PN4110
The Narratives that Shape Psychology and Neuroscience
2024-2025
15
7
SCQF level 10
2
Academic year(s): 2024-2025
SCOTCAT credits : 15
ECTS credits : 7
Level : SCQF level 10
Semester: 2
Availability restrictions: Available only to students in the second year of the Honours Programme
Planned timetable:
Students will critically explore the narratives that shape Psychological and Neuroscience, explore alternative narratives that broaden the canon, and consider ways in which teaching, research, science communication, and the higher education setting in which they are situated, can be made more diverse and more inclusive. Through weekly lectures and student-led presentations and discussion, this course will develop critical thinking skills, and engage students in socio-politically collaborative, active scholarship. Students will consider issues such as: - philosophical and cultural underpinnings of Western Psychology and Neuroscience; - the influence of eugenics and race science on Statistics and Educational Psychology; - psychiatric diagnosis as a lever for social control; - the inequities that perpetuate basic and cognitive neuroscience; - the marginalisation of women and minoritised peoples.
Pre-requisite(s): Before taking this module you must pass PN2001 and pass PN2002
Weekly contact: 2hr taught sessions (x11 weeks) comprising 1hr lecture and 1hr discussion and presentation
As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 100%
Re-assessment: Coursework = 100% - Resubmission of failed components
Module coordinator: Dr A R O'Connor
Module teaching staff: Dr Erin Robbins and Dr Akira O'Connor