Essay questions for health part of the health and clinical psychology

Below are two questions for the affiliate students for the health part of the clinical and health psychology course

1. There are several types of social support which can influence health relevant processes. Discuss and give examples.
2. How does nicotine cause addiction to cigarettes and what can be done to treat it

best wishes,

Susan

PSYC 1101 essay titles

1.Can consciousness be decomposed?

2.Distinguish between explicit and implicit memory, giving examples of
each. Discuss the evidence for the reality of this distinction.

3.Why is conversation so easy?

4.How has the development of the 'object concept' been investigated in
young children? What have these investigations revealed?

5.Explain what is meant by 'executive control'. Why is it necessary, and
when does it fail?

6.What is gender identity and what influences its development?

7.How are intelligence tests constructed? What problems are encountered
by those attempting to compare the intelligence of different populations?

8.How would you test whether someone had a 'theory of mind'? If they did
not, what difference would it make to their everyday behaviour?

9.Can mental imagery be studied scientifically?

10.How is attachment assessed? What do the results of these assessments
reveal about the caregiver-child relationship?

11.What are the differences between our normal waking state, dreaming,
deep sleep, and hypnotic trance?

12.Am I happy because I smile, or do I smile because I am happy?
Evaluate theories of emotion.

13.Write an essay on mental representations.

14.Is the concept of a critical period useful for understanding human
development?

15.What is meant by 'body image'? Describe the ways in which body image
can become distorted or disrupted.

Essay titles for Memory course (3207).

You can choose two essay topics from all the topics below:

There are two new essay topics:

• Why do we become forgetful as we get older?
• Write an essay on the neuroscience of memory.

Essay topics from last year's exam:

Critically evaluate some of the theories that have been proposed to
explain age-related memory decline.

Describe some of the ways in which fluent processing affects memory.

What evidence is there that memories are often blocked or inhibited at
retrieval?

Compare the episodic/semantic and transfer-appropriate processing
theories of memory.

Compare and contrast the roles of the hippocampus, amygdala, and
frontal lobes in memory.

What have neuropsychological and/or brain imaging studies revealed
about short-term memory?

Are memories consolidated after their initial formation?

What would your advice be to someone who has just witnessed a road
accident and wants to provide accurate eyewitness evidence?

What is the relationship between implicit leaming and implicit memory?

PSYC 2007 (perception) essay titles

What mechanisms determine how we detect the direction of motion?

Describe Hubel and Wiesel's account of the hypercolumn. On what evidence did they base their theory?

In what sense, if any, does conscious experience of action precede action itself?

What overlap is there between the processes of performing an action andof observing someone else's action?

from Prof Patrick haggard:


In what sense, if any, does conscious experience of action precede
action itself?

What overlap is there between the processes of performing an action and
of observing someone else's action?

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from Lilli Navie:

What is the fate of unattended information in the dichotic listening paradigm?

One main function of attention is to bind visual features into acoherent object. Discuss.

from Pete Howell:

Hearing:

Describe time and place principles for determining the frequency of a sound .

How can conductive and sensorineural hearing losses be distinguished?

Speech:

Describe and evaluate ways in which speech perception and productionare modeled.

Assess Levelt's model of language production .

essay questions: PSYC 3108

PSYC 3108 Organisational Psychology

You can choose two of the following questions, if you take PSYC 3108 this term.

Exam questions from 2006:

1. Offer a critique of the research and theorising in organizational
psychology.

2. How, why and when do personality traits influence work productivity?

3. Why are organisational psychologists interested in biodata?

4. Compare and contrast equity and expectancy theories of job motivation.

5. How did McClelland update Weber's work on the Protestant Work Ethic?

6. Evaluate empirical research on stress in the work place.

7. Is decision-making best done by committees?

8. Why have trait theories of leadership again become fashionable?

9. Evaluate speculation about the future of work.

Exam questions from 2005:

1. 'Little more than common sense'. How true is this of.organisational
psychology?

2. Which, when and why do personality traits predict work performance?

3. What accounts for individual differences in work motivation and satisfaction?

4. What does the psychological research on unemployment tell us about employment?

5. Why should an organisational psychologist pay any attention to Weber's
Protestant Work Ethic hypothesis?

6. Write an essay on ONE of
i. Brainstorming
ii. Groupthink

7. What do we know about the psychology of leadership?

8. What accounts for the 'culture shock' experiences of people working abroad?

9. Write an essay on 'the future of work'.

Essay questions: PSYC 3106

PSYC 3106 Topics in Personality and Intelligence

You can choose two of the following questions, if you take PSYC 3106 this term.

Exam questions from 2006:

1. Outline and critique Freudian concepts of the origin, structure and
measurement of personality.

2. Describe various types of test validity and why they are important for
personality research.

3. Write notes on each of the following theories of personality
a) Eysenck's
b) Cattelrs
c) Gray's

4. 'The Five Factor Model of personality is now dominant in the research
literature'. Evaluate the validity of this statement.

5. Write a critical essay on the concept of Trait Emotional Intelligence.

6. How do trait-based psychological processes influence health and illness?

7. Do personality traits predict an individual's creativity?

8. 'Criminologists woefully underestimate the role of personality traits in the
causes and cures of criminality'. Discuss.

9. What is the evidence for race differences in IQ?

exam questions from 2005:

1. How did the person-situation debate of the 1970s and 1980s affect personality
research?

2. Evaluate Freudian and post-Freudian contributions to personality research.

3. Elaborate on the psychometric concepts of reliability and validity and discuss
their inter-relationship.

4. Compare and contrast H.J. Eysenck's and J.A.Gray's theories of personality.

5. Evaluate the Five Factor Model of personality and discuss its relationship
to R.B. Cattell's theory of personality.

6. What is the impact of personality factors on health and illness?

7. 'The idea that personality traits are systematically linked to criminal behaviour
remains unproven.' Discuss

8. Evaluate the construct of Emotional Intelligence (EI) with special reference to
the distinction between trait EI and ability EI.

9. 'There are established race and sex differences in intelligence.' Discuss

Seminar Groups

Affiliate Students Seminar Groups

Fall Term 2007


Group 1 (fall term students)
Demonstrator: Matthias
Monday: 12pm – 1pm
Room 311

Aksoy Eda
Baron Kate
Bruton Katherine
Garber Rachel
Hughes Justin
Kenslea Hayley
Lee Brittany
Sheena Rachel
Suor Jennifer


Group 2 (fall term students)
Demonstrator: Irma
Tuesday: 9.30am – 10.30am
Room 448

Barbarasch Beth
Betta Carolena
Didier Maude
Gandhi Alisha
Holder Justin
Loesch Jennifer
Li Wei



Group 3 (fall term students)
Demonstrator: Matthias
Wednesday: 9am – 10am
Room 311

Downing Emily
Frazier Kathryn
Hanson Elizabeth
Jansen Aline
Joseph Esther
Loesch Laura
Lubetkin Jared
Meire Kathleen



Group 4 (full year students)
Demonstrator: Irma
Thursday: 2pm – 3pm
Room 311

Bless Emily
Burdick Carlyn
Cheah Andrew
Edwards Rebecca
Goldstein Shana
Jabr Ferris
Lee Melissa
Lin Pei-Ying
Liu Dan
Malowney Monica
Moye Lauren
Silver Justin

Essay questions: PSYC 2206

Attention fall term-only affiliates taking PSYC 2206:

Questions for affiliates from the Clinical section of Clinical Health Psychology (you will be given questions from Health Psychology separately).

1. Critically evaluate the evidence that biological factors cause
schizophrenia.
2. What is post-traumatic stress disorder and how does it develop?
3. Through what mechanisms might stressful life events impact on
psychological disorders?

You can choose one of these questions to be the topic of your essay (submitted at the end of the term) if you choose clinical psychology topic. Questions from health psychology will be given at a later date.

Complete information regarding essays and course assessments will be uploaded in the near future.



Cheers,
Irma