Unit aim
Provides students with the opportunity to obtain experience in conducting empirical research, under supervision, in a specialised field of psychology. The project will lead to a report in the form of a journal article, a critical review of the research literature and a statistical report.
Unit content
These units span Sessions 1 and 2 and include:
- Development of a research question
- Writing an ethics application
- Completion of a detailed literature review
- Design and execution of a research project
- Appropriate analysis and reporting of empirical data
- Reporting research findings as a conference presentation
- Writing a research report in the style of a journal article
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Design a research project to address a psychological question or hypothesis | Intellectual rigour | Lifelong learning | Communication and social skills | ||||
| 2 | Critically analyse empirical and conceptual literature in Psychology | Intellectual rigour | Lifelong learning | Communication and social skills | ||||
| 3 | Demonstrate understanding and involvement with the processes of submitting a research proposal to an ethics committee | Intellectual rigour | Lifelong learning | Communication and social skills | ||||
| 4 | Design a means of collecting empirical data | Intellectual rigour | Lifelong learning | Communication and social skills | ||||
| 5 | Collect and analyse valid, reliable data | Intellectual rigour | Lifelong learning | Communication and social skills | ||||
| 6 | Write an empirically-based research report | Intellectual rigour | Lifelong learning | Communication and social skills | ||||
| 7 | Present research findings at a conference | Intellectual rigour | Lifelong learning | Communication and social skills | ||||
Prescribed texts
Session 1
- No prescribed texts.
Teaching and assessment
Coffs Harbour
| Teaching method |
| Self-directed project |
| Workshop on-site 2 hrs (12 wks) |
| Assessment | |
| Literature review | 20% |
| Conference Presentation | 5% |
| Research Report | 75% |
Fee information
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Commencing 2014 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 2
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