Module PY1200-KP07

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

7

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor Psychology 2027, compulsory, psychology
• Bachelor Psychology 2016, compulsory, psychology
• Bachelor Psychology 2020, compulsory, psychology

Classes and lectures:

• General Psychology (seminar, 2 SWS)
• General Psychology (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 60 hours in-classroom work
• 150 hours private studies and exercises

Contents of teaching:

• Teaching the basic psychological concepts, concepts and theories of perception, language, cognition, learning, motivation and emotion
• Learning basic skills in experimental psychology for planning and conducting experiments
• Acquisition of understanding and judgement about basic concepts, theories and methods in the field of perception, cognition and learning, motivation and emotion.

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Students can explain and apply psychological concepts in the areas of perception, language, cognition, learning, motivation and emotion.
• They can translate psychological questions into empirical research.
• You can use your knowledge in general psychological research to scientifically judge, think and discuss.
• They have acquired social competence through discussion skills and knowledge transfer.
• You have acquired self-competence in the areas of concentrated absorption of knowledge, critical reflection and dealing with specialist literature.
• You can structure newly acquired knowledge yourself.

Grading through:

• written exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrike Krämer

Teacher:

• Institute of Medical Psychology
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrike Krämer

Literature:

• Goldstein : Wahrnehmungspsychologie Spektrum, 2023
• Shiota und Kalat : Emotion Wadsworth 2017
• Mazur : Lernen und Verhalten Pearson 2006
• Heckhausen & Heckhausen : Motivation und Handeln Springer 2018
• Eysenck & Keane : Cognitive Psychology: A students´s handbook Taylor & Francis 2015
• Müsseler & Rieger : Allgemeine Psychologie Springer, 2024

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

28.10.2025