4. Bernhard William Wido Guido
Your teacher Your teacher
Who’s in control?
Bernhard Hommel: Chair of the CP unit
William Verschuur: Mentor + coordinator Internship & Thesis
Wido La Heij: Coordinator All Teaching CP
Guido Band: Coordinator Applied CP program
5. Mentor &
Internship coordinator
William Verschuur 2A48
At least three individual meetings per year. William
Initiative can come from you, or else William will contact you.
General counseling role.
Topics:
- Obstacle for studying
- Choosing/planning an internship/thesis
- Choosing electives
7. ACP Student representatives
Maarten Houtgast:
Cognitive Psychology Board
Internal affairs of the Cognitive Psychology unit
Paulien Brouwer:
Institute Board Psychology
Psychology-wide affairs
Geert van Loopik: MOC = Master program committee
Educational affairs at master level
VACANT !!!
Joanna Jaoudie:
International Student Representatives
Subgroup of MOC
8. Two Complementary Profiles
Cognitive Ergonomics
Applying knowledge of human factors (limitations) to environmental
design.
E.g., traffic, cockpit, webdesign
Cognitive Enhancement
Applying knowledge about influences on human cognitive potential.
E.g. education, occupation, aging, sports
9. Curriculum: Mandatory
• Art of Applying Psychology (5)
• Internship (10)
• Thesis (20)
5 Colloquia (ours, or those of other
organizers) to be registered on a card
10. Curriculum: Semi-Mandatory
Choose 4 x 5 EC from the following
• Human Potential: Theory (5)
• Human Potential: Application (5)
• Human Computer Interaction (5)
• Human Error at Work (5)
• Decision Making (5)
11. Curriculum: Elective
Choose 5 EC from “any” other
e.g.:
- The remaining course of Applied Cognitive Psychology
- Elective from a different psychology specialization: (next slide)
- Catch-up of Cogn. Ergonomics or Cogn. Neuroscience in a MA-form ***
- Course outside psychology (e.g. Buddhism & Psychology; Industrial Design) ***
- EEG course Experimentation 2 (Research Master) ***
NOTE: ***
For courses that are not on the official electives list: permission required
12. Official electives list
socialsciences.leiden.edu/psychology/students/postgraduate-stud/master-electives.html
• Advanced Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Adult and Old-Age Clinical Neuropsychology: Theory and Assessment
• Child Neuropsychology: Theory and Assessment of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
• The Psychodynamic Perspective
• Trainers Course Communication Skills
• Transdiagnostic Approach to Eating Disorders
• The Psychology of Economic Behaviour
• Health Psychology in Practice
• Applied Data Analysis
• Structural Equation Models
• Multilevel Analysis
• fMRI Data and Statistics
• Motivation, Power and Leadership
• Policy and Social Behaviour: Introduction to Environmental Psychology
13.
14. IMPORTANT:
You have to register for each individual exam!
(this is possible until 1 week before the exam)
You cannot participate without registration!
+
Papers are checked for plagiarism
15. Internship and Thesis
• Planning: benefit from the calm months (January, summer)
• Internal / external
• Topic related to ACP
• Start preparations on time, especially for external position
• Optional: combine internship + thesis to save overhead time
• Arrange a CP teacher as supervisor + ask permission to start
• External position requires two supervisors: UL-teacher and local expert
16. Specifics of Internship
10 ECT = 7 weeks full time equivalent
Emphasis on practical experience; learning new techniques
An internship contract agreed upon by you, the supervisors
and the host institute
End product: A report about your internship focused on the
process, your contributions in research etc.
17. Specifics of Thesis
20 ECT = 14 weeks
Autonomic completion of a study (under supervision)
Rather than a contract: a proposal of the study should be
approved before the study starts
End product: a full report in scientific journal format
18. Finishing
Master Exam:
Two months before finishing your masters, fill in: the
APPLICATION FORM MASTER DIPLOMA :
Return this form to the Student Information Desk of
Psychology
19. Blackboard module: Internship
Applied Cognitive Psychology
Internship & Master Thesis Applied Cognitive Psychology
• List of institutions
• Announcements, job advertisements, internship options
• see Course documents: Guidelines Thesis And Internship,
Internship Contract form, Diploma Application form, etc.
20. LinkedIn group:
Leiden University -
Applied Cognitive Psychology
Exclusively for alumni and current students + teachers ACP
Announcements, job advertisements, internship options
Recommended to build your network
See where alumni went
27. Internships – examples
Cognitive enhancement
LUMC Spatial Cognition in vascular surgery
KLM Situation Awareness in pilots
HersenstichtingPhysical fitness in older adults
Philips Light and cognitive function
Noise and sleep
Game companies – Serious gaming
28. Internships – examples
Human error
AMC Alert Fatigue in doctors
Rijkswaterstaat Identification of accident-prone locations
Otago Univ. Cognitive strain in the cockpit.
Applus RTD Development of workshop Risk Management
SWOV Dead-angle accidents involving trucks and bikes
NLR A psychological approach to modeling pilot behavior
Safety Board Accident investigation and analysis
29. Internships – examples
Ergonomics
NASA Displays of weather information
7Causes Marketing: setting up a website
TNO Human Factors in the Navy: Remote control
TNO PDA as supporting device for the police
31. Internships – examples
Fundamental research at the university
Videogames Brain training for older adults; effects of violent games
Noise Perception Biasing sound evaluation
Neurofeedback Training brain waves for children with ADHD / healthy older adults
Emotions Emotional control, mood and performance
Language Bilingualism, Picture-word interference
Driving Simulated driving in older adults and in dual-task conditions
Infant cognition Understanding goals and logic
Neuromodulation Schizophrenia and dopamine
Drugs Effects of cocaine; cannabis; qat on cognition
