Overview

Indicative content may include:

Introduction to Consumer Psychology: Welcome, course outline (including assessments), and what is consumer psychology?

Flavours of Research: How the major research domains within psychology impact upon understanding consumer behaviour

The Motivated Consumer I & II: Motivated choice, changes in motivational state, reward-related learning, implicit influences on behaviour

Brands: From what they are to developing brand loyalty

Advertising: Applying psychological understanding to success within advertising

Attention: Salience, development and enhancement (with a focus on the effects of video gaming)

Decision-making: Emotion or reason?

Global Pandemic: Impact on a Consumer World

Revision session: Preparation for the final exam

Assessment Strategy

-threshold -Threshold would approximate to the D grades:Blogs & Exam: Student provided answers that were largely based on lecture material with little evidence of essential reading. No real development of arguments, critical evaluation or evidence of study beyond the basics (basics = lecture material and essential reading). Structure and organisation of material was adequate, but there were obvious omissions and/or inaccuracies in some of the material presented.

-good -Good would approximate to the B grades:Blogs & Exam: Student provided a comprehensive response. Material was well-organised and well-structured. There was clear evidence of a good understanding of the material, and that a deeper understanding of material presented in lectures had been achieved due to relevant further reading and self-study. There was some evidence of appropriate critical appraisal and discussion, and some evidence of novel synthesis between psychology and the consumer world was presented.

-excellent -Excellent would approximate to the A grades:Blogs & Exam: Student provided a comprehensive and accurate response, with sound clarity of argument and expression. Distinction-level answers evidenced a depth of insight into material presented in lectures, and relevant further and additional reading. Appropriate critical appraisal of evidence and discussion of material supported all responses. Novel application of psychological understanding to consumer issues was clearly evident (synthesis) throughout response(s), and was relevant, appropriate and interesting.

-another level-The C grades: Blogs & Exam: Student provided an adequate response, but answers were largely based on lecture material and essential reading, with no real development of arguments, critical evaluation or evidence of study beyond the basics (basics = lecture material and essential reading). Structure and organisation of material was adequate.

Learning Outcomes

• Critically appraise the ways in which psychological theory/research applies to our understanding of consumer behaviour

• Demonstrate the ability to create new connections (‘synthesise’) between psychological theory/research and consumer behaviour

• Develop advanced knowledge and understanding of the ways in which the domains of psychology explain and inform a broad range of consumer behaviours