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| Location | Domestic | International |
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| Coffs Harbour | ||
| Gold Coast | ||
| Online | N/A |
Unit description
Provides students with the opportunity to obtain experience in designing empirical research, under supervision, in a specialised field of psychology. The unit will address topics in advanced research methods and ethics and lead to a research proposal and literature review.
Unit content
- Conducting and writing a literature review
- Advanced topics in research methods and ethics
- Developing an ethical research proposal
- Practical considerations in research
- Presenting a research 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.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | systematically and critically analyse empirical literature in psychology |
| 2 | compose a literature review |
| 3 | design a research project to address a psychological question or hypothesis |
| 4 | design a means for collecting empirical data pertaining to a research question |
| 5 | produce a research proposal that outlines the rationale for the research question, and which specifies appropriate methodologies and analyses |
| 6 | appraise ethical requirements for research |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- systematically and critically analyse empirical literature in psychology
- compose a literature review
- design a research project to address a psychological question or hypothesis
- design a means for collecting empirical data pertaining to a research question
- produce a research proposal that outlines the rationale for the research question, and which specifies appropriate methodologies and analyses
- appraise ethical requirements for research
Prescribed Learning Resources
- No prescribed texts.
American Psychological Association, https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000, 2020
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
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