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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Introductory
Former School/College
Unit aim
Introduces three core areas of psychological science: Social Psychology; Motivation and Emotion; and Personality, focusing on the role played by the social milieu in the determination of behaviour and compliments. A further module is dedicated to assisting students develop skills in writing, critical analysis and scholarship for psychology.
Unit content
- Social Psychology
- Motivation and Emotion
- Personality
- Writing and Scholarship for Psychology
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: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | develop and communicate a written plan to critically address a topic in a core area of psychology | |||||||
| 2 | develop skills to write effectively in a scientific style appropriate for psychology | |||||||
| 3 | apply critical judgement, reasoning and evidence to the understanding of a core topic covered in the unit | |||||||
| 4 | demonstrate an understanding of the major themes and perspectives of psychology | |||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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develop and communicate a written plan to critically address a topic in a core area of psychology
- GA6:
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develop skills to write effectively in a scientific style appropriate for psychology
- GA6:
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apply critical judgement, reasoning and evidence to the understanding of a core topic covered in the unit
- GA1:
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demonstrate an understanding of the major themes and perspectives of psychology
- GA4:
Prescribed texts
- Bernstein et al., 2013, Psychology: an international discipline in context (Australian and NZ edition), Cengage Learning, South Melbourne. ISBN: 978-0170218412.
- O'Shea, RP & McKenzie, W, 2013, Writing for psychology, 6th edn, Cengage Learning, South Melbourne. ISBN: 978-01702114681.