Undergraduate - UnitATS1840 - Introduction to psychology A: Behaviour in the modern world

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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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 2014 (Day) Berwick First semester 2014 (Off-campus Day) Gippsland First semester 2014 (Day) Gippsland First semester 2014 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Mark Symmons (Berwick); Evita March (Gippsland)

Synopsis

This unit considers a range of psychological concepts that have direct application to everyday life and adjustment to the modern world. Topics include stress and health, psychological disorders and therapies, relationships, positive psychology, and behaviour change. Students will be encouraged to apply the topics to their own lives and act as their own case studies. Taking a critical, scientific approach, students also explore 'pop-psychology' and the reasons why most self-help books simply do not work.

Outcomes

In completing this unit students will:

Understand a range of applied psychological concepts
Appreciate the relevance of psychology to the everyday
Realise the means by which individuals can affect positive change in their own lives
Be more critical consumers of pop-psychology and self-help books
Adopt a scientific approach to psychology
Build a foundation upon which to undertake further studies in psychology, counselling and related fields

Assessment

Written work (2700 words): 60%
Examination (2 hours): 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Mark Symmons

Workload requirements

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

Off-campus attendance requirements

Online: Recorded lectures and other activities available online, regular participation in online discussion required.

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

Psychological studies