PS32011: Applied psychology dissertation
[Page last updated: 25 July 2025]
Academic Year: | 2025/26 |
Owning Department/School: | Department of Psychology |
Credits: | 25 [equivalent to 50 CATS credits] |
Notional Study Hours: | 500 |
Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
Period: |
- Academic Year
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Assessment Summary: | CWDI 80%, CWOI 20% |
Assessment Detail: |
- Dissertation (CWDI 80%)
- Oral presentation Individual (CWOI 20%)
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Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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Requisites: |
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Learning Outcomes: |
- Can demonstrate a systematic knowledge of a range of research paradigms, research methods and measurement techniques, including statistics and probability, and be aware of their limitations.
- Can reason scientifically, understand the role of evidence and make critical judgements about arguments in Psychology.
- Can adopt multiple perspectives and systematically analyse the relationships between them.
- Can detect meaningful patterns in behaviour and evaluate their significance.
- Can recognise the subjective and variable nature of individual experience.
- Can pose, operationalise and critique research questions.
- Can demonstrate substantial competence in research skills through practical activities.
- Can reason analytically and demonstrate competence in a range of quantitative and qualitative methods.
- Can competently initiate, design, conduct and report on an empirically-based research project under appropriate supervision, and recognise its theoretical, practical and methodological implications and limitations.
- Is aware of ethical principles and approval procedures and demonstrate these in relation to personal study, particularly with regard to the research project, and be aware of the ethical context of Psychology as a discipline.
- Communicate ideas and research findings by written, oral and visual means.
- Interpret and use numerical, textual and other forms of data.
- Be computer literate, for the purposes of furthering their own learning and in the analysis and presentation of ideas and research findings.
- Solve problems by clarifying questions, considering alternative solutions and evaluating outcomes.
- Be sensitive to, and take account of, contextual and interpersonal factors in groups and teams.
- Undertake self-directed study and project management, in order to meet desired objectives.
- Take charge of their own learning and reflect and evaluate personal strengths and weaknesses for the purposes of future learning.
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Content: | The dissertation is normally started whilst the student is on placement and continues over the two semesters of year 4. Students are required to design the project, carry out data collection and analysis, and write a critical discussion.
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Synopsis: | Plan, execute and write a report on a piece of original empirical research in psychology.
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Course availability: |
PS32011 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:
Department of Psychology
- UHPS-AKB03 : BSc(Hons) Psychology with Year long work placement (Year 4)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2025/26.
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