6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1000489AER for all students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Possible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Department
Experimental and Applied Psychology
Educational team
Natacha Deroost (course titular)
Mahyar Firouzi
Helen Tobback
Activities and contact hours
39 contact hours Lecture
13 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

This course will be taught in DUTCH only

An introductory overview will be given of the main theories, basic principles and research findings in the different subfields of psychology. 

1. THEORY
Examples of topics that can be covered are: what is psychology, conditioning and learning, motivation and emotion, intelligence, personality, perception and attention, memory, and psychopathology.
Please consult Canvas for the specific topics. 


2. PRACTICE SEMINARS
Digital exercises (see Canvas).

              

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Powerpoint slides, Deroost, Natacha, Canvas
Handbook (Required) : Psychologie, Brysbaert, Marc, OWL Press, 9789463936330, 2022
Handbook (Recommended) : Psychologie oefenboek, Dumoulin, François & Brysbaert, Marc, OWL Press, 9789089318725, 2018
Additional info

All study material is in DUTCH
 

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The student is required to
1. have knowledge of the historical developments that gave rise to the field of contemporary academic psychology
2. explain the basic principles, main theories and research findings of the different subfields in psychology
3. have a clear understanding of the research methods applied in academic psychology
4. critically reflect on psychology as a scientific discipline

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written exm multiple choice with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: Written exam with multiple choice questions

Additional info regarding evaluation

1st and 2nd examination period: Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Written exam mulitple choice with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

The multiple choice exam will be graded by positive scoring with Higher Pass Mark.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Psychology: Profile Profile Work and Organisational Psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Psychology: Initial track (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Psychology: Profile Profile Clinical psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Profile Social Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Profile Cultural Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Initial track (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Philosophy and Moral Sciences: default (only offered in Dutch)