Taken in AY 18/19 Semester 2
- 1.5 hours weekly lecture (webcasted)
- 1.5 hours tutorials on alternate weeks
Grading Components:
- Midterms 50% (60 MCQs + 4 short essays)
- Finals 50% (Same as midterms)
- Research Participation (6 hours)
Took this module out of interest as I wanted to have a better understanding of Psychology. Didn’t really know how to prepare for this module because it was my first time taking a Psych module and the content seemed to be really heavy too. It wasn’t exactly comforting to know that 4 essays would be tested in the examinations (implying that you really have to know the content well if you want to score well for this module). From knowing the functions of the different components of the brain to understanding the fundamentals of sensation, perception, memory, emotion, motivation and mental disorders, there is surely lots of stuff to know in the short duration of 13 weeks. So in order to do well for this module, I made sure that i went through the required textbook readings every week.
Besides reading the textbook, I think it would be better to just focus on the key points that were mentioned in the lecture as opposed to reading off the entire textbook because the lecturer ended up not testing alot of things in the textbook. As for the tutorials, I felt that they weren’t very helpful at all cos there wasn’t much room for us to apply the knowledge that we had gained from the lectures. So i ended up skipping the tutorials towards the latter half of the semester. But it is still important to take note of the things that were mentioned in tutorial (a painful lesson that I learnt due to the valuable marks lost for the midterms). The exams are very content-based so it is quite easy to do well if you put in the effort to know the content.
All in all, I felt that I benefited from this module as it has given me a better understanding of what Psychology is- a social science that goes beyond just understanding the behavior of others but instead examines the intertwining of different perspectives which contributes to behavior.
Expected Grade: A-
Actual Grade: A
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