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.
This course aims to develop critical thinking skills about psychology.
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.
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
Group written work
G. Butler - F. McManus, Psychology. A very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2000