2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

PSYC3501 Health Psychology

15 creditsClass Size: 82

Module manager: Prof Daryl O'Connor
Email: d.b.o'connor@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

Pre-requisite qualifications

Successful completion of Year 2 of:
BSc Psychology or MPsyc, BSc Advanced Psychology (and its International and Industrial variants)

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

This module aims to provide in depth coverage of empirical, conceptual and theoretical issues relating to 'Health Psychology'. The module will be taught by an expert in the subject.
Students will continue to develop their knowledge in this area of the discipline with particular emphasis on relevant research.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students will be able to critically discuss psychological aspects of health within a biopsychosocial paradigm and will be able to critically evaluate recent empirical evidence that shows the extent to which psychological constructs and individual differences can explain broad variations in health and illness, and can be used in the promotion and maintenance of health.

Skills outcomes
- Knowledge of health psychology theories and models that can be applied to real-world health issues.
- Literature reviewing and presentation skills
- Peer group teaching.

Syllabus

- The biopsychosocial model of health and illness
- Stress and health
- Work and Stress
- Beliefs and health decision-making
- Illness cognitions
- Personality & Health
- Pain
- Identification of risk
- Message framing and health behaviours
- Suicide.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Drop-in Session	1	2.00	1.00
Lecture	11	1.50	16.50
Seminar	1	2.00	2.00
Independent online learning hours			10.00
Private study hours			120.50
Total Contact hours			19.50
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Private study

- 77 hours: 7 hours per lecture
- 6 hours: Seminar/Peer Group Teaching Exercise
- 37.5 hours: Exam Revision

Independent online learning
- 10 hours: contribution to discussion boards/VLE after each lecture.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students will be asked to present either:
1) a mini review of empirical literature, or
2) to develop a health promotion poster based upon health psychological theory in week 5, as part of a peer group teaching exercise.

The peer group teaching exercise must be passed for students to progress.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Group Project	Peer group teaching exercise	0.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		0.00

The peer group teaching exercise must be passed for students to progress.

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Online Time-Limited assessment	2 hr 00 mins	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 03/05/2024

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