This module provides an introduction to occupational health psychology, as a discipline, a profession and as a subject for postgraduate education. Assessment is by essay. However, it also seeks to explore these aspects of the law in countries outside the European Union as represented in the countries of origin of the students taking the module. Assessment is by essay. This module will introduce the principles and practice of occupational ergonomics in relation to issues of health and safety at work.
Assessment is by essay.
This module provides an overview of the applications of health psychology to the workplace. It includes discussion of contemporary theories relating cognition, behaviour and life style to health, and consideration of a range of conditions and disorders of current interest to health psychologists that also have relevance to the workplace. Assessment is by essay. This module discusses the nature and philosophy of psychology as an applied science. Students will be introduced to the basic issues relating to the nature, philosophy and strategies of applied science, to related issues of research ethics, and to quasi-experimental designs.