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Unit of Study LAW10207 - Psychiatry, Psychology and the Law (2018)

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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:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 Analyse the connection between psychology and law;
2 Assess the role able to be played by psychiatry and psychology in the criminal justice system;
3 Critically reflect on fraudulent testimonies;
4 Critically analyse the extent, consistency and adequacy of the legal system's appreciation of psychological knowledge in the contexts of the criminal and civil law.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the connection between psychology and law;
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  2. Assess the role able to be played by psychiatry and psychology in the criminal justice system;
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  3. Critically reflect on fraudulent testimonies;
    • GA1:
  4. Critically analyse the extent, consistency and adequacy of the legal system's appreciation of psychological knowledge in the contexts of the criminal and civil law.
    • GA1:
    • GA4:

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