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Unit of Study PSYC1002 - Psychology Foundations: Self and Situation (2025)

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  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

Unit description

Explores the ways that our contexts interact with our minds to give rise to our experiences. In this unit you will learn why we have emotions, how beliefs emerge, how thinking happens, what motivates us, and how creative discoveries occur. You will also learn how our world shapes our choices, how groups influence behaviour, and how our experiences shape our knowledge and decisions. The unit will conclude by discussing the question: What is the self? 

Unit content

  1. Paradigm shifts in psychology
  2. The secret life of emotions and motivations
  3. From everyday thought to creative discovery
  4. Shaped by the people around us
  5. Shaped by the world around us
  6. Know thyself

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Term2
Term2
Gold Coast
Term2
Term2
Online
Term2,5
Term2,5

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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:

examine key psychological concepts in contemporary terms appropriate to a range of socially and culturally diverse people

identify links between psychological theory, research, and personal experience and express those orally and in writing using appropriate conventions

recognise areas of debate in psychology and propose basic strategies for evaluating the relative strength of arguments

demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively to generate, test, and refine ideas drawing upon evidence

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