Contemporary and Applied Psychology

Students will be introduced to an eclectic mix of topics including ‘the upside of being down’ and ‘the psychology of eating animals’. The course highlights the integrative nature of contemporary psychology and introduces students to different ways in which psychological theory can be applied in the real world. This course also adopts a more ‘hands-on’, student-centred approach to teaching psychology by focusing group-based activities around recently published research in the Current Directions in Psychological Science journal.