Psychology

This course, by Professor Ciarán O’Keeffe (Buckinghamshire New University), explores research with WEIRD and non-WEIRD populations. In the first module, we think about what a WEIRD population is. In the second module, we think about altruistic...

This course, by Dr Metodi Siromahov (University College London), explores some historic debates in psychology. In the first module, we think about the history of the free will versus determinism debate and the origins of psychological theory. In...

This course, by Professor Charles Spence (University of Oxford), explores the concept of cross modal correspondence and how the senses can interrelate. In the first module, we think about sound symbolism in object and brand representation. In the...

This course, by Professor Nele Demeyere (University of Oxford) explores conducting socially sensitive research. In the first module, we think about research ethics and the moral responsibility of the researcher to ensure participant wellbeing. In...

This course, by Dr Cathal O’Siochru (Liverpool Hope University), explores the humanistic approach to psychology. In the first module, we think about the origin of humanistic psychology, as a response to behaviourism and psychoanalysis. In the...

In this course, Dr Ayoub Bouguettaya (University of Birmingham) explores the procedures and economics of the psychology research process. In the first module, we think about why understanding the processes of psychological research is important....

This course, by Professor Dominic Dwyer (Cardiff University), explores measurement levels and scales. In the first module, we think about the origin of measurement scales in psychology, and the role of Stanley Smith Stevens in establishing the...

In this course, Dr Ayoub Bouguettaya (University of Birmingham) explores context-based approaches in psychology. In the first module, we think about an unusual social interaction and the ways in which a psychological researcher might approach...

In this course, Dr Ayoub Bouguettaya (University of Birmingham) explores psychological approaches with a focus on their philosophical bases. In the first module, we think about different philosophical views of psychological approaches,...

This course, by Dr Ayoub Bouguettaya (University of Birmingham), explores the individual versus situational factors debate. In the first module, we think about what drives behaviour and the tendency to focus on internal/individual factors when...

This course, by Dr Marc Williams (Cardiff University), explores the history of psychological practice, contextualised primarily around our understanding of mental health. In the first module, we think about how normality has been classified over...

This course, by Dr Alex Mitchell (University of Edinburgh), explores visual perception from both a biological and a cognitive perspective. In the first module, we think about what perception psychology is and how the biological structure of our...