Introductory Psychology II (PSYC102)

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. apply the concepts, language, and major theories of the discipline to explain psychological phenomena, with the ability to communicate this effectively to others;
2. develop foundation knowledge in the following core topics in Psychology: a) cognition and language, b) social psychology, c) cross-cultural psychology, d) cultural responsiveness, including with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, e) psychological health and wellbeing, f) intelligence, g) personality and individual differences, and h) psychological disorders and evidence-based interventions
3. demonstrate foundation skills of data analysis relating to psychological research, and specifically: a) identify independent and dependent variables in research design, b) describe measures of central tendency and how to calculate them, c) describe measures of dispersion and how to calculate them, d) describe the basic inferential statistical tests, and e) recognise how statistics and their presentation may be deliberately manipulated for the purposes of persuasion;
4. independently experience and describe the empirical method as it applies to areas of psychological research;
5. analyse and critique theory and research in the discipline of psychology, interpret, and report data using appropriate statistical strategies to address specific research hypotheses and communicate these in written formats; and
6. correctly employ the American Psychological Association (APA) structure and formatting conventions.