Psychology of Learning

Code

PSGA2003

School

Institute of Work, Organisation and Wellbeing

Level

2

Credits

10

Semesters

Spring Malaysia

Summary

On completion of the module, students will gain an understanding of basic learning and motivation processes that allow people to acquire new knowledge and adapt to their environments. These learning processes include classical and operant conditioning, reinforcement, etc. Students will become acquainted with research methods used to study these and other processes.

Target Students

2nd year BSc (Honours) Applied Psychology and Management students. This module has been particularly identified as suitable for second year students including those from other schools.

Classes

• One 2-hour tutorial each week for 3 weeks
• One 2-hour lecture each week for 13 weeks

Assessment

• 50% Coursework 1: 1 essay-2000 words
• 50% Exam 1 (1-hour): 1 hour exam

Assessed by end of autumn semester

Educational Aims

Learning Outcomes

a) Knowledge and Understand

• How applied psychological theory can help individuals and groups to function

b) Intellectual Skills

• The cognitive skills of critical thinking, analysis and synthesis, including the ability to identify assumptions, define terms, etc .
• The ability to create, evaluate and access a range of options . . . [and] . . . to apply ideas and knowledge to business situations

c) Professional Practical Skills

• Self awareness, openness and sensitivity to diversity in terms of people, cultures, business and management issues
• The ability to conduct research into applied psychology and/or business and management issues, either individually or as part of a team

d) Transferable (Key) Skills

• Effective oral and written communication skills in a range of traditional and electronic media
• Learning to learn and developing an appetite for reflective, adaptive and collaborative learning

Conveners

• Dr Siti Khadijah Zainal Badri