| Assessment |
Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
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| Graduate Attributes (GA) |
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Knowledge of a Discipline
Students are taught to understand the major concepts, theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, and historical trends in the core topics of psychology. These are taught through lectures and class discussions and assessed via all assessment tasks.
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Communication Skills
Students are taught to communicate effectively in writing in accordance with the style guidelines of the American Psychological Association. Effective written communication is assessed through online tests and a major research report assignment.
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Global Perspectives
Throughout the unit reference is made to international perspectives, with some sections of the unit addressing cultural variations to common psychological phenomena. This is an assessable component of the unit.
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Information Literacy
Students learn how to assess the utility of psychological literature and critically examine these sources. This is an assessed component of the unit.
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Life-Long Learning
The skills you acquire in this unit to identify, organise and communicate psychological information provide the basis for life-long learning.
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Problem Solving
Problem-solving skills are developed and practised in online laboratory experiments and assessed in most assessment tasks.
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Social Responsibility
Students are taught that psychological principles can be used to help address societal problems. This knowledge is assessed in all assessment tasks.
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Team Work
Reciprocal cooperation is encouraged in online discussions and students are encouraged to form study groups and work collaboratively.
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