Admission requirements
None.
Description
The course Introduction to Psychology offers a representative and coherent overview of the entire discipline. It constitutes a first acquaintance with the main past and current themes within psychology including neural, evolutionary, cognitive, social and developmental perspectives on human behaviour. The course introduces students to the different psychological sub-disciplines emphasising their common elements.
Course objectives
After completing Introduction to Psychology students are able to compare and contrast main theories and concepts in the field. Moreover, students can relate phenomena in everyday life to theories of human behaviour and the mind, and, to key empirical studies in Psychology. Finally, students are able to explain how human behaviour and the mind can be studied empirically.
Timetable
Timetables for courses offered at Leiden University College in 2024-2025 will be published on this page of the e-Prospectus.
Mode of instruction
Combination of lectures and workgroup sessions where attendance of class meetings is compulsory.
Assessment method
Written examination (final exam) with multiple choice questions (30%)
Essay question 1 (10%)
Essay question 2 (10%)
Essay question 3 (10%)
Essay question 4 (10%)
Group assignment (20%)
Class attendance and participation in workgroup sessions (10%)
Reading list
Gray, P. & Bjorklund, D.F. (2018), Psychology (8th ed.). New York: Worth Publishers
ISBN-10: 1-319-15051-9. ISBN-13: 978-1-319-15051-8
Registration
Courses offered at Leiden University College (LUC) are usually only open to LUC students and LUC exchange students. Leiden University students who participate in one of the university’s Honours tracks or programmes may register for one LUC course, if availability permits. Registration is coordinated by the Education Coordinator, course.administration@luc.leidenuniv.nl.
Contact
Dr. Sebo Uithol, s.uithol@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Remarks
This course is highly reading-intensive. Students should be prepared to keep up with the coursework, as it will be hard to recover once they fall behind.