Cognitive psychology and the origins of behaviour
Professor Stella Crossley and Dr Lisa Wise
8 points * Three 1-hour lectures and one 5-hour laboratory per week * First semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: PSY1011 and PSY1022 * Prohibitions: PSY2031, APY2010
This subject is designed for students who wish to attain an accredited major in psychology with the possibility of entry to honours. Students take two compulsory lecture units (i) cognition, and (ii) statistics, and choose one additional lecture unit among the following: (iii) cross-cultural psychology, (iv) behaviour and heredity, and (v) drugs and behaviour. Laboratory work illustrates and complements material presented in lectures. It comprises a stand-alone unit which all students take weekly, whether or not they attend any particular optional lecture unit. Necessary background material is provided in association with the laboratory. Detailed descriptions of lecture-unit content are given in the class notes distributed at the first lecture. Optional units offered may vary from year to year.
Assessment
Examination of lecture material (3 hours): 60% * Laboratory work: 40%
Prescribed texts
Ferguson G and Takane Y Statistical analysis in psychology and education McGraw-Hill, 1989
O'Shea R P Writing for psychology Harcourt Brace, 1993
Siegel S and Castellan N J Jr Nonparametric statistics for the behavioural sciences McGraw-Hill, 1989