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

Learning outcomes

The module learning outcomes assessed by TMA 02 are as follows:

Knowledge and understanding:

• Understand a wide range of basic psychological concepts and how they apply to everyday life.
• Understand a variety of approaches to psychological research, including different methodologies.
• Understand how psychology addresses issues of diversity, difference and social functioning.

• Describe, compare 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.
• Communicate psychological knowledge in a variety of formats suitable for traditional academic audiences.
• Apply an appropriate referencing system.
• Produce written work that shows evidence of independent judgment in answer to a set problem.
• Use critical, evaluative, practical and ICT skills that are highly transferable to the workplace and other settings.