Required skill:

Retrieve and organise information effectively. Psychology graduates will be familiar with collecting and organising stored information found in library book and journal collections, and in computer and internet sources;

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills
Analysis, judgement, attention to detail		 Generic competencies
Personal capabilities Technical ability
Technical knowledge, technical ability
Business awareness Practical elements

Required skill:

Handle primary source material critically

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills
Analysis, judgement		 Generic competencies
Personal capabilities
Decisiveness		 Technical ability
Business awareness Practical elements

Required skill:

Engage in effective teamwork

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills Generic competencies
Teamwork/working with others
Personal capabilities Technical ability
Business awareness Practical elements

Required skill:

Problem solve and reason scientifically. The research process which is at the centre of studying psychology enables graduates to identify and pose research questions, to consider alternative approaches to their solutions and to evaluate outcomes

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills
Analysis, judgement		 Generic competencies
Listening, questioning
Personal capabilities
Creativity, initiative		 Technical ability
Business awareness Practical elements
Professional expertise

Required skill:

Make critical judgements and evaluations. The need to take different perspectives on issues and problems, to evaluate them in a critical, sceptical manner to arrive at supported conclusions, is emphasised and taught throughout a psychology degree. The importance of looking for similarities and general principles to increase the power of the analysis is also stressed;

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills
Analysis, judgement, attention to detail		 Generic competencies
Personal capabilities
Decisiveness, initiative, creativity, achievement orientation		 Technical ability
Business awareness Practical elements

Required skill:

Be sensitive to contextual and interpersonal factors. The complexity of the factors that shape behaviour and social interaction will be familiar to psychology graduates and will make them more aware of the basis of problems and interpersonal conflict. They should also be more sensitive to the importance of enhancing co-operation to maximise the effectiveness of individual skills as shown in group work and team building;

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills Generic competencies
Interpersonal sensitivity, written communication, listening, questioning, teamwork/working with others
Personal capabilities
Organisational sensitivity		 Technical ability
Business awareness
Organisational understanding		 Practical elements

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