Module Code - Title:
PS6061
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PROFESSIONAL SKILLS IN PSYCHOLOGY 1
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
The aim for this module is to improve students' writing skills.
Syllabus:
This course is the second part of a two-course sequence on professional skills. In order to successfully communicate research, students need to train their writing skills. In this module, students we want to improve students writing skills by means of giving good examples for writing styles and by giving students feedback on their writing skills. Consistent with the purpose of the module, it is intensive in writing.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Recognise the quality of writing styles and how they contribute to the overall quality of a manuscript.
Classify writing styles as a function of the type of manuscripts (e.g., book chapter vs. journal article, theoretical vs. applied article).
Develop the structure of a manuscript.
Apply and revise writing styles when writing a manuscript.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
On successful completion of this module, students should be / should be able to:
Acknowledge that writing styles influence the comprehensibility of manuscripts and that some writing styles are better than others for particular types of manuscript.
Value the importance of good writing styles.
Confident in using different writing styles for different types of manuscripts.
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
N/A
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
This module combines theoretical and practical education of writing skills. In lectures we will give overviews to particular writing practices, and in tutorials students will practice their writing skills. Students will also have to exercise their writing skills in three written assignments.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
American Psychological Association (2010)
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association, sixth edition
, Washington: APA.
Sternberg, R. J. (ed) (2000)
Guide to publishing in psychology journals
, Cambridge: University Press.
Other Relevant Texts:
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Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Module Leader:
daragh.bradshaw@ul.ie