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- This summer school is ideal for anyone wanting to explore a range of contemporary topics in psychology, whilst getting a taste of what it’s like to study psychology at university. Through seminar and practical workshop sessions you will explore a range of contemporary everyday psychology – beyond the level taught at school.
You will form a critical understanding of some of the theories and methods used across a range of contemporary psychology topics.
During this summer school you will:
Explore psychological theory across a range of everyday topics, such as psychology of addiction, psychology of conspiracy, psychology of sleep, psychology of sport, psychology of body perception.
Engage in critical psychological thinking and discussion across important real-world topics that are relevant to them.
Evaluate the mechanisms of human behaviour
Engage in the scientific practices involved in psychological research
Have practical hands-on experience with specialist software used in psychology
Experience what studying psychology might be like at University
Engage in psychological thinking that can be applied in everyday life
Upon completing the course, you will be equipped with some of the background theoretical knowledge and skills essential even in year 1 study of psychology.
Upon completing the summer school, you will be equipped with some of the background theoretical knowledge and skills essential even in year 1 study of psychology.
This summer school is an excellent opportunity to engage in critical discussions, design psychological studies, implement statistical software to answer psychological questions and generate explanations for human behaviour across a range of topics. The confirmed Summer School programme will be sent to you nearer to the course start date.
By the end of this course you'll be able to identify key skills needed to study psychology at university including awareness around the importance of reading in psychology, comparing different methods of proposing research and evaluating psychological theory.
You’ll leave the summer school being able to apply psychological thinking to aspects of your own life.