MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
WEL1340
Behavioural studies B
Leah Zaks
6 points + 3 hours per week + Second semester + Caulfield/Clayton +
Prerequisite: WEL1320
Synopsis Introduction to the study of human behaviour. Life span
development and complex human processes. Prenatal development, childhood,
adolescence, early middle and late adulthood. Personality theories, testing,
abnormal behaviour, therapies, social psychology.
Assessment (Caulfield) Written reports and essays (4500 words): 100%
Assessment (Clayton) Written reports and essays (3000 words): 60% +
Examination (1.5 hours): 40%
Prescribed texts
- Philipchalk R P and McConnell J V Understanding human behaviour 8th
edn, Harcourt Brace, 1994
Recommended texts
- Peterson C looking forward through the life span: Developmental
psychology 2nd edn, Prentice-Hall, 1989
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