MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

PSY1022

Processes and applications of psychology

Professor J L Bradshaw and Dr W A McKenzie

Synopsis This subject builds on the material dealt with in PSY1011 and covers the following topics: sensory processes and perception, cognitive processes, learning, development, inferential statistics, and some applications of modern psychology. The laboratory classes are intended to illustrate various topics dealt with in lectures together with the applications of statistical principles to analyse psychological data, and include computer-based exercises.

Assessment Examination (3 hours): 50% + Laboratory/practical work: 35% + Statistics assignment: 15%

Prescribed texts

• Atrens D M and Curthoys I S The neurosciences and behaviour 2nd edn, Academic Press, 1982
• Ferguson G A and Takane Y Statistical analysis in psychology and education 6th edn, McGraw-Hill, 1989
• Walker M and others Psychology 2nd edn, Wiley, 1994

Recommended texts

• Ashcraft M H Human memory and cognition 2nd edn, Scott, Foresman, 1994
• Craig J R and Metze L P Methods of psychological research 2nd edn, Brooks-Cole, 1986
• Llinas R R (ed.) The workings of the brain: Development, memory and perception, Freeman, 1990
• Sekuler R and Blake R Perception 2nd edn, McGraw-Hill, 1990