Summaries: Assortmentpointers for all years of Psychology LU Leiden

Overview mandatory study material and examinfo

WHOLE YEAR

Academic Skills Tutorial

• Study material:
  • Reader Academic Skills Tutorial 2025-2026
• Exam information: The final grade is a weighted average of the assignments

BLOCK 1

Introduction to Psychology

• Study material:
  • Psychology by Gray & Bjorklund, 8th edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is based on the exam

Introduction to Methodology and Statistics

• Study material:
  • Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods by Leary, 6th edition
  • Statistical Methods for Psychology by Howell, 2014 or 2021 edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of a multiple choice exam (70%) and an R skills test (30%)

History of Psychology

• Study material:
  • Chapters on History of Psychology by Van der Velde & Uithol available on Brightspace
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of a multiple choice exam (70%) and the practice sessions (30%)

BLOCK 2

Inferential Statistics

• Study material:
  • Statistical Methods for Psychology by Howell, UL 2014 or 2021 edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of a multiple choice exam (70%) and an R skills test (30%)

Personality, Clinical and Health Psychology

• Study material:
  • Introduction to Personality, Clinical & Health Psychology, Custom Leiden University Edition
• Examinfo:
  • the final grade is a weighted average of a multiple choice exam (70%) and a workgroup grade (30%)

BLOCK 3

Developmental and Educational Psychology

• Study material:
  • How Children Develop by Siegler a.o., 7th edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is based on an exam

Experimental and Correlational Research

• Study material:
  • Statistical Methods for Psychology by Howell, UL 2014 or 2021 edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the examination grade (70%) and the grade for the R skills test (30%)

Social and Organisational Psychology

• Study material: To be announced
  • Organizational Behavior - International Student Edition by Neck a.o., 3rd edition
  • Social Psychology by Heinzen & Goodfriend, 2nd edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the exam grade (70%) and the average grade for the two work group assignments (30%

BLOCK 4

Biopsychology and Neuropsychology

• Study material:
  • Biological Psychology by Kalat - 14th edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the exam (70%) and the compound

Overview mandatory study material and examinfo

WHOLE YEAR

Academic Skills Tutorial

• Study material:
  • Reader Academic Skills Tutorial 2025-2026
• Exam information: The final grade is a weighted average of the assignments

BLOCK 1

Introduction to Psychology

• Study material:
  • Psychology by Gray & Bjorklund, 8th edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is based on the exam

Introduction to Methodology and Statistics

• Study material:
  • Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods by Leary, 6th edition
  • Statistical Methods for Psychology by Howell, 2014 or 2021 edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of a multiple choice exam (70%) and an R skills test (30%)

History of Psychology

• Study material:
  • Chapters on History of Psychology by Van der Velde & Uithol available on Brightspace
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of a multiple choice exam (70%) and the practice sessions (30%)

BLOCK 2

Inferential Statistics

• Study material:
  • Statistical Methods for Psychology by Howell, UL 2014 or 2021 edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of a multiple choice exam (70%) and an R skills test (30%)

Personality, Clinical and Health Psychology

• Study material:
  • Introduction to Personality, Clinical & Health Psychology, Custom Leiden University Edition
• Examinfo:
  • the final grade is a weighted average of a multiple choice exam (70%) and a workgroup grade (30%)

BLOCK 3

Developmental and Educational Psychology

• Study material:
  • How Children Develop by Siegler a.o., 7th edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is based on an exam

Experimental and Correlational Research

• Study material:
  • Statistical Methods for Psychology by Howell, UL 2014 or 2021 edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the examination grade (70%) and the grade for the R skills test (30%)

Social and Organisational Psychology

• Study material: To be announced
  • Organizational Behavior - International Student Edition by Neck a.o., 3rd edition
  • Social Psychology by Heinzen & Goodfriend, 2nd edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the exam grade (70%) and the average grade for the two work group assignments (30%

BLOCK 4

Biopsychology and Neuropsychology

• Study material:
  • Biological Psychology by Kalat - 14th edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the exam (70%) and the compound

Study Guide with summaries and study assistance for:

• Book title: Psychometrics
• Subtitile: An introduction
• Author: Furr
• Edition: 4th edition and 3rd edition

Overview mandatory study material and examinfo

BLOCK 1

Developmental Psychopathology

• Study material:
  • Abnormal child and adolescent psychology with DSM-V updates by Wicks-Nelson & Israel, 9th edition
  • Articles via Brightspace
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the multiple choice exam (70%) and the work-group sessions (30%)

Psychometrics

• Study material:
  • Psychometrics: An introduction by Furr, 4th edition
  • Workbook Psychometrics to order via Readeronline
  • Additional texts via Brightspace
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the multiple choice exam (60%) and the practical skills test (40%)

Stress, Health and Disease

• Study material:
  • Articles and book chapters via Brightspace
  • In past years this was: Stress and Health: Biological and Psychological Interactions van Lovallo, 3rd edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the multiple choice exam (70%) and the work group assignment (30%)

Perspective on Career Planning (POCP)

• Study material:
  • Articles and/or bookspace via Brightspace, examples include:
  • Mitchell, K. E., Al Levin, S. and Krumboltz, J. D. (1999), Planned Happenstance: Constructing Unexpected Career Opportunities. Journal of Counseling & Development, 77: 115–124.
  • Lent, R.W. & Brown, S.D. (2013). Social cognitive model of career self-management: Toward a unifying view of adaptive career behavior across the life span. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 60, 557-568
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of several subassignments

BLOCK 2

Consciousness

• Study material:
  • The Science of Consciousness: Waking, Sleeping and Dreaming by Harley – 1st edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the exam (60%), a paper (30%), and pitch (10%)

Group Dynamics

• Readings:
  • Group Dynamics by Forsyth – 7th edition with the exception of chapters 1,2 and 16
  • Lord of the Flies by Golding
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the exam (60%) and two writing assignments (40%)

Psychodiagnostics

• Readings:
  • Psychological Testing and Assessment by Van der Molen e.a., Custom Leiden University edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the multiple choice exam (60%) and the workgroup grade (40%)

BLOCK 3

Interpersonal Professional Skills

• Readings:
  • Group Dynamics, an introduction by Remmerswaal - 1st edition
  • Psychological Communication by van der Molen e.a. - 2nd edition
• Examinfo: The final grade is determined on the basis of the assessment of the following 3 skills: interview skills, reflective skills and professional development. Students are required to have a satisfactory score for all 3.

Study Guide with summaries and study assistance for:

• Book title: Psychological communication
• Subtitle: Theories, roles and skills for counsellors
• Authors: Van der Molen, Lang, Trower, Look
• Edition: 2nd edition

Overview mandatory study material and examinfo

BLOCK 1

Developmental Psychopathology

• Study material:
  • Abnormal child and adolescent psychology with DSM-V updates by Wicks-Nelson & Israel, 9th edition
  • Articles via Brightspace
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the multiple choice exam (70%) and the work-group sessions (30%)

Psychometrics

• Study material:
  • Psychometrics: An introduction by Furr, 4th edition
  • Workbook Psychometrics to order via Readeronline
  • Additional texts via Brightspace
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the multiple choice exam (60%) and the practical skills test (40%)

Stress, Health and Disease

• Study material:
  • Articles and book chapters via Brightspace
  • In past years this was: Stress and Health: Biological and Psychological Interactions van Lovallo, 3rd edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the multiple choice exam (70%) and the work group assignment (30%)

Perspective on Career Planning (POCP)

• Study material:
  • Articles and/or bookspace via Brightspace, examples include:
  • Mitchell, K. E., Al Levin, S. and Krumboltz, J. D. (1999), Planned Happenstance: Constructing Unexpected Career Opportunities. Journal of Counseling & Development, 77: 115–124.
  • Lent, R.W. & Brown, S.D. (2013). Social cognitive model of career self-management: Toward a unifying view of adaptive career behavior across the life span. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 60, 557-568
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of several subassignments

BLOCK 2

Consciousness

• Study material:
  • The Science of Consciousness: Waking, Sleeping and Dreaming by Harley – 1st edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the exam (60%), a paper (30%), and pitch (10%)

Group Dynamics

• Readings:
  • Group Dynamics by Forsyth – 7th edition with the exception of chapters 1,2 and 16
  • Lord of the Flies by Golding
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the exam (60%) and two writing assignments (40%)

Psychodiagnostics

• Readings:
  • Psychological Testing and Assessment by Van der Molen e.a., Custom Leiden University edition
• Examinfo: the final grade is a weighted average of the multiple choice exam (60%) and the workgroup grade (40%)

BLOCK 3

Interpersonal Professional Skills

• Readings:
  • Group Dynamics, an introduction by Remmerswaal - 1st edition
  • Psychological Communication by van der Molen e.a. - 2nd edition
• Examinfo: The final grade is determined on the basis of the assessment of the following 3 skills: interview skills, reflective skills and professional development. Students are required to have a satisfactory score for all 3.

Studiegids met samenvattingen en studiehulp voor:

• Boektitel: Cultural Psychology
• Auteur: Heine
• Druk: 4e druk, 3e druk en 2e druk

Study Guide with summaries and study assistance for:

• Book title: The Psychology of Advertising
• Authors: Fennis and Stroebe
• Edition: 3rd edition, 2nd edition and 1st edition

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• Contents: Exclusive English summary of the 3rd edition of The Psychology of Advertising by Fennis and Stroebe
• Order code: 235156 - The Psychology of Advertising by Fennis and Stroebe

Study guide for summaries and study assistance with:

• Booktitle: Attention
• Subtitle: Selection and control in human information processing
• Authors: Proctor and Vu
• Edition: 1st edition

Studiegids met samenvattingen en studiehulp voor:

• Boektitel: Psychopharmacology
• Auteur: Ettinger
• Druk: 2e druk

Article summaries with Applied Cognitive Psychology at Leiden University - 2024/2025

• Summaries with the prescribed articles of Applied Cognitive Psychology - Study year 2024-2025

Article summaries with Clinical Psychology at Leiden University

• Summaries with the prescribed articles of Clinical Psychology - Study year 2024/2025

Study Guide with summaries and study assistance for:

• Book title: Thinking, fast and slow
• Author: Kahneman
• Edition: 1st edition

What is the book 'Thinking, fast and slow' by Kahneman about?

• Thinking, Fast and Slow is an internationally renowned book written for anyone interested in personal well-being and human development.The book gives a schematic explanation of how people can make better choices by describing how our thinking interprets past, future, and present situations in correct and incorrect ways.
• Thinking, fast and slow’, a New York Times bestseller and multiple prize winner, is a highly praised book that provides us many insights into the human mind. It is seen as a guide to detecting and correcting our biased misunderstandings of the world. We see ourselves as rational thinkers and decision makers, but this book demonstrates how we are subject to many systematic errors, which we are not even aware of or tend to ignore.
• The author, Daniel Kahneman, won the Nobel Prize in economics in 2002. Kahneman collaborated with psychologist Amos Tversky until his death in 1996, they together produced a fair amount of the research mentioned in this book. He brings in his own research, as well as that of other renowned experts (psychologists, economists, statisticians). Kahneman (1934) is Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Princeton University and Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs Emeritus at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Kahneman is considered one of the greatest psychologists. He provides new insights into the understanding of risk, cognitive psychology, behavioral economics, the study of well-being and happiness and the analysis of reason and rationality. It is not only an important read for people who want to learn about human behaviour, the findings are valuable to investors, businesses, consumers, teachers, physicians, politicians, marketers and many others.
• The book focuses mostly on biases of intuition. Kahneman’s aim is improving the ability to identify and understand errors of judgment and choice, particularly in ourselves, by presenting a view of how the mind works that draws on recent developments in social and cognitive psychology (as opposed to many authors who discuss earlier research). One of these developments is the better understanding of the flaws and wonders of intuitive thought.
• The book is mainly about the distinction between fast and slow thinking, which Kahneman refers to as ‘System 1’ and ‘System 2.“Thinking, fast and slow’ is divided into five parts. Parts 1 discusses the basis elements of this two-system approach to judgment and choice. It demonstrates the distinction between System 1 (automatic operations) and System 2 (controlled operations) and how associative memory, the heart of System 1, consistently creates a coherent interpretation of what is happening around us. This automatic process underlies intuitive thinking and explains the heuristics of judgment. Part 2 is about new insights into judgment heuristics and why it is so hard to think statistically in contrary to thinking associatively. Part 3 demonstrates a significant limitation of our mind: the excessive confidence

Study material and exam info

Blocks 1 & 3

Applied Cognitive Psychology

• Study material: Articles via Brightspace
• About the exam: The final grade is a weighted average of the exam (50%) and workgroup projects (50%)

Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

• Study material: Articles via Brightspace
• About the exam: The final grade is a weighted average of the exam with open ended essay questions (60%) and work group assignments (40%)

Clinical Neuropsychology

• Study material:
  • Clinical Neuropsychology by Kessels e.a., Revised 1st edition
• About the exam: The final grade is a weighted average of the exam with multiple choice and open questions (60%) and an assignment (40%)

Clinical Psychology

• Study material: Articles via Brightspace
• About the exam: The final grade is a weighted average of the exam (30%), participation and homework assignments (70%)

Economic and Consumer Psychology

• Study material:
  • Book: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Kahneman, 1st edition
  • Articles via Brightspace
• About the exam: The final grade is a weighted average of the multiple choice exam (50%) and work group assignments (50%)

Good Research Practices

• Study material: Articles on Brightspace
• About the exam: The final grade is based on a written exam grade with MC and open questions (40%) and two assignments (60%)

Blocks 2 & 4

Causal inference

• Study material:
  • Observation and experiment. An introduction to causal inference by Rosenbaum - 1st edition
  • Articles on Brightspace
• About the exam: The final grade is a weighted average of the exam (60%) and the paper (40%)

Cognitive Neuroscience

• Study material:
  • Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind by Gazzaniga a.o. - 5th edition
• About the exam: The final grade is a weighted average of the exam (50%) and the workgroup grade (50%)

Health and Medical Psychology

• Study material:
  • An Introduction to Health Psychology by Morrison & Bennet - 5th edition
  • Articles on Brightspace
• About the exam: The final grade is a weighted average of the exam (60%) and the workgroup grade (40%)

School Psychology

• Study material:
  • Psychology of Education: Theory, Research and Evidence-Based Practice by Lord - 1st edition
  • Articles on Brightspace
• About the exam: The final grade is a weighted average of the exam (70%) and the workgroup grade (30%)

Social Psychology in Organisations

• Study material:
  • Essentials of Organizational Behavior by Scandura - 3rd edition
• About the exam: The final grade is a weighted average of the exam (50%) and the workgroup grade (50%)