Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
The study of biological psychology has its roots in two disciplines: biology and psychology. The course attempts to link the two and provides an understanding of the methods by which biology is able to clarify and assist the student in understanding human behaviours and processes in our mental lives. Biological psychology will provide immediate, causal explanations for the role of the human brain in guiding and directing behaviour; this, taken in a greater context considers the role of the nervous system, hormones and immediate environment.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
This course of Neuropsychology of Language is designed to provide the latest knowledge for students who are interested in the neural bases of language processing including reading, word recognition, speech perception, language comprehension, and writing. The course will orient students to hot topics and presentative studies in the field of language neuroscience. The course will also provide students chances to learn the latest applications of cutting-edge neuroimaging techniques such as MRI and EEG in the research of the neural bases of language processing.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
The course in Forensic Psychology is directed at applying social science research methods and principles of psychological knowledge and theories to the contemporary issues of the criminal justice system. The course will introduce the student to a wide range of topics related to legal methods found in court, corrections and police work. The student will be introduced to the translation of psychological language into legal language found in courts and other legal institutions. The fact that a forensic psychologist is not a therapist and does not approach the issues and problems found in clinical psychology will be understood by the student. Emphasis on facts and objective assessment will be a key concept, the forensic psychologist must be acutely aware of his/her role at the behest of the judge or attorney representing the defendant. The student will be exposed to the myriad of situations and circumstances in the relationship between crime and mental illness. Thus the student of Forensic Psychology will understand the concepts of insanity, recidivism, risk assessment, police psychology and expert testimony.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
This course is designed to introduce and interrogate psychological approaches to decision-making. Students taking this course will learn about dynamics affecting their own decisions, and to the decisions made by many other people. As a result, they will learn about how to improve decision-making strategies and even contribute to the growing decision science community.

Pre-requisite(s):
None.

Course Description:

The course aims to present a multidisciplinary forum and expose students to contemporary understanding on how mental processes such as visual perceptions, memories, attentions, languages and thoughts are implemented in our living brain, paving the way for for their future creative work and research in the field of artificial intelligence.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
This course intends to provide an overview of the counselling profession. Research in efficacy and assessment will be included in the course to emphasise the scientist-practitioner model. Students will also be informed of the various settings where counselling psychologists can contribute their professional knowledge.

Pre-requisite(s):  
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY, and
PSY4004 FINAL YEAR PROJECT I (PSY)

Course Description:
This course is intended for students who want to carry out more in-depth research in their Final Year Project. Same as Final Year Project I, but it will be restricted to students who have academically performed very well in year 2 and year 3, and in Final Year Project I. Enrolment in this course requires the approval of the Programme Director. Students are required to independently carry out a scientific literature review, to critically appraise certain theories, concepts or beliefs, and to prepare students for a higher degree study.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
The content of this course depends on the interests and expertise of the lecturers involved in teaching it, and the needs and interests of the students. It provides an opportunity to explore topics of current relevance and importance.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
This course will introduce the major aspects of Industrial and Organisational (I/O) Psychology. Students will learn and apply psychological principles and research methods pertaining to a variety of I/O psychology issues, such as individual factors in selection, placement, job analysis and design, safety and training. Students will examine the role of interpersonal relations, and individual differences in modifying and changing organisations, they will also gain insights to the decision making, group dynamics, leadership, employment law, job satisfaction, work motivation, organisational development and change processes within and between organisations.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
Although the Chinese people constitute more than a quarter of the world’s population, the purpose of this course is to summarise and integrate the wealth of data available on their psychological functioning. The purpose of this course is to introduce fundamental concepts from psychology in the different cultural context of Chinese people psychological functioning, to apply such concepts in understanding themselves and behaviours of others.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
This course is designed to give participants a theoretical understanding of studying perception and action that originated in the works of James and Eleanor Gibson. The implications of Ecological Psychology for how we understand the perceptual process are fairly profound, but the approach is also interesting because of its implications for the rest of psychological theories, changing how participants think of cognition, social interaction, developmental process, etc. A special emphasis will be placed on the realization that perception can do much more than was previously suspected. Issues salient to the design of real-life settings (e.g., classrooms, elderly homes, group homes) or product design (e.g., mobile phones, operation systems, watches) will be covered. Participants will conduct an ecological analysis of real-life settings or design that integrates ecological interventions with other modalities of practical concerns.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY, and
PSY2003 BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
This course exposes the students to the neural processes and biological substrates underlying cognition. The course will advance the student beyond the processes of basic cognition into how cognitive functions are produced by the brain. The study of Biological Psychology will draw the student into a number of disciplines up to and including neuroimaging and electrical measurement. The course will introduce areas of computational science as they apply to neurocognition. It is anticipated that the student will develop an advanced understanding of the biological bases of mental activity and human behaviour. The course will also provide the student with current research and theory related to the loss of human cognition: disease, Alzheimer’s, Parkinsons, stroke, genetic disorders. This information will be expanded in the form of case presentations.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY, and
PSY2003 BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
This course of Neuroimaging in Psychology is designed to provide relevant knowledge and skills for students who are interested in neuroimaging research. The course will orient students to hot topics in the field and presentative studies of the application of modern neuroimaging technologies including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), electroencephalography (EEG), magnetoencephalography (MEG), and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). The course will also provide students chances to learn how to apply the two widely used technologies, MRI and EEG, in a study including experimental design, data collection and analysis, result visualization and interpretation, and manuscript preparation.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
The course in Group Dynamics introduces the student to the stages and processes of groups including the principles of group interaction which will address techniques, leadership and roles. These concepts will be applied as part of an experiential learning process with the student as participants in various group exercises. The object is learning while participating. The student will understand group dynamics within the processes of group development: this includes an assessment or group building phase, the initial phase of group development, the working and transition phases, the final or closure phase. Again, this is a course that incorporates both theoretical and experiential phases of group dynamics. The course does not have an orientation to counselling or industrial/personnel management, the course content and material is developed to provide the student with an understanding of group processes, goals, norms and roles, communication, leadership and cooperation.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
The study of biological psychology has its roots in two disciplines: biology and psychology. The course attempts to link the two and provides an understanding of the methods by which biology is able to clarify and assist the student in understanding human behaviours and processes in our mental lives. Biological psychology will provide immediate, causal explanations for the role of the human brain in guiding and directing behaviour; this, taken in a greater context considers the role of the nervous system, hormones and immediate environment.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
This course of Neuropsychology of Language is designed to provide the latest knowledge for students who are interested in the neural bases of language processing including reading, word recognition, speech perception, language comprehension, and writing. The course will orient students to hot topics and presentative studies in the field of language neuroscience. The course will also provide students chances to learn the latest applications of cutting-edge neuroimaging techniques such as MRI and EEG in the research of the neural bases of language processing.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
The course in Forensic Psychology is directed at applying social science research methods and principles of psychological knowledge and theories to the contemporary issues of the criminal justice system. The course will introduce the student to a wide range of topics related to legal methods found in court, corrections and police work. The student will be introduced to the translation of psychological language into legal language found in courts and other legal institutions. The fact that a forensic psychologist is not a therapist and does not approach the issues and problems found in clinical psychology will be understood by the student. Emphasis on facts and objective assessment will be a key concept, the forensic psychologist must be acutely aware of his/her role at the behest of the judge or attorney representing the defendant. The student will be exposed to the myriad of situations and circumstances in the relationship between crime and mental illness. Thus the student of Forensic Psychology will understand the concepts of insanity, recidivism, risk assessment, police psychology and expert testimony.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
This course is designed to introduce and interrogate psychological approaches to decision-making. Students taking this course will learn about dynamics affecting their own decisions, and to the decisions made by many other people. As a result, they will learn about how to improve decision-making strategies and even contribute to the growing decision science community.

Pre-requisite(s):
None.

Course Description:

The course aims to present a multidisciplinary forum and expose students to contemporary understanding on how mental processes such as visual perceptions, memories, attentions, languages and thoughts are implemented in our living brain, paving the way for for their future creative work and research in the field of artificial intelligence.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
This course intends to provide an overview of the counselling profession. Research in efficacy and assessment will be included in the course to emphasise the scientist-practitioner model. Students will also be informed of the various settings where counselling psychologists can contribute their professional knowledge.

Pre-requisite(s):  
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY, and
PSY4004 FINAL YEAR PROJECT I (PSY)

Course Description:
This course is intended for students who want to carry out more in-depth research in their Final Year Project. Same as Final Year Project I, but it will be restricted to students who have academically performed very well in year 2 and year 3, and in Final Year Project I. Enrolment in this course requires the approval of the Programme Director. Students are required to independently carry out a scientific literature review, to critically appraise certain theories, concepts or beliefs, and to prepare students for a higher degree study.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
The content of this course depends on the interests and expertise of the lecturers involved in teaching it, and the needs and interests of the students. It provides an opportunity to explore topics of current relevance and importance.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
This course will introduce the major aspects of Industrial and Organisational (I/O) Psychology. Students will learn and apply psychological principles and research methods pertaining to a variety of I/O psychology issues, such as individual factors in selection, placement, job analysis and design, safety and training. Students will examine the role of interpersonal relations, and individual differences in modifying and changing organisations, they will also gain insights to the decision making, group dynamics, leadership, employment law, job satisfaction, work motivation, organisational development and change processes within and between organisations.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
Although the Chinese people constitute more than a quarter of the world’s population, the purpose of this course is to summarise and integrate the wealth of data available on their psychological functioning. The purpose of this course is to introduce fundamental concepts from psychology in the different cultural context of Chinese people psychological functioning, to apply such concepts in understanding themselves and behaviours of others.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
This course is designed to give participants a theoretical understanding of studying perception and action that originated in the works of James and Eleanor Gibson. The implications of Ecological Psychology for how we understand the perceptual process are fairly profound, but the approach is also interesting because of its implications for the rest of psychological theories, changing how participants think of cognition, social interaction, developmental process, etc. A special emphasis will be placed on the realization that perception can do much more than was previously suspected. Issues salient to the design of real-life settings (e.g., classrooms, elderly homes, group homes) or product design (e.g., mobile phones, operation systems, watches) will be covered. Participants will conduct an ecological analysis of real-life settings or design that integrates ecological interventions with other modalities of practical concerns.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY, and
PSY2003 BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
This course exposes the students to the neural processes and biological substrates underlying cognition. The course will advance the student beyond the processes of basic cognition into how cognitive functions are produced by the brain. The study of Biological Psychology will draw the student into a number of disciplines up to and including neuroimaging and electrical measurement. The course will introduce areas of computational science as they apply to neurocognition. It is anticipated that the student will develop an advanced understanding of the biological bases of mental activity and human behaviour. The course will also provide the student with current research and theory related to the loss of human cognition: disease, Alzheimer’s, Parkinsons, stroke, genetic disorders. This information will be expanded in the form of case presentations.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY, and
PSY2003 BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
This course of Neuroimaging in Psychology is designed to provide relevant knowledge and skills for students who are interested in neuroimaging research. The course will orient students to hot topics in the field and presentative studies of the application of modern neuroimaging technologies including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), electroencephalography (EEG), magnetoencephalography (MEG), and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). The course will also provide students chances to learn how to apply the two widely used technologies, MRI and EEG, in a study including experimental design, data collection and analysis, result visualization and interpretation, and manuscript preparation.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
The course in Group Dynamics introduces the student to the stages and processes of groups including the principles of group interaction which will address techniques, leadership and roles. These concepts will be applied as part of an experiential learning process with the student as participants in various group exercises. The object is learning while participating. The student will understand group dynamics within the processes of group development: this includes an assessment or group building phase, the initial phase of group development, the working and transition phases, the final or closure phase. Again, this is a course that incorporates both theoretical and experiential phases of group dynamics. The course does not have an orientation to counselling or industrial/personnel management, the course content and material is developed to provide the student with an understanding of group processes, goals, norms and roles, communication, leadership and cooperation.