Understand a wide range of basic psychological concepts and appreciate how they apply to everyday life.

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Understand a wide range of basic psychological concepts and appreciate how they apply to everyday life.

Learning outcomes

The EMA assesses the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge and understanding

• Understand a wide range of basic psychological concepts and appreciate how they apply to everyday life.
• Understand how psychology addresses issues of diversity, difference and social functioning.
• Describe and evaluate a range of key concepts in psychology.
• Construct arguments based on psychological theories and research findings, recognising the significance of differing approaches and subject positions.
• Identify the strengths and weaknesses of different theories and methodologies in psychology, and the relative value of different sources of data and information.
• Carry out directed literature searches to identify a range of sources of information, and apply appropriate criteria to select relevant material for specific purposes.
• Communicate psychological knowledge in a variety of formats suitable for both traditional academic audiences and wider, non-academic audiences.
• Apply an appropriate referencing system.
• Produce written work that shows evidence of independent judgement in answer to a set problem.
• Use and recognise critical, evaluative, practical and ICT skills that are highly transferable to workplace and other settings.

Cognitive skills

Key skills

Practical and/or professional skills