Join our webinar to get a taste of what it’s like to study Psychology at Buckingham!
What will I experience at this Psychology Taster?
- Find out more about our BPS (British Psychological Society) accredited Psychology degree.
- Learn about how our degree develops the knowledge and skills you will require to be successful within a psychology-based career.
- Be able to ask questions to our current students and academic staff via online chat.
- Taster session.
Themed taster session
Whilst you’ll be joining online, we want you to be able to get a taste of what it is like to be a Psychology student! So, we’ll be hosting a themed taster for you to experience.
This taster’s theme is: Imagination and Creative Professionals
In cognitive psychology, mental imagery – the capacity to experience pictures, sounds, tastes, and sensations in the mind – has mostly been explored through debates about how it works and how vividness can be measured. When studying expertise, we often treat it as a mere rehearsal tool – a way of mentally simulating performance situations or preparing for nuanced performance. But mental imagery does much more; it helps creative experts in the arts and sciences to explore hypothetical possibilities, storyboard ideas, inhabit perspectives, make inventive combinations, and run counterfactual thought experiments.
This raises fascinating questions we have only begun to explore: How do we measure the more conceptual forms of imagery? How do less researched modalities of mental imagery, like taste, smell, bodily sensation, contribute to creative expertise? And what might we lose if we outsource imagination to AI?
The main take-away of the talk: imagination is not an optional extra. It’s a central engine of human creativity, and one that cognitive psychology has only begun to explore.
Finding out more about Psychology at Buckingham
Participating in this taster session not only provides you with the chance to explore our unique tutorial model and flexible study options, but also explains the convenience of two entry points, and the possibility to complete your degree in just two years. During the session, you’ll gain insights into the accreditation of our BSc Psychology degree by the British Psychological Society, and delve into the specifics of our unique modules covering all seven areas of practitioner psychology.
Please note that this is a live, online event. To attend, please register to receive a link to this event. A recording will be available on request following the taster.