Introductory work for the Semester 1 modules
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Here are details of some activities to do before the start of the main lecture programme – we’ve identified activities for four of your Semester 1 modules (see 1-4 below). You can start on some of these now and can also work on them alongside your BSc Psychology induction activities.
1. The IoPPN is passionate about psychological research, and this is reflected in your BSc degree programme. In the Inspirational Research module you will have the opportunity to meet with some of King’s notable researchers, and to ask questions of them about their research. For this module, it will be valuable to keep up to date with current research so that you can engage fully with these sessions. A good way to keep up to date with research is to read the British Psychological Society (BPS) Research Digest, which appears in The Psychologist and can be accessed here via the BPS website. For your introductory activity for this module, take an hour or so to read through some of the recently posted articles.
2. In your degree, we will train you to understand psychological research and to be able to conduct research for yourself. This will begin with the Research Methods 1 module. Learning skills in data analysis will be an important part of this training, and we have prepared a video to introduce you to this statistical component of this module. Your activity for this module is to watch this video and complete the activities that it includes.
You will first need to download this lecture handout[.
It will take you 60-75 minutes to watch the video and to do the activities that it includes. The handout also has details of some questions you should answer (which you can do before arriving on campus) and your initial reading for this module (to be done once we have given you your textbook).
3. Before you arrive at King’s College London to study on the BSc Psychology degree, you will find it beneficial to familiarise yourself with some material on biological psychology which will relate to your Psychology and the Brain module. To do this we encourage you to access a new free online textbook 'Introduction to Biological Psychology' and read Chapter 1. If you have more time, reading any of chapters 2-5 will be helpful to you later on. If you cannot access this book or prefer to read something briefer, you can start with a resource from the British Neuroscience Association (BNA), which is free to download from the BNA[. The sections most relevant to your study in the first few weeks are those at the beginning of the publication. Therefore, you should read through Sections 1-3, but you may also want to look over the material on the developing nervous system and brain imaging. You could also look at this neuroscience and psychology blog which links to some interesting articles.
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1. The IoPPN is passionate about psychological research, and this is reflected in your BSc degree programme. In the Inspirational Research module you will have the opportunity to meet with some of King’s notable researchers, and to ask questions of them about their research. For this module, it will be valuable to keep up to date with current research so that you can engage fully with these sessions. A good way to keep up to date with research is to read the British Psychological Society (BPS) Research Digest, which appears in The Psychologist and can be accessed here via the BPS website. For your introductory activity for this module, take an hour or so to read through some of the recently posted articles.
2. In your degree, we will train you to understand psychological research and to be able to conduct research for yourself. This will begin with the Research Methods 1 module. Learning skills in data analysis will be an important part of this training, and we have prepared an online lecture to introduce you to this statistical component of this module.
Your activity for this module is to watch this video and complete the activities that it includes. You will first need to download this lecture handout.
If the video does not display above, cut and paste this link into a new window: https://media.kcl.ac.uk/media/Introduction+to+Statistics+and+Data+Analysis/1_ivh7naqo
It will take you 60-75 minutes to watch the video and to do the activities that it includes. The handout also has details of some questions you should answer (which you can do before arriving on campus) and your initial reading for this module (to be done once we have given you your textbook).
3. Before you arrive at King’s College London to study on the BSc Psychology degree, you will find it beneficial to familiarise yourself with some material on biological psychology which will relate to your Psychology and the Brain module. To do this we encourage you to access a new free online textbook 'Introduction to Biological Psychology' and read Chapter 1. If you have more time, reading any of chapters 2-5 will be helpful to you later on. If you cannot access this book or prefer to read something briefer, you can start with a resource from the British Neuroscience Association (BNA), which is free to download from the BNA. The sections most relevant to your study in the first few weeks are those at the beginning of the publication. Therefore, you should read through Sections 1-3, but you may also want to look over the material on the developing nervous system and brain imaging. You could also look at this neuroscience and psychology blog which links to some interesting articles.