PSY2022

Psychology 2B

Dr Nikki Rickard (Caulfield and Peninsula*), Dr Jim Phillips (Clayton), Dr Dianne Wuillemin (Gippsland)

8 points
* Four 1-hour lectures and one 3-hour laboratory per week
* Second semester
* Caulfield and Peninsula*, Clayton, Gippsland and distance
* Prerequisites: PSY 2011 if undertaken in 1998. Students who have completed PSY 2011, APY 2010 or fewer than three of GAS 2501, GAS 2503, GAS 2504 and GAS 2505 in previous years will be required to complete components of the 1998 subject PSY 2011 which have not been previously studied, and will be exempted from components of the 1998 PSY 2022 which have been completed in a previous second-year psychology subject
* Prohibitions: any of the following Psychology subjects taught in 1997 or earlier: PSY 2011, PSY 2022, APY 2010, APY 2020, GAS 2501, GAS 2503, GAS 2504, GAS 2505
* Distance students must complete a minimum of 12 hours on-campus weekend school laboratory work

*To be confirmed.

Objectives On completion of this subject students will have acquired further conceptual and practical skills in designing and analysing psychological research; will have developed an appreciation of the full range of human cognitive functioning, from lower-order processes of attention, to higher-order skills involved in problem-solving and creativity; will have knowledge of the endogenous and exogenous factors that create variability in human personality and ability; and will have acquired an understanding of the processes by which individuals relate to one another in both intimate relationships and in larger groups. Students will also have developed more advanced skills in research design and analysis, report writing, and oral presentations.

Synopsis This subject covers at a more advanced level four of the areas presented in first year psychology at an introductory level. The topics comprise research design and analysis (RDA), cognitive psychology, individual differences, and social psychology. The methodological component builds further on the basic research skills taught in first year and in the first semester of second year, and equips students with more advanced tools that can be employed in laboratory work. Cognitive psychology includes contemporary research techniques, cognitive architecture, attentional processes, pattern recognition, mental imagery, and higher-order thinking. Individual differences covers major theories of personality, as well as more specific theories (eg locus of control), and historical and contemporary theories of intelligence. Social psychology focuses on social schemas, social attribution, theories of attitude change, group psychology, aggression, interpersonal attraction and affiliation, and sex roles. The laboratory program complements the lecture series, and provides further training in research techniques, report writing, and oral presentations.

Assessment Examination (3 hours, multiple-choice): 55%
* One laboratory report (2000 words): 15%
* One essay (2000 words): 15%
* Two research design and analysis assignments (500 words each): 5% each
* One seminar presentation (10 minutes): 5%

Prescribed texts

Gravetter F J and Wallnau L B Statistics for the behavioural sciences 4th edn, West, 1996
Gravetter F J and Wallnau L B Study guide to accompany statistics for the behavioural sciences 4th edn, West, 1996
Gray P Psychology 2nd edn, Worth, 1994
O'Shea R P Writing for psychology: An introductory guide for students Harcourt Brace, 1996
Shaughnessy J J and Zechmeister E B Research methods in psychology 4th edn, McGraw-Hill, 1997
Zechmeister E B, Zechmeister J S and Shaughnessy J J A practical guide to research methods in psychology 3rd edn, McGraw-Hill, 1997

PSY2022

Psychology 2B

Dr Nikki Rickard (Caulfield and Peninsula*), Dr Jim Phillips (Clayton), Dr Dianne Wuillemin (Gippsland)

8 points
* Four 1-hour lectures and one 3-hour laboratory per week
* Second semester
* Caulfield and Peninsula*, Clayton, Gippsland and distance
* Prerequisites: PSY2011 if undertaken in 1998. Students who have completed PSY2011, APY2010 or fewer than three of GAS2501, GAS2503, GAS2504, GAS2505 in previous years will be required to complete components of the 1998 subject PSY2011 which have not been previously studied, and will be exempted from components of the 1998 PSY2022 which have been completed in a previous second year psychology subject
* Prohibitions: any of the following Psychology subjects taught in 1997 or earlier, PSY2011, PSY2022, APY2010, APY2020 or GAS2504 plus two of GAS2501, GAS2503, GAS2505
* Distance students must complete a minimum of 12 hours on-campus weekend school laboratory work

*To be confirmed.

Objectives On completion of this subject students will have acquired further conceptual and practical skills in designing and analysing psychological research; will have developed an appreciation of the full range of human cognitive functioning, from lower-order processes of attention, to higher-order skills involved in problem-solving and creativity; will have knowledge of the endogenous and exogenous factors that create variability in human personality and ability; and will have acquired an understanding of the processes by which individuals relate to one another in both intimate relationships and in larger groups. Students will also have developed more advanced skills in research design and analysis, report writing, and oral presentations.

Synopsis This subject covers at a more advanced level four of the areas presented in first year psychology at an introductory level. The topics comprise research design and analysis (RDA), cognitive psychology, individual differences, and social psychology. The methodological component builds further on the basic research skills taught in first year and in the first semester of second year, and equips students with more advanced tools that can be employed in laboratory work. Cognitive psychology includes contemporary research techniques, cognitive architecture, attentional processes, pattern recognition, mental imagery, and higher-order thinking. Individual differences covers major theories of personality, as well as more specific theories (eg locus of control), and historical and contemporary theories of intelligence. Social psychology focuses on social schemas, social attribution, theories of attitude change, group psychology, aggression, interpersonal attraction and affiliation, and sex roles. The laboratory program complements the lecture series, and provides further training in research techniques, report writing, and oral presentations.

Assessment Examination (3 hours, multiple-choice): 55%
* One laboratory report (2000 words): 15%
* One essay (2000 words): 15%
* Two research design and analysis assignments (500 words each): 5% each
* One seminar presentation (10 minutes): 5%

Prescribed texts

Gravetter F J and Wallnau L B Statistics for the behavioural sciences 4th edn, West, 1996
Gravetter F J and Wallnau L B Study guide to accompany statistics for the behavioural sciences 4th edn, West, 1996
Gray P Psychology 2nd edn, Worth, 1994
O'Shea R P Writing for psychology: An introductory guide for students Harcourt Brace, 1996
Shaughnessy J J and Zechmeister E B Research methods in psychology 4th edn, McGraw-Hill, 1997
Zechmeister E B Zechmeister J S and Shaughnessy J J A practical guide to research methods in psychology 3rd edn, McGraw-Hill, 1997