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Åbo Akademi University 2014/2015
ÅBO CAMPUS
Social psychology
118302.0
4 credits
Basic level
Lectured course
Offered: Spring 2015
Lecturer: Enebäck, Henning
Prerequisites: none
The aim is to give the participants basic knowledge about
theories and concepts in social psychology. After attending
the course, participants should have a basic understanding
of how culture and society influence people in groups and in
between groups.
Course registration and admission: Contact Yasmin Nyqvist,
at least one week before the course begins.
Sleep and dreaming
118358.0
3 credits
Advanced level
Lectured course
Offered: Spring 2015
Lecturers: Erkki Kronholm ja Katja Valli
Learning outcomes: After the course the students will be
familiar with various phenomena related to sleep and dream-
ing, and have an overview of how crucial sleep is to humans.
Contents: The course topics include basic sleep physiology,
the evolution of sleep, theories on sleep function, and the
effects of sleep deprivation. Moreover, the students will learn
about the most common sleep disorders. The course also
provides basic knowlegde ondreaming, includingmethods to
study dream consciousness and theories on dream function.
Teaching methods: Lectures 20 h.
Assessment: Written exam.
Grading scale: 0-5
Recommended year of study: 3. year spring and onwards.
Study materials: Selected review articles
Course registration and admission: Contact Yasmin Nyqvist,
at least one week before the course begins.
Forensic psychological assessment 1
5 credits
Advanced level
Lectured course
Offered: Spring 2015
Prerequisite: Only for students majoring in psychology or law
Lecturer: Pekka Santtila
The aim of the course is to give an overview of forensic psy-
chology and issues related to expert witnesses. The coursewill
end with a mock trial with the students in either the role of
an expert or a lawyer. The topics addressed in the mock trial
cover the most important types of forensic psychological as-
sessments: forensic psychiatric evaluations, child sexual abuse
evaluations, dangerousness assessments and evaluations
related to eye witnessing.
Course registration and admission: Contact Yasmin Nyqvist,
at least one week before the course begins.
Forensic Psychological Assessment 2
5 credits
Advanced level
Lectured course
Offered: Spring 2015
Lecturer: Pekka Santtila
Prerequisites: only for students majoring in psychology or
law, Forensic psychological assessment 1 or comparable
knowledge
During the course, the participants will work on a real forensic
case under supervision producing a statement for the use of
a court of law (or if no pending cases can be used, the work
will be on older cases). The cases will be discussed during a
seminar at the end of the course.
Course registration and admission: Contact Yasmin Nyqvist,
at least one week before the course begins.
Self-study courses
The following self-study courses offered by theDepartment of
Psychology at theUniversity of Turku are available to
exchange
students within the field of psychology
at Åbo Akademi Univer-
sity. Please note that youmust first have pre-approval to take
the self-study courses, please contact the international office,
. After receiving pre-approval please e-
mail Minna Varjonen (
for information
about examination dates and registration.
For more information about courses in English in psychology
in collaboration with the Dept. of Psychology, University of
Turku, see:
->
Psychology courses of-
fered in English
Cognitive Processes
PSYK4007
4 credits
Self-study course
Offered: Autumn 2014 and spring 2015
Please read the following content of the book to be examined:
Eysenck: Fundamentals of cognition, 1. edition, chapters 8-28
OR The same book but the 2. edition, chapters 3-12
Responsible teacher: Jukka Hyönä ja Mika Koivisto
Cognitive Neuroscience
PSYK3399
4 credits
Self-study course
Offered: Autumn 2014 and spring 2015
Please read the following content of the book to be examined:
Gazzaniga, M.: Cognitive neuroscience: the biology of the
mind
Responsible teacher: Heikki Hämäläinen
Clinical Neuropsychology
PSYK3411
5 credits
Self-study course
Offered: Autumn 2014 and spring 2015
Please read the following content of the book to be examined:
Kolb &Whishaw: Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology,
5. edition, chapters 11-28 andAnderson, Northam&Wrennall:
Developmental Neuropsychology: A Clinical Approach. Brain,
Behaviour and Cognition, chapters ? (to be agreed with the
examiner)
Responsible teacher: Heikki Hämäläinen
History of Psychology
PSYK3136
4 credits
Self-study course
Offered: Autumn 2014 and spring 2015
Please read the following content of the book to be examined:
Hothersall: History of Psychology, 3. edition and James: Psy-
chology: A briefer Course, chapters 1, 7-27
Responsible teacher: Antti Kärnä
