Undergraduate - UnitATS1840 - Psychology and you

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	Berwick First semester 2012 (Day) Gippsland First semester 2012 (Day) Gippsland First semester 2012 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	Mark Symmons

Synopsis

This unit considers a range of psychological concepts that have direct application to everyday life and adjustment to the modern world. Topics include motivation, stress and health, psychological disorders and therapies, relationships, emotion, and behaviour change. Students will be encouraged to apply the topics to their own lives and thus act as their own case studies.

Outcomes

In completing this unit students will:

Develop an understanding at an introductory level of a range of applied psychological concepts
Appreciate the relevance of the field of psychology to the everyday
Explore the means by which they can affect positive change in their own lives
Build a foundation upon which to undertake further studies in psychology and related fields

Assessment

Pre-intervention (450 words): 10%
Intervention (1500 words): 30%
Quizzes (550 words): 20%
2 Hour examination (2000 words): 40%

Contact hours

One two-hour lecture per week
One one-hour laboratory per week

Off-campus attendance requirements

Online: Recorded lecture and laboratory activities, discussion fora and chat facility.

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Psychological studies