Behavioural studies B
Leah Zaks
6 points * 3 hours per week * Second semester * Caulfield/Clayton * Prerequisite: WEL1320
Introduction to the study of human behaviour. Life span development and complex human processes. Prenatal development, childhood, adolescence, early middle and late adulthood. Personality theories, testing, abnormal behaviour, therapies, social psychology.
Assessment: Caulfield
Written reports and essays (4500 words): 100%
Assessment: Clayton
Written reports and essays (3000 words): 60% * Examination (1.5 hours): 40%
Prescribed text
McConnell J V and Philipchalk R P Understanding human behaviour 7th edn Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1992
Recommended reading
Peterson C looking forward through the life span: Developmental psychology 2nd edn, Prentice-Hall, 1989