As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit a Case
Study assignment. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme
assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.
Learning Outcomes:
After completing the module, you should be able to:
1. Read and review psychological research from an informed and critical perspective.
2. Critically understand the main theoretical perspectives and debates in psychology in their historical and contemporary contexts in a reflective way.
3. Identify, research, critically summarise and apply key concepts in psychology to a range of psychological issues surrounding individual differences and abnormal psychology.
4. Critically distinguish between different approaches in psychology and their application to case studies in abnormal psychology, based on relevant theoretical, philosophical, practical, statistical, and methodological reasoning.
5. Collect, evaluate, and apply information from a variety of sources in order to address questions regarding individual differences and abnormal psychology.
6. Use relevant research theory and knowledge to critically evaluate tools used in diagnostic
methodology.
