Module PY4311-KP04

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

normally each year in the summer semester

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master Psychology - Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 2027, optional subject, psychology
• Master Psychology - Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 2022, optional subject, psychology

Classes and lectures:

• Sleep (seminar, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 30 hours in-classroom work
• 90 hours private studies

Contents of teaching:

• Biological and psychological foundations of human sleep
• Sleep-cycles and characteristics of sleep-phases and their measurement
• Improvement of sleep quality and measures for manipulating sleep
• Sleep and memory
• Sleep disturbances and their association with psychiatric disorders (PTSD, depression)

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Students gain in-depth knowledge on the importance of sleep for human into the central constructs of social cognition and their typical developmental trajectories.
• Students can distinguish different sleep-phases and are able to correctly identify sleep-disturbances.
• Students know current debates and studies about models on the association between sleep and memory.
• Students correctly understand the role of sleep relevant sleep-disturbances in context of mental disorders.
• Students will be able to critically analyze current literature on sleep research and develop their own initial research questions.

Grading through:

• presentation

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. Ines Wilhelm-Groch

Teacher:

• Clinic of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
• Prof. Dr. Ines Wilhelm-Groch
• Dr. rer. nat. Clara Sayk

Language:

• German and English skills required

Notes:

Last Updated:

28.11.2025