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Unit of Study PSYC1004 - Introduction to Psychological Investigation (2022)

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Unit description

Introduces the general concepts, ethics, and methodology of scientific research as it applies to the discipline of psychology. Topics include methods of observation, measurement, and experimentation used in psychology and the effective use of information resources. Students will engage in oral and written presentation of the material covered.

Unit content

  • The scientific method
  • Ethics in psychology (research and professional issues)
  • Descriptive methods
  • Archival research
  • Experimental methods
  • Complex designs
  • Applied research
  • Single case and small 'n' research
  • Quasi-experimental designs
  • Analysis and reporting of research

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Not currently available in 2022

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:

analyse the nature of the term 'science' from several different perspectives and explain the scientific features of psychology

explain the nature of hypotheses and theories

describe the nature and techniques of a range of research methodologies and assess the appropriateness of each to individual research questions

identify and describe basic descriptive statistics and statistical concepts (such as measures of central tendency, standard deviation, statistical significance)

interpret the nature and relative importance of scholarly articles, journals, and other forms of publication

demonstrate the ability to synthesise information