This course is an introductory overview of fundamental areas in the contemporary study of psychology. Topics include the biological bases of behaviour, sensation and perception, memory, thought and language, social behaviour, intelligence, motivation, learning, personality and development.
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Year Taken: AY 17/18, Sem 1
Lecturer: Qiu Lin
Assessments: RP (10%), mid-terms/final exam (80-90%)?
Workload/difficulty: Low/easyThis is the class that all the misguided youth of NTU clamour for because they think psychology is “fun and interesting“. Extremely popular module. I’m guessing extremely steep bell curve too. Imo it roughly has the content that you would find in a pop psychology book but with more academic flair. It does a good enough job of familiarising you with the basics. Prof Qiu helped to break down concepts further by incorporating the occasional brain teaser (in the form of printouts and videos). Tutorials were group discussions on simple questions; the exams were a matter of memory. Because the module entirely relies on secondary-source content, reading the textbook alone was enough for me. Following my batch, Prof Victoria took over this module. I heard she has a different approach, so I guess the golden era is no more. But if it ever returns… 🙂
This review was reposted with the kind permission of Gwyneth. Originally published at https://gwynethtyt.com/2021/06/01/ntu-psych-mods/
June 10, 2021 -
A decent introduction to psychology, the profs and TAs are attentive and cover the material well. The course is extremely broad and covers the very basics of each sub discipline which should give beginners a feel of what they would like to specialise in.
May 27, 2021
