LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY PSYCHOLOGY YOUR FUTURE STARTS WITH HOPE

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1 LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY PSYCHOLOGY FACULTY OF SCIENCE 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 Degree: BSc Single and Combined Honours Contact Details: Student Recruitment +44 (0) enquiry@hope.ac.uk Course Combinations: Psychology & Accounting (BA) Psychology & Art and Design History (BA) Psychology & Biology (BSc) Psychology & Childhood and Youth (BA) Psychology & Computer Science Psychology & Christian Theology (BA) Psychology & Creative Writing Psychology & Criminology (BA) Psychology & Dance (BA) Psychology & Early Childhood (BA) Psychology & English Language (BA) Psychology & Geography (BSc) Psychology & Film and Visual Culture Psychology & Health & Well-being Psychology & History (BA) Psychology & Information Technology (BSc) Psychology & International Relations Psychology & Law (BA) Psychology & Marketing (BA) Psychology & Mathematics (BSc) Psychology & Music (BA) Psychology & Nutrition (BSc) Psychology & Sociology (BA) Psychology & Special Educational Needs (BA) Psychology & Sport and Physical Education (BSc) Psychology & World Religions (BA) 2 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

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 high-level research-oriented teaching from our team of skilled educators. Our staff comprised of active researchers with a wide array of academic interests, ranging from conflict resolution to motoric coordination, from intuition to how we use Facebook, from relationships to the way our memory is organised. 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 for Single and Combined Honours students: Conceptual and historical issues in Psychology Perception Attention Personality traits Attachment Psychodynamic theory Central nervous system and the functions of the brain Approaches to human development Cognitive development Social cognition Self-identity Observational and correlational methods Simple research designs Enhanced curriculum for Single Honours students: Replication of classical experiments History of Psychology Applied Psychology Practical issues in Psychology Level I (Year Two) Core curriculum for Single and Combined Honours students: Lateralisation of brain functions Language and language development Sensory and primary memory Cognitive control of movements and actions Reading and writing Intergroup behaviour Pro-social behaviour Intelligence Creativity Personality and behaviourism Advanced research designs Interviews Interpretative phenomenological and discourse analysis Psychometrics Ethics in psychological research Empirical practical Enhanced curriculum for Single Honours students: Clinical psychology, health psychology and psychopathology Biological and evolutionary explanations of behaviour From forensic psychology to cognitive neuroscience Level H (Year Three) Core curriculum for Single and Combined Honours students: Decision making and deductive reasoning Cognition and emotion Consciousness Sleep and dream Circadian rhythms Emotion and emotional development Development of self Gender differences 4

5 Cross-cultural differences Abnormal personality Empirical research project leading to dissertation Sample titles Effect anticipation in response preparation Personality, stress and learning Risk assessment tools in the management of domestic violence perpetrators Identity formation in adoptees Impact of media images upon women s body dissatisfaction Colour category boundaries in bilinguals Enhanced curriculum for Single Honours students: Perception, action, consciousness and the free will Optional courses (Cognitive neuroscience, Psychology of religion, Psychology of peace and conflict, Psychology and education, Learning, expertise and talent). 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 careers-portal. 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 MSc Research Methods 5

6 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, Finland, 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, Psychology received an overall satisfaction score of 91% with particular high values for teaching (97% for Staff are good at explaining things ). This is the best value of the universities in Liverpool. 6

7 Graduate Profile Mark Fredman Mark graduated with a BSc (First Class) in Psychology, in I chose Liverpool Hope because of its small campus, strong academic and social support and because I wouldn t just be a number. The experience of completing a degree at Hope changed my life for the better. I rediscovered my love of learning and the enthusiasm of the staff at Hope elicited a passion for research. I gained confidence and motivation to kick-start my academic career. 7

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9 Academic Staff Profiles Professor Michael Ziessler, Professor and Head Professor Michael Ziessler is the Head of Psychology and Professor of Cognitive Psychology. He received his PhD from Humboldt University Berlin/ Germany. Professor Ziessler joined the Psychology Department in His research interests are in the fields of motor control, implicit learning, concept formation, attention and perception. His research is led by the assumption that the necessities and demands set by the control of behaviour determine perception, attention control, learning and the organisation of knowledge in memory. 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 also has 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. 9

10 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. 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 research interests are in the areas of visual short-term memory, visual perception, inattentional blindness and 10

11 change blindness. In particular Simon is interested in the nature of the representations that are supported and maintained in visual short-term memory. This includes the binding problem and the interaction between perceptual and memorial processes. Dr Neil Ferguson, Associate Professor Dr Neil Ferguson is Associate 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 information. In another research project he is looking for indictors 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 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. 11

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