Bachelor examination regulations 2020/2022: General Psychology I

General Psychology I

General Psychology 1 (ALLGM1) - winter semester (one-semester module)

The module consists of 2 lectures ("Introduction to General Psychology I" and "Cognitive Psychology") as well as 2 seminars that deepen the content of the lectures.

Lecture Introduction to General Psychology I: 

  • Contents: basic and current theories and findings in the areas of perception, attention and language
  • Literature:
    • Goldstein, E.B. (2015). Perceptual Psychology. Heidelberg: Springer
    • Müsseler, J. & Rieger, M. (Eds.) (2017). General Psychology. Berlin: Springer


Lecture on cognitive psychology:

  • Contents: basic and current theories and findings from the areas of learning, memory, thinking and problem solving
  • Literature:
    • Müsseler, J. & Rieger, M. (Eds.) (2017). General Psychology. Berlin: Springer
    • Spada, H. & Kiesel A. (Eds.) (2018). Textbook general psychology. Hogrefe
    • Horstmann, G. and Dreisbach, G. (2017). General Psychology 2 - Compact. Beltz


In the seminars, topics from the lectures are deepened. Original papers are read and discussed for this purpose. You can find more information on this on Stud.IP for the individual courses.


Exam:

The module examination consists of a written exam and a term paper.

Exam:

  • The exam is an e-exam and takes place in the test center of the University of Bremen.
  • Exam date SoSe 2024: September 16th, 2024 (10:00 am - 11:30 am) at the test center of the University of Bremen

Term paper:

  • The term paper is written on a subject area of ​​the seminars. In the term paper, you should deal in depth with a research topic or a scientific question.
  • Deadline: August 18th, 2024, 8am by email to a) the supervisor, and b) Brigitte Winzer  brwi (at) uni-bremen.de

Here you can download the guidelines for preparing the term paper and the form for the declaration of independence and the declaration of consent for the plagiarism check:

Guide to housework
Declaration of consent for written work
Declaration on the use of artificial intelligence for written work and oral presentations

In addition, there will be an information meeting for writing the term paper as part of the cognitive psychology lecture.