For this month’s blog entry Aida Malovic (Year in the Industry coordinator), invited one of the most recent students who’ve completed their placement year, to contribute with an account of their experiences. Kyle provides a very honest and interesting summary of the placement.
Category: Undergraduate
Motivation, attribution, and the final-year poster conference
Pictured: Jaidene Brown, Ian Hocking and Samantha Hodson.
- April, 16
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- Academia, Conference, Forensic investigation, social psychology, student project, Undergraduate
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Opening of the new CCCU Multi-Disciplinary Mabb Lovell Court Room
Pictured: Judge Jackson, Katja Hallenberg, Belinda Siesmaa, Kos Siliafis and Andy Buttery.
- March, 29
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- Academia, Forensic investigation, Law, Public engagement, Undergraduate
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In-depth: Relative Deprivation and Social Identity Theory as Antecedents of the 2014 NHS Strike
Summer Hubble is a third-year psychology undergraduate. As part of her module on intergroup conflict, she looked into the October 2014 NHS strike.
- January, 5
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- in-depth, Undergraduate
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Animal Behaviours
Last week, a brave band of ninety-two first year psychology undergrads faced wind and sunshine to observe primate behaviour at Howlett’s Animal Park. All this in the name of science! As part of the first year module of ‘Practicals in Psychology’ the students collected observational data in small groups. They recorded positive and negative social interactions in a variety of primates at the park. Previous research has shown that there is no simple relationship between group size, available space and social behaviours (de Waal, 1989; Hosey, 2005).
- October, 14
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- Undergraduate
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