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| Coffs Harbour | | |
| Gold Coast | | |
| Online | | |
Unit description
Introduces four core areas of psychological science: Social Psychology; Motivation and Emotion; Consciousness; and Personality. The unit has a focus on the role of the social milieu in the determination of behaviour, and complements Introduction to Psychology I, which is focussed on the regulation of individual behaviour.
Unit content
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Social Psychology
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Motivation and Emotion
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Consciousness
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Personality
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.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: |
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| 1 | develop and communicate a written plan to critically address a topic in a core area of psychology |
| 2 | develop skills to write effectively in a scientific style appropriate for psychology |
| 3 | apply critical judgement, reasoning and evidence to the understanding of a core topic covered in the unit
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| 4 | demonstrate an understanding of the major themes and perspectives of psychology. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- develop and communicate a written plan to critically address a topic in a core area of psychology
- develop skills to write effectively in a scientific style appropriate for psychology
- apply critical judgement, reasoning and evidence to the understanding of a core topic covered in the unit
- demonstrate an understanding of the major themes and perspectives of psychology.
Prescribed texts
- Bernstein, D, Pooley, J, Cohen, L, Gouldthorp, B, Provost, S & Cranney, J, 2020, Psychology (Australian and New Zealand edition), 3rd edn, Cengage Learning, South Melbourne.
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.