I am Professor of Psychology and Behaviour Analysis in the School of Psychology, Director of the Gambling Research, Education and Treatment (GREAT) Network Wales, Director of the Centre for Military Gambling Research (MilGAM), and Co-Director of the Experimental Psychopathology Lab. My research interests include topics in gambling disorder, learning and experimental psychopathology, and clinical behaviour analysis.
For further details of past and current research projects, including funding, please visit the lab website and follow links to the Centres and projects: https://dymondlab.org/research/
Students conduct an independent research project under the supervision of a member of staff. The research topic is decided in conjunction with supervisors and Research topics. Students must design, conduct, analyse and write up a piece of research in order to achieve Graduate Basis for Chartership with the British Psychological Society (BPS). They must also complete an Ethical Considerations Form, showing that they have considered and resolved ethical issues relating to their project, and that they have implemented appropriate best practices for improving the reproducibility of their research.
Mae myfyrwyr yn cynnal prosiect ymchwil annibynnol dan oruchwyliaeth aelod o staff. Penderfynir ar bwnc yr ymchwil ar y cyd â goruchwylwyr a phynciau Ymchwil. Rhaid i fyfyrwyr ddylunio, cynnal, dadansoddi ac ysgrifennu darn o ymchwil er mwyn cyflawni Sail Graddedig ar gyfer Siarter gyda Chymdeithas Seicolegol Prydain (BPS). Rhaid iddynt hefyd lenwi Ffurflen Ystyriaethau Moesegol, gan ddangos eu bod wedi ystyried a datrys materion moesegol sy'n ymwneud â'u prosiect, a'u bod wedi gweithredu arferion gorau priodol ar gyfer gwella atgynyrchioldeb eu hymchwil.
Students conduct an independent research project under the supervision of a member of staff. The research topic is decided in conjunction with supervisors and research topics. Students must design, conduct, analyse and write up a piece of research in order to achieve Graduate Basis for Chartership with the British Psychological Society (BPS). They must also complete an ethical considerations form, showing that they have considered and resolved ethical issues relating to their project, and that they have implemented appropriate best practices for improving the reproducibility of their research.
Mae myfyrwyr yn cynnal prosiect ymchwil annibynnol dan oruchwyliaeth aelod o staff. Penderfynir ar bwnc yr ymchwil ar y cyd â goruchwylwyr a phynciau ymchwil. Rhaid i fyfyrwyr ddylunio, cynnal, dadansoddi ac ysgrifennu darn o ymchwil er mwyn cyflawni Sail Graddedig ar gyfer Siarter gyda Chymdeithas Seicolegol Prydain (BPS). Rhaid iddynt hefyd lenwi ffurflen ystyriaethau moesegol, gan ddangos eu bod wedi ystyried a datrys materion moesegol sy'n ymwneud â'u prosiect, a'u bod wedi gweithredu arferion gorau priodol ar gyfer gwella atgynyrchioldeb eu hymchwil.
Applied behaviour analysis is the scientific application of behavioural principles to issues of social importance. This module provides an introduction to the main tenets of applied behaviour analysis, with an emphasis on practical skills such as direct observation, functional assessment, and matching treatment to operant function. Topics covered include assessment and treatment of problem behaviour, reinforcement-based behaviour reduction, and clinical behaviour disorders.
Students will be presented with an historical overview for both the relations between gambling and sport and the wider contexts of corruption. Attention will be paid to classic cases of corruption including the Salt Lake City Olympic case and the IOC responses to it. It will also focus on the rise of the phenomenon of match fixing, understanding the prevalence and forms that it takes, and critically evaluating sport and gambling industry responses to it. The module spans systemic and individualised issues. Thus students will also be presented with material presented population-wide and individual athlete gambling behaviours, and in particular the pathological forms of gambling addiction being witnessed in sports.
