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