Unit information: Consciousness and Psychology in 2010/11

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Unit name Consciousness and Psychology
Unit code PSYC31010
Credit points 10
Level of study H/6
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 2C (weeks 13 - 18)
Unit director Professor. Kit Pleydell-Pearce
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

Level 2 course forming part of a Single or Joint Honours programme in Psychology

Co-requisites

Level 3 units as required for a Single or Joint Honours programme in Psychology

School/department School of Psychological Science
Faculty Faculty of Life Sciences

Description including Unit Aims

This unit seeks to provide a multidisciplinary examination of theories of attention and consciousness. Evidence from psychological and physiological sources will be reviewed and areas of convergence and divergence will be highlighted. Extensive prior knowledge of physiology will not be assumed. The unit consists of twelve 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial. It has one compulsory essay.