Learning outcomes

The course of psychology for these students is a basic course which has neither pre-requirement nor co-required.

The student will develop a basic knowledge of some topics in general psychology and will be able to critically think this knowledge.

 

 

Goals

This course aims to develop critical thinking skills about psychology.

Content

The primary aim of this course is to develop a critical understanding of how the human brain works and how decisions are made.

It is based primarily on work in cognitive psychology and behavioural economics, in particular:

Daniel Kahneman, Système 1/système 2. Les deux vitesses de la pensée, Flammarion, 2011.

Table of contents

1. Introduction 2. When it doesn't work: normality/abnormality 3. Treatments 4. The human being: a speaking being 5. The human being: a social being (social psychology) 6. The human being: a being with emotions

Assessment method

Group written work

Sources, references and any support material

G. Butler - F. McManus, Psychology. A very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2000

Language of instruction

Français