Sunday 15 November 2009
Essay questions for PSYC 3307: Genes and Behaviour
Students are allowed to use past-exam questions to write essays for this course.
Thursday 5 November 2009
Essay questions for PSYC 3111: Human Computer Interaction
Choose two:
- Based on Fogg's (1998) functional triad, discuss and exemplify different kinds of persuasive technology
- Discuss the relationship between the 'paradox of presence' in virtual environments and the treatment of anxiety conditions?
- What are the possible neurocognitive substrates behind presence in a
virtual environment?
- Why and how might we think about aesthetics in technology design?
- Critically discuss the evolution of Interaction Design 'paradigms' since the 1980's.
- Discuss some ways in which research into perception and memory has influenced thinking in Human Computer Interaction.
- What is 'usability' and how does it relate to 'user experience'?
- Based on Fogg's (1998) functional triad, discuss and exemplify different kinds of persuasive technology
- Discuss the relationship between the 'paradox of presence' in virtual environments and the treatment of anxiety conditions?
- What are the possible neurocognitive substrates behind presence in a
virtual environment?
- Why and how might we think about aesthetics in technology design?
- Critically discuss the evolution of Interaction Design 'paradigms' since the 1980's.
- Discuss some ways in which research into perception and memory has influenced thinking in Human Computer Interaction.
- What is 'usability' and how does it relate to 'user experience'?
Tuesday 27 October 2009
Essay deadline Fall 2009
All essays for Fall-term students are to be handed in on:
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Thursday 17 December 2009
to the General Office
at 4 p.m.
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Word limit is 2,000 words maximum and students need to hand in two essays per psychology course.
Best,
Irma
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Thursday 17 December 2009
to the General Office
at 4 p.m.
**************************
Word limit is 2,000 words maximum and students need to hand in two essays per psychology course.
Best,
Irma
Friday 23 October 2009
Essay questions for PSYC 2207 Perception, Attention, and Action
PSYC 2207 Questions for Affiliate Essays 2009
1. Critically assess alternative theories of pitch perception
2. Describe the structure of a cortical hypercolumn in primary visual cortex.
3. What evidence points to the importance of the configuration of the face in face perception?
4. Do speakers use auditory feedback to control their vocal productions?
5. Assess motor theory as an account of the relationship between speech perception and production.
6. Are we always conscious of our actions and intentions? Discuss.
7. Describe how the brain enables the understanding of others’ actions.
8. Can we simply describe attentional selection as space-based?
9. Critically evaluate the evidence in favour of early selection in vision.
Prof. Alan Johnston
Convener Psych2207
22/10/2009
1. Critically assess alternative theories of pitch perception
2. Describe the structure of a cortical hypercolumn in primary visual cortex.
3. What evidence points to the importance of the configuration of the face in face perception?
4. Do speakers use auditory feedback to control their vocal productions?
5. Assess motor theory as an account of the relationship between speech perception and production.
6. Are we always conscious of our actions and intentions? Discuss.
7. Describe how the brain enables the understanding of others’ actions.
8. Can we simply describe attentional selection as space-based?
9. Critically evaluate the evidence in favour of early selection in vision.
Prof. Alan Johnston
Convener Psych2207
22/10/2009
Tuesday 20 October 2009
Essay questions for PSYC3108: Organisational Psychology
Students are allowed to use past-exam questions to write essays for this course which can be accessed from here:
http://digitool-b.lib.ucl.ac.uk:8881/R/HP684XXYIMDBY8C3STCVY8MKTCEMV43THBI44LYKCH1E4RDHBF-01488?func=collections&collection_id=1363
http://digitool-b.lib.ucl.ac.uk:8881/R/HP684XXYIMDBY8C3STCVY8MKTCEMV43THBI44LYKCH1E4RDHBF-01488?func=collections&collection_id=1363
Essay questions for PSYC 2206: Clinical and Health Psychology
Please choose ONE from Health Psychology and ONE from Clinical Psychology.
Health Psychology:
1. Describe and critique two social cognition models in relation to predicting health-related behaviour.
2. “There is no such thing as pure pain without emotion”. Discuss.
3. What determines how a person copes with chronic illness and hospitalization?
4. What factors should be considered when developing a theory-based intervention to change health professional behaviour?
Clinical Psychology:
1. Discuss antisocial behaviour in adolescence using the framework of developmental psychopathology
2. How does exposure therapy work as a treatment for anxiety disorders?
3. Through what mechanisms could the social environment bring about depression?
4. Critically evaluate the evidence that neurotransmitter dysfunction plays a major causal role in schizophrenia.
5. Is drug dependence best conceptualised as primarily a psychological or a biological state?
Health Psychology:
1. Describe and critique two social cognition models in relation to predicting health-related behaviour.
2. “There is no such thing as pure pain without emotion”. Discuss.
3. What determines how a person copes with chronic illness and hospitalization?
4. What factors should be considered when developing a theory-based intervention to change health professional behaviour?
Clinical Psychology:
1. Discuss antisocial behaviour in adolescence using the framework of developmental psychopathology
2. How does exposure therapy work as a treatment for anxiety disorders?
3. Through what mechanisms could the social environment bring about depression?
4. Critically evaluate the evidence that neurotransmitter dysfunction plays a major causal role in schizophrenia.
5. Is drug dependence best conceptualised as primarily a psychological or a biological state?
Essay questions for PSYC 3109: Psychology of Health
Students can use the seminar essay questions on the outline as essay questions. You need to be careful not to write two essays on overlapping topics.
Essay questions for PSYC 3207: Human Learning and Memory
Choose two from the questions below:
1. How does memory relate to the self?
2. Does age-related decline in memory have a different basis from age-related decline in other aspects of cognition?
3. Critically evaluate the concept of memory consolidation.
4. Describe some of the empirical findings on memory that should be taken into account in designing educational and training programmes.
5. Discuss the neuroscience of shotl-term memory.
6. What is the evidence that long-term memory involves distinct subsystems?
7. How is endoding related to retrieval?
8. What has been learnt from the study of false memories?
9. Why do people forget, and how can forgetting be reduced?
1. How does memory relate to the self?
2. Does age-related decline in memory have a different basis from age-related decline in other aspects of cognition?
3. Critically evaluate the concept of memory consolidation.
4. Describe some of the empirical findings on memory that should be taken into account in designing educational and training programmes.
5. Discuss the neuroscience of shotl-term memory.
6. What is the evidence that long-term memory involves distinct subsystems?
7. How is endoding related to retrieval?
8. What has been learnt from the study of false memories?
9. Why do people forget, and how can forgetting be reduced?
Saturday 10 October 2009
Affiliate Seminar Groups-Fall 2009
Affiliate Seminar Groups
Fall 2009
Seminar Group 1
Mondays, 12.30-1.30 p.m.
BW 215
Demonstrator: Irma
| 1 | Alexander | |
| 2 | Kho | Irene |
| 3 | Kwatra | Rashmi |
| 4 | Nagler | Gabrielle |
| 5 | Norgard | Holly |
| 6 | Rapaport | Alison |
| 7 | Reddy | Vignatha |
| 8 | Ruiz | Sarah |
| 9 | Schuster | Abigail |
| 10 | Suter | Tracey |
| 11 | Tone | Erika |
Seminar Group 2
Mondays, 4-5 p.m.
BW 311
Demonstrator: Irma
| 1 | Andrews | Margaretta |
| 2 | Elizondo | Caitling |
| 3 | Hodges | Moira |
| 4 | Holtz-Eakin | Eleanor |
| 5 | Lin | Alison |
| 6 | Liu | Joan |
| 7 | Menezes | Tarika |
| 8 | Park | |
| 9 | Petitjean | |
| 10 | van Cutsem | Aurelie |
Seminar Group 3
Tuesdays, 9.30-10.30 a.m.
BW448
Demonstrator: Matthias
| 1 | Ali | Zarah |
| 2 | Chung | Christine |
| 3 | Fasolo | Anna |
| 4 | Gray | Sophia |
| 5 | Kim | Hai Jung |
| 6 | McArdle | James |
| 7 | Perlmutter | Jen |
| 8 | Schneider | Katherine |
| 9 | Wilmanski | Tomasz |
Seminar Group 4
Wednesdays 11-12 p.m.
BW 311
Demonstrator: Matthias
| 1 | Brown | Meghan |
| 2 | Bucchioni | Giulia |
| 3 | Glukhovsky | Lisa |
| 4 | Kallen | Emily |
| 5 | Kelly | Kathleen |
| 6 | Kestenman | Paige |
| 7 | Kochar | Arshneel |
| 8 | Landstrom | Cecilia |
| 9 | Neustadter | Eli |
| 10 | Rosen | Sara |
| 11 | Slater | Joel |
Monday 5 October 2009
Welcome Affiliates 2009-2010
Dear affiliates of academic year 2009/2010,
We would like to say welcome to all of you. I hope the first a week and a half have been fun and exciting. This is the platform for us (Brad, Irma, & Matthias) to transmit various information about the seminars and assignments that you need to complete. We will post relevant information on this blog as they come up and email you everything we post here, so make sure we have your correct email address.
First, there is going to be a sign-up sheet for seminar slots this Wednesday on the wall outside the common room on BW 3rd floor from 1.30 p.m.. If your primary department is Psychology, or if you're taking 2 psych courses, you need to put your name for one of the slots. There is a limit of 10 students for each slot, so please choose another slot if one gets filled up. Note that this is not the final seminar allocation so do email us if you have a problem with this.
The sign-up sheet will be taken down on Friday ~2.30p.m., and we will email you about the final seminar allocation on Saturday, Oct 10.
Second, remember to send an email to Matthias (m.gruber@ucl.ac.uk) about your psych courses and timetable for non-psych courses (e.g., Fri 2.4p.m.).
We look forward to seeing you next week for the first seminar meeting.
Best,
Matthias and Irma
We would like to say welcome to all of you. I hope the first a week and a half have been fun and exciting. This is the platform for us (Brad, Irma, & Matthias) to transmit various information about the seminars and assignments that you need to complete. We will post relevant information on this blog as they come up and email you everything we post here, so make sure we have your correct email address.
First, there is going to be a sign-up sheet for seminar slots this Wednesday on the wall outside the common room on BW 3rd floor from 1.30 p.m.. If your primary department is Psychology, or if you're taking 2 psych courses, you need to put your name for one of the slots. There is a limit of 10 students for each slot, so please choose another slot if one gets filled up. Note that this is not the final seminar allocation so do email us if you have a problem with this.
The sign-up sheet will be taken down on Friday ~2.30p.m., and we will email you about the final seminar allocation on Saturday, Oct 10.
We look forward to seeing you next week for the first seminar meeting.
Best,
Matthias and Irma
Thursday 5 March 2009
Spring term 2009: PSYC 9001 and PSYC 9002 submissions
PSYC 9001 and PSYC 9002 submissions
5 March 2009Below is information regarding research report and literature review submissions (PSYC 9001 and PSYC 9002)
Deadlines:
Friday 27 March 2009 at 4.30 pm at General office on 3rd floor
Two hard copies with a cover sheet (found at General office)
28 March 1 pm
One .doc file named "name_keyword" (e.g., "kurniawan_depression.doc") via email to your seminar leader (NOTE: with the email title "name, course code,keyword" (e.g., kurniawan, 9001A, depression)).
PSYC 9001:
The word limit is between 2500 - 3500 words excluding references.
The general guidelines for writing are the same as any APA formatted reserah report, with
tables and figures included within the text (not at the end of the
text). This should include title, abstract, introduction, method, results,
discussion, acknowledgment, and references sections.
PSYC 9002:
The word limit is 5000 words excluding references.
Citations and references should compy with APA style.
Feel free to email your seminar leader should you have any question.
Best,
Irma
Saturday 24 January 2009
Seminar groups - Spring 2009
Dear Affiliates (Spring-term and Full-year students),
We've created the seminar groups commencing Monday 26 January 2009.
Below are your names and group times. We've tried to allocate students based on their individual timetables. If you find that your seminar time clashes with your classes, please arrange to swap with another student and let your demonstrator know.
We've sent an email to you along with email address of the other students, if you haven't received this, feel free to email Irma or Matthias.
Cheers,
Irma & Matthias
i.kurniawan or m.gruber @ucl.ac.uk
We've created the seminar groups commencing Monday 26 January 2009.
Below are your names and group times. We've tried to allocate students based on their individual timetables. If you find that your seminar time clashes with your classes, please arrange to swap with another student and let your demonstrator know.
We've sent an email to you along with email address of the other students, if you haven't received this, feel free to email Irma or Matthias.
Cheers,
Irma & Matthias
i.kurniawan or m.gruber @ucl.ac.uk
| Surname | Forename |
| Group 1 | Demonstrator: Irma |
| Monday | |
| 9-10am | Room 215 |
| ARLT | JEAN |
| COLES | CHRISTINA |
| GUAN | YA XIN |
| HATLEY | ANNEMARIE |
| HUANG | MONICA |
| LAKIN | EVIN |
| NEWMAN | LEORRA |
| OXLEY | MATTHEW |
| RAKOW | LAUREN |
| THOMPSON | KATHERINE |
| Group 2 | |
| Monday Demonstrator: Matthias | |
| 9.30-10.30 | Room 311 |
| BAUM | JESSICA |
| DONATO | FRANCESCA |
| DUBIN | MATTHEW |
| GRALNIK | FAYGA |
| KEUNG | MAN |
| KOMEK | KUBRA |
| OCHFELD | ELISA |
| PALZES | VANESSA |
| SREEPADA | KARTIK |
| WANG | JOYCE |
| Group 3 | |
| Monday, 2-3pm | Demonstrator: Matthias Room 311 |
| NOTE: on 26 January (first session), seminar is at 3.00-4.00 p.m. in Room 311 | |
| BAE | EVELYN |
| BOZORGMIR | NICOLE |
| FELDMAN | LAUREN |
| FRIEDMAN | TALIA |
| GROSSMAN | MATTHEW |
| KRETZ | SARAH |
| LEVY | SARAH |
| MERWIN | STEPHANIE |
| SCHEER | AMANDA |
| SILVER | DANA |
Group 4 | |
| Monday | Demonstrator: Irma |
| 4-5pm | Room 448 |
| BARNETT | LORRIE |
| BRANCHE | LAUREN |
| FAUBERT | ZOE |
| GALER | KARA |
| HARVEY | KATE |
| HILL | ALEXANDRA |
| KOCAB | ANNEMARIE |
| MILLER | PAMELA |
| TRISKOVA | BARBORA |
| WATANABE | TETSUSHI |
| Group 5 | |
| Thursday Demonstrator: Irma | |
| 4-5pm | Room 215 |
| BROWN | ANNEMARIE |
| GAY | CHARLINE |
| HAVDALA | ROBERT |
| JINDANI | TANYA |
| PRENDERGAST | DEIRDRE |
| SHRIBER | ELIZABETH |
| STAHL | COURTNEY |
| TOWNER | COURTNEY |
| UNTHANK | KELLYE |
| WINTERS | LENA |
Monday 12 January 2009
Welcome affiliates Spring 2009
Iwould like to say welcome again to UCL and to the
department of psychology.
During the next week, you'll be flooded with various information
about UCL, and about life in London.
More importantly, you'll need to decide what courses you'll be doing
this term. As mentioned in the induction session, please take
your time in deciding this.
The psychology classes do not get full until the end of registration
period thus you will have time to think about it, sit in the lectures,
and/or discuss with us on which courses to take, before you then
register online on PORTICO (deadline is 23 Jan). There is no reason to
hurry on this.
There will be course approval drop-in sessions on Wednesday, 14 Jan
2-3 pm in the 3rd floor common room and Monday, 19 Jan 2-4pm in room
313, Bedford Way.
There are also two seminar sessions on Wednesday, 14 Jan in room 305,
Bedford Way.
Surnames A-J 9 a.m., surnames K-Z 10 a.m.
For full-year students, seminars will officially kick off in the next 2 weeks so watch this space.
If you have any questions, feel free to email Brad Duchaine, Matthias
Gruber, or Irma Kurniawan.
I hope you have a pleasant and challenging experience with your study
at UCL and play in London.
With best wishes,
Irma Kurniawan
Affiliate demonstrator
department of psychology.
During the next week, you'll be flooded with various information
about UCL, and about life in London.
More importantly, you'll need to decide what courses you'll be doing
this term. As mentioned in the induction session, please take
your time in deciding this.
The psychology classes do not get full until the end of registration
period thus you will have time to think about it, sit in the lectures,
and/or discuss with us on which courses to take, before you then
register online on PORTICO (deadline is 23 Jan). There is no reason to
hurry on this.
There will be course approval drop-in sessions on Wednesday, 14 Jan
2-3 pm in the 3rd floor common room and Monday, 19 Jan 2-4pm in room
313, Bedford Way.
There are also two seminar sessions on Wednesday, 14 Jan in room 305,
Bedford Way.
Surnames A-J 9 a.m., surnames K-Z 10 a.m.
For full-year students, seminars will officially kick off in the next 2 weeks so watch this space.
If you have any questions, feel free to email Brad Duchaine, Matthias
Gruber, or Irma Kurniawan.
I hope you have a pleasant and challenging experience with your study
at UCL and play in London.
With best wishes,
Irma Kurniawan
Affiliate demonstrator
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