Psychology Diploma

This course is designed to give you a comprehensive amount of skills and knowledge to help you apply to your career and improve your skills in the field of introduction to psychology.
 The course is ideal for any student wanting to improve their knowledge of psychology and gain a better understanding of this subject.
 It is an ideal course for anyone employed in the fields of:
        Teaching
 
       Nursing
 
       Personnel
 
       Counselling
 
       Legal studies
 
       Prison service
 
       Police service
 
       Or for anyone interested in the subject
 
 
Study Details:
 This course can be studied at your own pace and there are no deadlines for assignments to be completed, however you must complete the full course with 12 months from the date you purchased it.
 
Qualification:
 This course is awaiting accreditation from a national awarding body however you can take the course now and on successful completion you will receive a UK Open Learning Diploma.
 
Assessment:
 Assessment takes the form of a series of tutor marked assignments. Which you then send to your tutor for marking. There is no word count for these assignments however you do have to prove to your tutor that you have fully understood the questions. One word answers will be rejected and you will have to re-submit them.
 
Location:
 The programme is home or work-based enabling students to complete the course without having to attend scheduled college teaching sessions.
 
Payment Options:
 You can choose to pay in full at the time of ordering, we can raise an invoice for payment or you can pay in monthly installments.
 
If you would like to pay in installments, we would need one of the installments as a deposit with your order (either by cheque or by credit/debt card) we will take the rest of the installments off the card for the remaining months. For further details on paying by installments contact UK Open Learning. 
Further Reading:
 
There is no further reading for this course however anything you may decide to do will always be beneficial for your studies.
 
Course Content
 
Unit 1  Introduction to Psychology
        Introduction to Psychology
 
       Influence of Research on Psychology
 
       Experimental Research
 
       Types of Research
 
 Unit 2  Biopsychology
        Mind Body Connection
 
       Neurotransmitters
 
       The Brain and Nervous System
 
 
Unit 3  Development of Personality
        Introduction
 
       Motor and Cognitive Development
 
       Stages of Psychosocial Development
 
       Freud’s Stages of Psychosexual Development
 
       Freud's Structural and Topographical Model
 
       Freud's Ego Defence Mechanisms
 
       Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development
 
 
Unit 4  Learning and Behavioural Psychology
        Introduction to Learning Theory and Behavioural Psychology
 
       Classical and Operant Conditioning
 
       Reinforcement and Reinforcement Schedules
 
 
Unit 5  Sensation and Perception
        Introduction
 
       Sensation
 
       Perception
 
 
Unit 6  Memory, Intelligence and Mind
        Introduction
 
       Memory
 
       Intelligence
 
       Relaxation and Hypnosis
 
 
Unit 7  Motivation and Emotion
        Introduction
 
       Motivation
 
       Emotion
 
 Unit 8  Social Psychology
        Introduction to Social Psychology
 
       How we see ourselves and others
 
       Obedience and Power
 
       The Role of Groups
 
 
Unit 9  Psychopathology
        Introduction and History of Mental Illness
 
       Classifying Psychopathology
 
       Psychiatric Disorders
 
       Stigma, Stereotyping, and the Mentally Ill
 
 
Unit 10 Psychotherapy
        Introduction to Psychotherapy
 
       Types of Psychotherapy
 
       Therapy Providers
 
 
Unit 11 Psychological Testing
        Introduction
 
       Misuse of Testing
 
       Understanding IQ Testing    
 
       Objective Personality Tests
 
       Projective Tests
 
       Vocational Assessment
 
       Infant Development Tests
 
       Learning Disabilities
 
 
Unit 12 Overview of Specialized Psychology
        Introduction to Development Psychology
 
       Introduction to Industrial/Organisational Psychology
 
       Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
 
       Introduction to Clinical psychology
 
       Introduction to Social Psychology
 
       Introduction to Personality Psychology
 
       Introduction to Educational Psychology
 
       Introduction to Criminal Psychology
 
       Introduction to Sports Psychology
 
       Introduction to Colour Psychology
 
       Introduction to Counselling