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2. 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
3. Tapper, K., Baker, L., Jiga-Boy, G., Haddock, G. & Maio, G. (in press). Sensitivity to reward and punishment: Associations with diet, alcohol consumption, and smoking. Personality and Individual Differences 72

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• PS-M81 Generic Research Skills – Cognitive Neuroscience

  The lectures included in this module give students the foundation skills necessary to practice research in psychology. It involves issues regarding designing and executing a research programme, and regarding interpretation and reporting of research results. The philosophical approach of this class is a focus on research practices that improve transparency and reproducibility. The class is built around the development of a research proposal that will cover the rationale and method of the MSc dissertation. Students¿ skills are assessed by the application of said research methods in a research proposal that will contain the rationale and the methods sections for the students¿ MSc dissertation.

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  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 emotions 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?¿

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