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Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title The Person, Ethics & Technology
Module Code PSYC214 (ITS) / PSY1034 (Banner)
Faculty Science & Health School Psychology
Module Co-ordinatorVlad Glaveanu
Module Teachers-
NFQ level 8 Credit Rating 5
Pre-requisite Not Available
Co-requisite Not Available
Compatibles Not Available
Incompatibles Not Available
Coursework Only
Description

This module will explore the human or person technology interface and the emerging psychological, social, and ethical debates and dilemmas.

Learning Outcomes

1. Critique the roles, uses and impact of technological innovations in personal and societal contexts
2. Discuss the personal impact of living with and depending on technology for for health, wellbeing, learning and the world of work
3. Discuss the role of society and the body in the person-technology interface
4. Discuss the ways in which technologies influence how individuals and societies behave and develop
5. Identify and illustrate key ethical considerations in the relation between person and technology



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture12Lecture
Seminars12Readings, case studies and invited speakers
Group work10Challenge Based Learning Activity and Collaborative Skills
Independent Study91Independent Learning Activities and Assessment Preparation
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

A pragmatist approach to ethics in psychology and technology studies

The evolution of technology, personal enablement and enhancement

Cyber psychology: theory, practice, and ethics

Social media and misinformation

AI, social robotics and ethical dilemmas

The technologisted body: from embodiment and cyborgs to an extended digital self

Positive technologies, virtual reality and well being

Learning technologies and their ethical challenges

Bioethics, health and technology

Technology, ethics and the world of work

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment100% Examination Weight0%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
EssayShort essay (max 2000 words) on the ethical use of technology within the psychological profession20%n/a
Group assignmentGroup presentation in week 8 focused on a particular ethical dilemma in the use of technology within health, well-being, work and/or learning20%Week 8
PortfolioE-portofolio and reflective critique of a case study60%n/a
Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories:
Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module.
Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module.
Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1
Indicative Reading List

  • Friedenberg, J.: 2020, The Future of the Self. An Interdisciplinary Approach to Personhood and Identity in the Digital Age., University of California Press.,
  • Haddow, G.: 2021, Embodiment and Everyday Cyborgs: Technologies That Alter Subjectivity., Manchester University Press,
  • Kool, V.K., Agrawal, R: 2018, Psychology of Technology., Springer,
  • Prado, C. G. (2019).: 2019, How Technology Is Changing Human Behavior: Issues and Benefits., Praeger, ABC CLIO, Santa Barbara,
  • Rosen L.D., Cheever N., Carrier L.M.: 2015, The Wiley Handbook of Psychology, Technology, and Society., Wiley-Blackwell.,
  • Parsons, T. D.: 2019, Ethical challenges in digital psychology and cyberpsychology, Cambridge University Press,
  • Cohen, N.: 2018, The know-it-alls: The rise of Silicon Valley as a political powerhouse and social wrecking ball, Simon and Schuster,
Other Resources

None

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