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Unit aim
Provides students with the opportunity to obtain experience in designing empirical research, under supervision, in a specialised field of psychology. The unit will lead to a critical review of the research methodological and conceptual literature and a research proposal.
Unit content
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Development of a research question
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Completion of a detailed literature review
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Design a research project
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Completion of a research proposal
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Involvement and understanding of writing an ethics proposal
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
GA1: Intellectual rigour,
GA2: Creativity,
GA3: Ethical practice,
GA4: Knowledge of a discipline,
GA5: Lifelong learning,
GA6: Communication and social skills,
GA7: Cultural competence| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 |
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| 1 | Systematically and critically analyse empirical literature in psychology | Intellectual rigour | | | | | Communication and social skills | |
| 2 | Compose a literature review in response to a research question | Intellectual rigour | | | | | Communication and social skills | |
| 3 | Design a research project to address a psychological question or hypothesis | Intellectual rigour | | | | | | |
| 4 | Design a means for collecting empirical data pertaining to a research question | Intellectual rigour | | | | | Communication and social skills | |
| 5 | Produce a research proposal that outlines the rationale for the research question, and which specifies appropriate methodologies and analyses | Intellectual rigour | | Ethical practice | | | Communication and social skills | |
| 6 | Demonstrate an understanding of the processes of submitting an ethics application to the SCU HREC. | Intellectual rigour | | Ethical practice | | | Communication and social skills | |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Systematically and critically analyse empirical literature in psychology
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- Compose a literature review in response to a research question
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- Design a research project to address a psychological question or hypothesis
- Design a means for collecting empirical data pertaining to a research question
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- Produce a research proposal that outlines the rationale for the research question, and which specifies appropriate methodologies and analyses
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA3:
Ethical practice
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- Demonstrate an understanding of the processes of submitting an ethics application to the SCU HREC.
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA3:
Ethical practice
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
Prescribed texts
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.