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Unit of Study SCI11006 - Laboratory Program in Psychology II (2016)

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Unit description

Develops students' understanding of the basic research methods and issues involved in a career in psychology. It extends upon the unit SCI11005 which formed the first part of the Laboratory Program in Psychology, and has been designed as a practical complement to BHS11002 Introduction to Psychology II. The unit aims to develop creative scientific skills in the context of a non-experimental research project. Its focus will be on developing a plan for a correlation-based research project - via the writing of an ethics application - and reporting on the outcomes - via oral presentation. This theme maps closely to the modules of study in BHS11002, but also includes knowledge of modules from BHS11001.

Unit content

Ethics frameworks: Preparing a research project via writing an ethics application
Discipline knowledge: Correlational research, methods and analysis, and research into personality
Discipline knowledge: Introduction to Excel and stimulus presentation software
Effective communications: Written and oral aspects of scientific communications

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Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour Session 2 Session 2
Online Session 2 N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

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 apply ethical frameworks in scholarly practice and develop elements of an ethics application to conduct a research project
2 analyse the data obtained from the project using Excel, including finding means, standard deviations and correlations between items
3 clarify and apply the basic principles underlying the conduct a correlational research project investigating relationships between several variables
4 communicate effectively in a written context: students will synthesize the findings of the research project in a poster presentation describing outcomes of the research project
5 communicate effectively in an oral context: students will present a compelling and well substantiated argument to support the outcomes of the project in an oral poster presentation.

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

  1. apply ethical frameworks in scholarly practice and develop elements of an ethics application to conduct a research project
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
  2. analyse the data obtained from the project using Excel, including finding means, standard deviations and correlations between items
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
  3. clarify and apply the basic principles underlying the conduct a correlational research project investigating relationships between several variables
    • GA3:
  4. communicate effectively in a written context: students will synthesize the findings of the research project in a poster presentation describing outcomes of the research project
    • GA2:
  5. communicate effectively in an oral context: students will present a compelling and well substantiated argument to support the outcomes of the project in an oral poster presentation.
    • GA2:

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