School of Psychology

I was an undergraduate and a postgraduate at Keele and I returned to lecture in the School of Psychology in 1989 after working for 3 years at Wolverhampton University.  My undergraduate teaching interests are in research methods and developmental psychology.  My main research interests lie in the fields of social development, student learning and counselling research.  I am currently a member of the Research Institute for Life Course Studies.

I am actively involved with quality assurance in psychology and am deputy chair of the British Psychology Society Graduate Qualifications and Accreditation Committee (GQAC).  I have acted as external advisor to undergraduate and postgraduate courses in psychology at a number of universities.  I have been a QAA subject specialist reviewer for psychology and have just completed a four year period as external examiner for the BSc in Psychology at Birkbeck College, University of London.

I am a member of the Division for Teachers and Researchers in Psychology of the British Psychological Society and have completed SEDA accredited postgraduate certificate courses in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (2002) and in Teaching with Technology (2004).  I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

• Betts, L.R., Elder, T., Hartley, J. & Trueman, M. (2009) Does correction for guessing reduce students’ performance on multiple-choice examinations? Are there gender differences? Yes? No? Sometimes? Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 34, 1, 1-15.
• Betts, L.R., Rotenberg, K.J. & Trueman, M. (2009) An investigation of the impact of young children’s self-knowledge of trustworthiness on school adjustment: a test of the realistic self-knowledge and positive illusion models. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 27, 405-424.
• Boulton, M.J., Trueman, M. & Flemington, I. (2002)  Associations between secondary school pupils’ definitions of bullying, attitudes towards bullying and tendencies to engage in bullying: age and sex differences.  Educational Studies, 28, 4, 353-370.
• Hartley, J. & Trueman, M. (2005)  Why do students drop out?  Psychology Review, 11, 4, 17-19.
• Hartley, J., Trueman, M., Betts, L. & Brodie, L. (2006)  What price presentation?  The effects of typographic variables on essay grades.  Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 31, 5, 523-534.
• Boulton, M.J., Trueman, M. & Rotenberg, K. (2007)  User perceptions of process-outcome linkages in pupil peer counselling for bullying services in the UK.  British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 35, 2, 175-187.
• Boulton, M.J., Trueman, M., Bishop, S., Baxandal, E., Holme, A., Smith, S.L., Vohringer, F. & Boulton, L. (2007)  Secondary school pupils’ views of their school peer counselling for bullying service.  Counselling and Psychotherapeutic Research, 7, 3, 188-195.
• Boulton, M.J., Trueman, M. & Murray, L. (2008) Associations between peer victimization, fear of future victimization and disrupted concentration on class work among junior school pupils. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 78, 3, 473-489.

• PSY-10001    Individuals and Society 1 (module leader)
• PSY-10002    Mechanisms and Principles 1
• PSY-10007    Applied Psychology
• PSY-30011    Social Development in Children (module leader)
• PSY-30061    Project
• PSY-40026    MSc Research Methods in Counselling
• PSY-40027    MSc Dissertations in Counselling