Contemporary issues in cross-cultural and indigenous psychology
(
6 points,
SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL)
Leader: A/Prof E Gullone
Offered:
Caulfield First semester 2005 (Evening)
Caulfield First semester 2005 (OCL)
Singapore First semester 2005 (OCL)
Singapore Second semester 2005 (OCL)
Synopsis: This unit is intended to familiarize students to current issues in psychology relating to culture and universality. In particular several core areas will be covered, namely developmental psychology, emotions, values, subjective well-being, self-identity, and psychopathology. Key empirical works and major reviews in this area will be presented and students will be required to discuss the works with a view to identifying the implications of these works for psychological understanding and application.
Assessment: Essay (2,000 words) (70%) + On campus: Competence of discussion leadership, participation in group discussion and evidence of having done required reading (30%). Off-campus: Short answer test based on the reading material (30%).
Prohibitions: PSY4507, PSY4509
