS. In addition, psychologists work as academics at universities, as researchers and teachers of psychology. Finally, with their interest in working with people and their good research, problem solving and communication skills, graduates of Psychology are also well placed in many other areas such as health and social care, marketing, management and personal resources. For more information visit the BPS website Please note that you need a degree of 2:2 honours standard or above to be eligible for GBC. The University currently offers postgraduate studies in: MSc Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging 6

7 Why study this subject at Liverpool Hope? Our Psychology courses (Single Honours and Combined Honours) are accredited by the British Psychological Society. Successful completion of the course will give you access to postgraduate training courses required to become a professional psychologist The Psychology Department performs excellent research in Cognitive Psychology, Biological Psychology, Social Psychology and Political Psychology. Students are taught by active researchers and are directly involved in the research in the department The department has excellent new research facilities including a colour vision lab, an EEG lab, an eye-movement lab, an fnirs lab and a lab for behavioural experiments in cognition and perception Students benefit from well-established overseas links with institutions in Brazil, Germany, New Zealand and Russia, and are active participants in the Erasmus exchange programme Students are invited to attend the regular departmental research seminars with distinguished speakers from all over the UK and overseas. Currently a Professorial Fellow from the University of Wurzburg/ Germany is linked to the Department In the last National Student Survey 87% of psychology students really valued their teaching experience and suggested that their lecturers were good at explaining things. We continue to respond to the feedback we receive from students in order to enhance overall satisfication. 7

8 Graduate Profiles Rebecca Dwyer Rebecca graduated with a BSc (First Class) in Psychology in 2015 and won the Psychology Examiners Prize for best performing student. I thought that Hope was unique in that when I first started my degree I was able to choose a dual honours degree in which I chose to study psychology and fine art. Both of which were subjects I loved and other universities close to home didn t offer this combination. Eventually as I progressed through university I decided to focus solely on psychology as I knew that was what I really wanted to do. I ve had a wonderful time studying Psychology at Hope, met great friends and have gained an amazing experience which I won t forget. For the future I hope to continue into postgraduate studies and continue on to do a masters and perhaps even eventually progress into further postgraduate study following that. 8

9 Academic Staff Profiles Dr Sue Aitken, Dr Sue Aitken is a in Psychology. She obtained her PhD in November 2012 in Cognitive Psychology, specifically in Conjunction Memory. Her research has also looked at personality, such as the Dark Triad of personality traits consisting of Machiavellianism, Narcissism and Psychopathy, and how this impacts on female mate choice and friendships. Recently, Sue has researched the area of adaptive memory. Her tutoring includes Applied Psychology and Psychopathology. Dr Eve Binks, Senior Dr Eve Binks is Senior in Psychology. She holds a BA (Hons) in Psychology and English Literature, an MSc in Applied Psychology, and completed her PhD in 2007 in the area of Social and Political Psychology. Eve s research focuses on the areas of social identity, the psychology of religion, the psychological impact of exposure to traumatic events, and coping. Dr Lorna Bourke, Principal Dr Lorna Bourke graduated with a First Class BSc (Hons) Psychology from the University of Liverpool. In 2003 Lorna was awarded a PhD from Liverpool John Moores University after completing a fully-funded full-time PhD studentship. Currently she is Principal in the Department of Psychology. Lorna s areas of expertise include cognitive and developmental psychology. In particular she is interested in working memory and emergent literacy (writing) in primary school children. Dr Davide Bruno, Dr Davide Bruno was born and educated in Italy before moving to study and train in the USA, and the UK. Currently, Davide is in Psychology. Dr Bruno s research interests are within Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience; Davide is interested in the study of Memory processes, Metacognition, Emotion, and both Cognitive and Brain Ageing, including Dementia. Dr Philippe Chassy, Dr Philippe Chassy is a in Psychology. He completed his undergraduate studies at University of Toulouse (France) and his PhD at Brunel University (UK) on the influence of emotions on cognition (essentially perception and memory). Philippe is interested in how memory stores and retrieves information, in numerical cognition and in how knowledge modulates activity in other components of the cognitive system, such as perception (of complexity, of risk) or working memory. 9

10 Dr Dan Clark, Dr Dan Clark is a in Psychology. He first completed a BSc (Hons) degree in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University and then obtained an MRes degree in Psychology Research Methods from the University of York. In 2011, he was awarded a PhD from Nottingham Trent University for his thesis exploring the topic Exclusivity in Memory for Object Location. His research interests are predominantly in Cognitive Psychology, with a focus on memory and location memory. Dr Rosanna Cousins, Associate Professor Dr Rosanna Cousins is Associate Professor in Psychology. She completed her BSc (hons) degree in Psychology at the University of Liverpool. Her final year research project on context dependent memory was published in an international psychological journal. In 1998 she was awarded a PhD from the University of Liverpool for her thesis on psychological distress in caregivers of Parkinson s disease patients. Current research focuses on promoting psychological health in neurological illness, recognising the influence of caregiving variables, as well as patient variables on outcomes for both. Dr Simon Davies, Dr Simon Davies is a in Psychology. He received his PhD from Lancaster University. His 10 research interests are in the areas of visual short-term memory, visual perception, inattentional blindness and change blindness. In particular Simon is interested in the nature of the representations that are supported and maintained in visual shortterm memory. This includes the binding problem and the interaction between perceptual and memorial processes. Dr Neil Ferguson, Professor of Political Psychology Dr Neil Ferguson is Professor of Political Psychology. Neil s research and writings are encompassed within developmental, political and social psychology. Within these areas his research has followed a number of themes: moral development, the impact of political violence on children, adolescents and adults, peace building and challenging violence. His research mainly focuses on the conflict, division and the peace process in Northern Ireland. Dr Neil Harrison, Dr Neil Harrison is in Psychology. His main research topics are perception and emotion. In his experiments, Neil uses behavioural measures and EEG. Neil s current research projects investigate how emotional stimuli affect cognition, specifically how spatial attention is modulated by emotional information. Ongoing research in the area of multisensory integration investigates how the brain integrates conflicting visual and auditory

11 information. In another research project he is looking for indicators of effect anticipation during the preparation of motor actions in the EEG. Dr Jane McCagh, Dr Jane McCagh is in Psychology. She received her PhD from Liverpool John Moores University in Her main areas of interest are clinical, health and neuropsychology. Jane is particularly interested in investigating social cognition in clinical samples. Her PhD focused on investigating socio-cognitive processes in relation to social functioning in patients with focal epilepsy. Dr Julienne McGeough, Dr Julienne McGeough is in Psychology, specialising in Personality and Social Identity Theory in online learning situations. She is registered for PhD with Liverpool John Moores University. Current research has grown from an interest in online learning amongst online support groups. Research interests include Online Identity, Social Identity Theory, Personality, Online Learning and VLE s. Professor Galina Paramei, Professor Professor Galina Paramei is a Professor in Psychology. She received her PhD from the Moscow Lomonossow State University in Her research focuses primarily on colour vision: modelling colour discrimination in variant forms of colour vision; changes in colour appearance caused by luminance 11 variation; cross-cultural studies of colour naming and colour categorisation. Another line of research is related to cognitive mechanisms of perception of emotional facial expressions. Dr Glen Pennington Dr Glen Pennington is Professional Tutor and Lab Manager in Psychology. She received her PhD from Liverpool John Moores University. Her PhD research focussed on working memory and mathematical development in children, with studies designed to take account of the school curriculum, and how children are assessed. Other interests includes selfefficacy, resilience, and stress in teachers of children with special educational needs. She also has overall responsibility for the lab provision within the department. Dr Yue Yue Dr Yue is a Post Doctorate Teaching Fellow in Psychology. She completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology at the East China Normal University (Shanghai, China). At the University of York, she obtained an MRes degree and was rewarded a PhD in Her research interest falls within the area of Cognitive Psychology, particularly the relationships between cognition and emotion. The main focus of her research is how humans respond to emotional stimuli.

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