Psychology MA | Master's degree | Humanities & Culture | On Campus | 1 year | University of Limerick | Ireland

On successful completion of the program, student should be able to: identify the fundamental Psychological processes that underlie psychological phenomena in cognition, developmental psychology, social psychology, personality psychology, and biological psychology; understand the fundamental principles of research methods; critically evaluate current issues in psychological research and its applications in society; demonstrate how psychological issues can be investigated and critically evaluated; select and develop strategies to investigate and solve psychological issues on the level of individuals and groups; apply the fundamental Psychological concepts and practices to psychological issues in research and in the social context; demonstrate expertise in applying psychological methods when assessing and solving psychological issues; demonstrate interpersonal competencies and professional sensitivity including ethical behaviour; conceptualise, research and write critical assessments of psychological areas of investigation; understand and evaluate the significance of psychological research and the findings that it can provide; critically evaluate psychological applications to solutions in society considering contextual limitations and the feasibility of psychological interventions.