理学硕士-社会心理学

在这个社会心理学课程中，您将增强对构成社会心理学独特观点的理论，概念和方法论工具的了解和理解。您将在探索社会心理学文献方面得到指导和支持。您将接受定性和定量分析的严格培训。通过寻找和实施基于研究的领域或文献问题的答案，您将有各种各样的机会来建立自己的研究经验。您将参加我们独特的基于问题的方法，以提供对社会心理问题的经验性答案。简而言之，您将学会像社会心理学家一样思考，并且您将学会做社会心理学。成为一个美丽城市中充满活力的部门中不断发展的友好，热情的社会心理学家的一员，您将受益匪浅。您将受益于我们在不同文化
This programme provides an opportunity for intensive advanced training in social psychology. It will teach you how to think as a social psychologist, how to answer questions about social phenomena, and advance your knowledge of the theories, concepts, and research that make up social psychology’s distinctive perspective. Key research areas Building on research methods training, you will take topical courses in the core research areas of our department including theoretical and methodological aspects of social psychology. Your MSc culminates in a research dissertation in a core research area: an original, publication-quality piece of research, undertaken in close collaboration with researchers in the relevant group. The staff involved in teaching and supervision include internationally recognised researchers from our Social Psychology group. Staff expertise covers a range of topics including: perceptions of animals prejudice collective action romantic relationships crowd behaviour culture and identity discourse and identities Staff use a variety of research methods to address their research interests, including both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Social Psychology Research Group Psychology at Edinburgh is rated 3rd in the UK by Times Higher Education for the quality and breadth of the research using the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021). What will I learn You will take courses on the theoretical and methodological aspects of social psychology and conduct an original research dissertation in your area of interest. You will receive thorough training in advanced academic skills and research methods within psychology, including a comprehensive coverage of statistical modelling and research design using the R statistical language and qualitative methods. Is this MSc for me This programme teaches you core research methods and specialist techniques, and you can flexibly choose optional courses to customise your learning in areas you are most passionate about. It provides an excellent preparation for further research, whether you choose to pursue this in a professional setting or as part of a PhD programme. Whether you want to continue in academic research or move into professional training in social psychology, this programme is for you. Reputation, relevance and employability The University of Edinburgh has a long tradition of research expertise in social psychology. Our large Psychology department is home to academics leading research in the field.