Download Applied Cognitive Psychology

Master
specialization
Applied Cognitive
Psychology
(ACP)
January 2017
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Bernhard Hommel
Chair of the CP unit
William Verschuur
Your Mentor
Sander Nieuwenhuis
Guido Band
ACP Coordinators
Pascal Haazebroek
Secretaries:
Eva Potters
Pauline Ruygrok
Room 2B07
Phone 071-5273630
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Mentor
appointments
William Verschuur 2A48
Mentor appointments:
you are invited (by umail) 3 times a year for a 15 minutes interview
I’ll send a template workplan (March/November) and a digital agenda.
Subjects to discuss: your progress with courses and your plans (internship and
thesis) or personal matters.
For urgent questions you can e-mail me: [email protected]
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Additional Lecturers
Jop Groeneweg
Fenna Poletiek
Bryant Jongkees
Kerwin Olfers
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Student representatives: ONE VACANCY!
Thomas Borstlap
represents ACP students in
MOC = Master program committee
To discuss educational affairs at master level
(MA ACP)
Johanna Günzl
International Student Representatives
Subgroup of MOC
(MA ACP)
Pauline van der Wel
Cognitive Psychology Board
Internal affairs of the Cognitive Psychology unit
(rMA Cognitive Neuroscience)
Lisa van Es
Educational Board Psychology
Psychology-wide affairs
(rMA Social & Organizational Psychology)
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Curriculum
Scheduled, Mandatory courses:
Semester 2
Block 3 =January-March:
- Art of Applying Psychology (5)
- Human Computer Interaction (5)
Block 4=April-June :
- Decision Making (5)
Semester 1
Block 1=September/October:
- Art of Applying Psychology (5)
(- Human Computer Interaction (5))
- Human Potential: Theory (5)
Unscheduled:
Elective (5 EC)
Internship (10 EC)
Thesis (20 EC)
Colloquia
Block 2=November/December:
- Human Potential: Application (5)
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Electives (selection)
Electives (5 EC)
Applied Data Analysis
Environmental Psychology
fMRI Data and Statistics
Innovations in eHealth Care
Motivation, Power and Leadership
Multilevel and Longitudinal Data Analysis
Trainers Course Communication Skills (10 EC)
The Psychology of Economic Behaviour
Social Animals at Work
Statistical Mediation and Moderation
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Alternative electives
Choose 5 EC from “any” other master program, e.g.:
- Course outside psychology / outside Leiden (e.g. Industrial Design)
- EEG course Experimentation 2 (Research Master)
NOTE: Permission required
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Colloquia
• 5 Colloquia
• Options:
• Applied Cognitive Psychology (William Verschuur) – blackboard ACP
4x/year
• Cognitive Neuroscience (Lorenza Colzato) – www.libc-leiden.nl
12x/year
• Other units
• Registered on a card
• Part of the Thesis formalities: Submit with final thesis
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Internship
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10 EC = 280 hours, possible in part time
Almost always: in an applied setting / company
Obtain practical experience working as an applied cognitive psychologist
List of options available
Supervisors: CP staff member + local supervisor at the host institute
Start
An internship contract agreed upon by you and the supervisors
• plan of activities and learning goals
• specification of supervision
Finish
• A short evaluative report (4-6p) about your internship focused on the process, your
contributions in research etc.
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• A video recording to illustrate the context of your internship, the kind of work you did
etc. (make sure you have permission to film)
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Thesis
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20 EC = 560 hours, possible in part time
Internal thesis: options to participate in ongoing research of staff members
External thesis: options in (research oriented) companies, such as TNO, NLR, Philips
Research, MARIN
Supervisors: CP staff member + 2nd assessor (+ external supervisor)
April and October: information session on current thesis opportunities forACP
Start
• Obtain approval for a proposal (use template) from 1st and 2nd assessor
• Obtain approval from the CEP = ethical committee
Finish
• An accepted thesis of ~ 30 pages
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Internship + Thesis
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Start preparations on time
Benefit from the summer, use all the available time
Not realistic in parallel with two courses
Own ideas? Approval required
Activities at academic level, relevant to ACP
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Combining internship + thesis is possible
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Benefit: to save overhead time (smooth transition)
Benefit: many companies do not want someone for only seven weeks
Drawback: only one practical experience instead of two
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Internships (thesis) – examples
Cognitive enhancement
LUMC
KLM
Hersenstichting
Philips Research
Spatial Cognition in vascular surgery
Situation Awareness in pilots
Physical fitness in older adults
Light and cognitive function
Noise and sleep
Pain
Game companies Serious gaming
LEF
Contextual influences on creativity
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Internships (thesis) – examples
Human error
AMC
Rijkswaterstaat
Applus RTD
SWOV
NLR
Safety Board
NSCR
Alert Fatigue in doctors
Identification of accident-prone locations
Development of workshop Risk Management
Dead-angle accidents involving trucks and bikes
A psychological approach to modeling pilot behavior
Accident investigation and analysis
Psychology and Law: Suggestive interrogation
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Internships (thesis) – examples
Ergonomics
NASA
7Causes
TNO
InterGo
UReason
MARIN
Displays of weather information
Marketing: setting up a website
Human Factors in the Navy: Remote control
Rail traffic work inspection
Optimizing process controller software
Psychophysiology during simulated captaining
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Thesis – examples
Fundamental research at the university
Vitality and Aging
Neurofeedback
Emotions
Language
Driving
Neuromodulation
Drugs
Social interaction
Brain training for older adults, meditation, social activities, fitness
Training brain waves for children with ADHD / healthy older adults
Emotional control, mood and performance
Bilingualism, Picture-word interference
Simulated driving in older adults and in dual-task conditions
Schizophrenia and dopamine
Effects of cocaine; cannabis; qat on cognition
Primate interactions
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Behavioral lab: 14 setups
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Labs -Lab
basement
Driver Distraction
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Psychophysiology lab
EEG
Neurofeedback
tDCS
NIRS
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Virtual Identity lab
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Eye tracking and video registration
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Neuroimaging lab: fMRI
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IMPORTANT NOTES:
1.You have to register for each individual exam!
(this is possible until 10 days before the exam)
You cannot participate without registration!
2.Written reports are always checked for plagiarism!
3.Two months before finishing your masters, fill in:
the application form Master Diploma and return to
Student Information Desk)
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Two Blackboard modules:
“Master Thesis: Applied Cognitive Psychology” (6464THEACP-PSY-1516FSW)
– only for information relevant to writing a thesis
“Applied Cognitive Psychology” (INTACP-PSY-0000FSW)
– overarching module for everything else concerning the ACP master
specialization
•Passive enrolment
•Announcements, job advertisements, internship options,
important documents
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Guidelines Thesis And Internship,
Internship Contract form,
Evaluation forms and criteria,
Diploma Application form, etc.
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LinkedIn group:
“Leiden University - Applied Cognitive Psychology”
Exclusively for alumni and current students + teachers ACP
Announcements, job advertisements, internship options
Recommended to build your network
See where alumni went
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Questions?
Guido Band: [email protected]
2B09
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