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Stephen Lea
Head of School of Psychology
Professor of Psychology
University of Exeter

Information for Academic Year 2009/10

Personal web page on the School of  Psychology site
Portrait by Ingmar Visser, Dijon, December 2007
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Research
links and lists | animal behaviour | economic psychology
Teaching
summary | animal behaviour | economic psychology | statistics | general
Administration
University and School | Contact | National and international
Research groups:  Current research results: Summaries for participants

Publications list

List of talks at conferences and in other departments

The web versions of these lists are only updated a few times each year

 This year I expect to be co-ordinating the following modules, with colleagues:

I shall also be contributing to
  • PSYM104 Research Methods
 My administrative duties in the School of Psychology this year include:
  • Head of School
Animal Behaviour
  • Animal cognition, especially pattern recognition and concept formation in birds
  • Psychological mechanisms of foraging behaviour, including laboratory studies of pigeons and hamsters, and field studies of squirrels and diving birds (especially cormorants and shags)
 Animal Behaviour

My teaching in 2009/10:
  • PSY2020 Lundy Field Course: joint convenor with Natalie Hempel de Ibarra
  • PSYM127 Advances in Animal Cognition: joint convenor with Catriona Ryan
    • Students registering on this module will be able to find web materials relating to it through the university's WebCT service
  • Mentor for students on the MSc in Animal Behaviour. 

Some of my old teaching materials may still be found in the following places.  Note that administrative etc information in these materials will not be accurate for current versions of the relevant modules:
 		Contact
  • Head of School matters:  If you need to see me in my capacity as Head of School, please contact my secretary, Karen Swanston (+44 1392 264625) or another member of the School Office staff in the first instance.  Staff there have access to my diary and can make you an appointment if need be.
  • Office: Washington Singer Laboratories room 202. During term times, I am usually available between 10 and 10.45am for short meetings without appointment, any day except Monday
  • Telephone: +44 1392 264612
  • Fax (school office): +44 1392 264623
  • Email: I have 2 email addresses for different purposes.  Note that currently far more email arrives at both of them than can be dealt with promptly; to minimise delay, send email to the right one.  In these addresses, replace the # by a @)
    • for Head of School matters, please email me on psyhead#exeter.ac.uk
    • for matters to do with my teaching or research, please email me on s.e.g.lea#exeter.ac.uk
Economic Psychology
  • Relations of psychology to economics and cognate disciplines
  • Psychological measurements of utility
  • Psychological impacts of the tourist industry
  • The psychology of debt and poverty
 Economic Psychology
I am not currently teaching in this area.  Some of my old teaching materials may still be found in the following places.  Note that administrative etc information in these materials will not be accurate for the current academic year:

Local, national and international responsibilities:

Statistics and Methodology

I am not currently teaching in this area.  Some of my old teaching materials may still be found in the following places.  Note that administrative etc information in these materials will not be accurate for current versions of the relevant modules:

General
  • PSY3200 Projects: ideas for projects  Note that I am not supervising any projects this year, but some of these projects may be taken on by other supervisors
Some of my old teaching materials may still be found in the following places.  Note that administrative etc information in these materials will not be accurate for current versions of the relevant modules:

(access count). Document partially updated 4th October 2009