1. Tapper, K., Jiga-Boy, G., Maio, G., Haddock, G., Lewis, M. 2014 Development and Preliminary Evaluation of an Internet-Based Healthy Eating Program: Randomized Controlled Trial Journal of Medical Internet Research 16 10 e231

   https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18323 doi: 10.2196/jmir.3534
2. Tapper, K., Baker, L., Jiga-Boy, G., Haddock, G., Maio, G. 2015 Sensitivity to reward and punishment: Associations with diet, alcohol consumption, and smoking Personality and Individual Differences 72 79 84

   https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18322 doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.08.025
3. Jiga-Boy, G., Toma, C., Corneille, O. 2014 Work More, Then Feel More: The Influence of Effort on Affective Predictions PLoS ONE 9 7 e101512

   https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18064 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101512
4. Jiga-Boy, G., Maio, G., Haddock, G., Tapper, K. 2015 Values and behaviour (Ed.), Handbook of Value:
 The Affective Sciences of Values and Valuation. Oxford, UK Oxford University Press

   https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18324
5. Jiga-Boy, G., Storey, K., Buehner, M. 2013 Smokers discount their drug of abuse in the same way as other consumable rewards The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

   https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa14626 doi: 10.1080/17470218.2013.772646

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• PS-M81 Generic Research Skills - Cognitive Neuroscience

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• PS-M82 Generic Research Skills - Abnormal and Clinical Psychology

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• PSY319 Final Year Independent Research Project

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• PSY324 From Individuals to Society

  This module explores major theories and empirical issue in the areas of social psychology and individual differences. It focuses on the study of how individuals differ from each other (such as personality traits) and how individual and social factors affect behaviour (such as ethnocentrism, group performance and pro-social behaviour). Classical and contemporary theory and research relevant to a range of social psychological and individual difference issues are explored such as group behaviour, attitudes and personality. Social psychology content is structured under the broad thematic umbrellas of intra-personal (individual-level) and inter-personal (group-level) processes. In exploring individual differences, the module looks at issues such as behavioural genetics, personality and intelligence. In examining the person in the social context, the module also explores individual motivation in the form of emotion and its function. The module addresses key questions such as `How do attitudes influence our behaviour?¿, `What is the contribution of nature vs. nurture to individual differences?¿, and `When are negative emotions beneficial?¿

• PSY325 Independent Research Project - Joint Honours

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  PhD

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  PhD

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