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Content: The module provides honours level coverage of a core area of psychology - memory processes and decision making psychology. This module builds on the introductory overview provided in Term 1. It also gives the background that students need to undertake specialist third year options in this area.

Teaching delivery: This module is taught via 20 1-hour lectures (usually in the format of a two-hour block each week for 10 weeks).

Indicative Topics: Indicative lecture topics – based on module content in 2023/24, subject to possible changes: The 'Decision' part of the module covers topics such as: theories of decision making; heuristics and biases; differences in individual and group decision making; and what influences risk-taking, fairness, trust and trustworthiness. The 'Memory' part of the module covers topics such as: short-term and working memory; long-term memory and amnesia; what influences the reconstruction of memory; brain regions involved in memory; clinical disorders and how to manage memory problems.

Module Aims: This module aims to:

• Describe the theoretical approaches to, and empirical methods for, the investigation of human memory and decision making.
• Provide a foundational understanding of fundamental and classical studies, as well as understand some recent findings.
• Critically evaluate studies, concepts and theories within the decision making and memory literature.
• Develop essential essay writing skills.