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PSY2031

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

18 September 2017 22 December 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 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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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational UnitSchool of Psychological Sciences
OfferedCaulfield First semester 2015 (Off-campus)
Clayton First semester 2015 (Day)
Clayton First semester 2015 (Off-campus)
Malaysia First semester 2015 (Day)
South Africa First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Dr Joanne Fielding

Synopsis

Continuation of first-year psychology topics: developmental psychology and biological psychology. Developmental psychology encompasses physical, cognitive, and social-emotional changes across the life span and how these are shaped by macrosystems such as culture, and microsystems such as peers and the family. Biological psychology includes states of consciousness, mental disorders and addiction, mechanisms and disorders of learning and memory, and the regulation of emotional and motivated states. The laboratory program complements the lectures, and provides further training in research techniques, report writing, oral presentations and teamwork.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. learn how human behaviour, both simple and complex, is underpinned by physiological and neural processes;
  2. acquire an understanding of the interplay between local and distal, and familial and cultural, factors in determining the course of development from birth through to old age; and
  3. develop more advanced skills in report writing.

Assessment

Examination (Multiple-choice) (2 hours) (45%)
Biological lab report (2,000 words) (20%)
7 x Online assessments (25%)
Oral presentation (10 mins) (10%)

Workload requirements

The School strongly recommends attendance at lectures however, they are optional. Laboratory classes are compulsory in order to complete the assessment associated with attendance.

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Joanne Fielding

Off-campus attendance requirements

Participation in (live) online lab classes: 1 x 2 hour bi-weekly.

Online lab classes are live (i.e., real-time), web-based classes run by teaching staff that replace traditional lab classes and tutorials. These interactive classes provide students with an opportunity to apply and explore concepts in an active, engaging manner, whilst at the same time developing practical skills in effective communication, critical thinking, and problem solving.

Participation in online lab classes is required in order to complete associated assessments. It is common practice, where possible, to schedule at least two participation options for off-campus students in each core unit of psychology.

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

Psychology

Prerequisites

PSY1011, PSY1022.

Co-requisites

PSY2051.

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.med.monash.edu.au/psych/course/ugrad/major-minor.html