Study information
Experience Day International Bachelor in Psychology
- Date
- Friday 8 November 2024
- Time
- Location
- Pieter de la Court
Wassenaarseweg 52
2333 AK Leiden
A day in our classroom
Are you interested in studying Psychology in Leiden, but not yet sure what it is all about? Join the Experience Day for the International Bachelor in Psychology and get a student perspective by participating in sample lectures and by walking around the faculty building. Ask your questions and find out what it's like to study Psychology in Leiden!
Programme
Psychology is a broad academic discipline consisting of various topics. To get an idea of this, you will attend two sample lectures, each on a different psychological subject. You will do a homework assignment to prepare for this. Just like for a real lecture! Moreover, you will receive information on the study itself and hear about future perspectives. Students will share their personal stories and will be ready to answer all your questions.
| 09:45 - 10:00 | Arrival and lecture hall open |
| 10:00 - 10:35 | Lecture 1: Social Mindfulness: Being (pro)social is easier than you think |
| 10:45 - 11:20 | Student panel |
| 11:20 - 11:45 | Break |
| 11:45 - 12:20 | Information meeting |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Lecture 2: The Story of the Depressed Mouse |
| 13:00 | Closing |
In this video, alumni Zeynep Cosan and Jade Witte introduce you to the International Bachelor in Psychology programme in Leiden. Watch this video before the Experience Day and ask your questions about it in the live Q&A's.
NB! Changes have occurred since this video was recorded. During the first year of studying Psychology, students have 14 contact hours instead of 16 contact hours. In addition, the Selection process for the 2025-2026 academic year has been adjusted. More information about this can be found on this page.
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Adjusting your behaviour to others, why would you do that? And how? One of the big questions in social psychology is how, when and why people work together; or why they often - in technical terms - show prosocial behaviour. It’s not as obvious as it seems, because people not always have the same interests as each other. What is good for one person certainly does not have to be good for the other. Conflicting interests make coordination and consultation essential, and may even lead to conflicts. There are many ways to come to consensus, but most of them require time and investment. In this lecture we will look specifically at how social mindfulness can contribute to smoother social traffic. Seeing and acknowledging other people’s needs takes very little effort - but this little gesture has a big impact. Even on our bike, as we will be discussing.
Speaker: Niels van Doesum
Homework assignment
This link leads to a task that we often use in this context. Perform this task on a PC or tablet preferably (and not on your smartphone). What do you think we want to measure with it, and how does this work? Please take your answer to the lecture, we will be further discussing it there.
In this brief presentation, Marc Molendijk will discuss one of the key values in scientific research within the field of clinical psychology: validity. Specifically, this talk focuses on how anthropomorphic interpretations can hinder progress in our understanding of the mood disorder depression.
Speaker: Marc Molendijk
Homework assignment
Read the article: Reardon, S. (2019). Depression researchers rethink mouse swim test. Nature, 571(7766), 456-457.
Good to know
Leiden University offers the bachelor in Psychology in Dutch and English. If you prefer to participate in the Experience Day in Dutch, also on 8 November, please go to the Dutch Proefstuderen event page.