PS101-4-AU-CO:
Understanding our place in the world
2025/26
Psychology
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
Thursday 02 October 2025
Friday 12 December 2025
15
10 August 2023
Requisites for this module
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(none)
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BA 63C2 Psychological Studies,
BA 63C3 Psychological Studies (Including Year Abroad),
BA 63C4 Psychological Studies (Including Placement Year),
BA C801 Psychology (Including Year Abroad),
BA C802 Psychology,
BA C807 Psychology (Including Foundation Year),
BA C810 Psychology (Including Placement Year),
BSC C800 Psychology,
BSC C803 Psychology (Including Year Abroad),
BSC C811 Psychology (Including Placement Year),
BSC C812 Psychology (Including Foundation Year),
BSC C806 Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience (Including Year Abroad),
BSC C808 Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience,
BSC C809 Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience (Including Placement Year),
BSC C813 Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience (Including Foundation Year),
MSCIC999 Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience,
MSCICA98 Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience (Including Placement Year),
MSCICA99 Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience (Including Year Abroad),
BSC C814 Psychology with Economics,
BSC C815 Psychology with Economics (Including Year Abroad),
BSC C816 Psychology with Economics (Including Placement Year),
MSCIC998 Psychology with Advanced Research Methods,
MSCICB98 Psychology with Advanced Research Methods (Including Placement Year),
MSCICB99 Psychology with Advanced Research Methods (Including Year Abroad),
BSC C680 Psychology of Sport and Exercise,
BSC C681 Psychology of Sport and Exercise (including Year Abroad),
BSC C682 Psychology of Sport and Exercise (including Placement Year)
This module will explore questions such as: Is intelligence fixed? Is our memory reliable? How do we learn? By introducing a range of approaches from across psychology, we will address such questions from different perspectives and provide the foundations needed to become a successful university student. This module will also begin your training on designing and carrying out psychology experiments, and dealing with the information that those experiments provide.
The aims of this module are:
- To introduce students to different ways to approach the psychology of human memory.
- To introduce students to cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology and the brain basis of behaviour.
- To provide the foundations required to think about, write about and investigate psychological processes.
- To begin teaching students how to summarise scientific writing as well as to calculate and present the results of psychology experiments.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Demonstrate a knowledge of the different fields of study within psychology.
- Summarise a passage of scientific writing.
- Use appropriate software to calculate and graphically present summary data collected from a psychology experiment.
- Demonstrate an understanding of human memory.
- Demonstrate an appreciation of the role played by students in their learning.
No additional information available.
This module will be delivered via:
- Nine lectures and six practical lab classes.
- Weekly drop-in support sessions.
Lectures will have a twin focus: Firstly, they will consider important questions about human memory by introducing different fields of psychological study; Secondly, they will challenge students to consider how they learn and the different features required to be a successful student. Students will be encouraged to participate in lectures though discussion groups, asking questions, and also through the use of digital interactive platforms. This will ensure that the learning environment is inclusive for all students.
Lab classes will introduce experimental design, data collection and data presentation and allow space to discuss issues raised in lectures. They will be used to provide students with the opportunity to implement the skills and methods that are discussed during the lectures, and also for further discussion.
Drop-in support sessions will provide a safety net for students to seek further assistance for anything that they are struggling with. Discussion forums on moodle will provide an additional platform for students to seek further support and to identify areas that need more explanation.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Class Test |
|
50% |
| Coursework |
Participation Sona Signup |
|
2% |
| Coursework |
Data Summary |
17/10/2025 |
24% |
| Coursework |
Written Summary |
22/10/2025 |
24% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
No
No
Yes
Prof Joanne Hudson
Swansea University
Professor
Available via Moodle
Of 66 hours, 58 (87.9%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
8 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
Psychology
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