Entry requirements
Master’s students Psychology with specialisation Applied Cognitive Psychology
Description
The module consists of five parts:
Research design: students practice designing projects to address and solve real-world problems in efficient ways by combining scientific rigor with pragmatic realism.
Proposal writing: students practice the writing of project proposals with an eye on the fit to funding schemes and the policies of funding agencies, public opinion and other important aspects of the funding process.
Budgeting: students practice the planning of successful applied projects, the estimation of costs and the setting up of realistic budgets.
Presentation: students practice to present their project plans and projects in appealing and advertising ways and to sell their ideas to funding agencies.
Colloquium: students will participate in colloquia where practitioners from various cognitive areas will introduce their fields and daily practice.
Course objectives
This course introduces students into the major skills necessary to apply (cognitive) psychology to real-world problems. It will prepare students for the most relevant aspects of dealing with “the outside world” of companies, organisations, consultancies and research institutes.
Timetable
For the timetables of your lectures, work groups and exams, please select your study programme in:
Psychology timetables
Registration
Course
Students need to enroll for lectures and work group sessions.
Master’s course registration
Examination
Students are not automatically enrolled for an examination. They can register via uSis from 100 to 10 calendar days before the date. Students who are not registered will not be permitted to take the examination.
Registering for exams
Mode of instruction
Lectures 7 -9 (attendance is not mandatory)
Work group sessions 5-7 (attendance is not mandatory)
Seminars (attendance is mandatory)
Assessment method
Assessment based on active participation in the program, application of the theory in a ‘real life project’, project execution, formal report, presentation to external party.
The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences has instituted that instructors use a software programme for the systematic detection of plagiarism in students’ written work. In case of fraud disciplinary actions will be taken. Please see the information concerning fraud.
Reading list
Johnson-Sheehan, R. (2007). Writing Proposals. Longman Publishers ISBN-13: 9780205583140
Contact information
Dr. Jop Groeneweg
groeneweg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl