The module is co-ordinated by Dr Nicolas Geeraert (e-mail geeraert@essex.ac.uk) to whom queries should be addressed.

Aims: The aim of this module is to study a range of theory and research concerned with our thinking and behaviour in a social world. The Social Psychology module addresses core theories of social behaviour and social information processing.

The module co-ordinator will be Dr Deborah Fantini (e-mail deb@essex.ac.uk) to whom queries should be addressed.

This module provides an introduction to research design and methodology. Students will be introduced to the basic principles of research design, and to a variety of experimental and correlational techniques for studying behaviour. Appropriate techniques of statistical analysis will be applied to data collected from experiments. Students will be expected to write laboratory reports for all the experiments they carry out, and these will form part of the assessment.