SPECIAL NOTE:
CCC students do this unit partly by video-link
OFFERINGS
Unit
Sem 1
Sem 2
Full Yr
Spring
Summer
Winter
KHA102
H,L,W
H
Key Semester Dates
Semester
Note
Start Date
Census Date
Final WW Date*
End Date
Summer
Offering in H
04-JAN-2010
11-JAN-2010
25-JAN-2010
05-FEB-2010
Sem 2
12-JUL-2010
10-AUG-2010
30-AUG-2010
15-OCT-2010
*The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see
Withdrawal dates explained for more information).
This unit provides an introduction to major areas in psychology and to basic techniques for psychological investigations. Lecture topics include research methods, social and interpersonal psychology intercultural and indigenous psychology personality and intelligence including individual differences, testing and assessment. Students are required to undertake additional reading to extend their knowledge in the areas covered in the lecture program.
In laboratory classes students are introduced to psychological research through demonstrations and activities in areas related to the lecture topics, such as social and interpersonal psychology, individual differences, testing and assessment. Students are introduced to basic research design, data analysis and interpretation and develop skills in reporting findings from psychological research. Students require a pocket calculator with a square root key. Attendance at laboratory classes is compulsory.
WEIGHT:
12.5%
ASSESSMENT: 2-hr exam in Nov (50%), lab exercises and essays totalling 2,500 words (50%).
TEACHING PATTERN: Two 1-hr lectures, and a 2-hr lab class weekly (13 wks)
Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.
Campus - H Hobart, L Launceston, W Burnie. Study Centre - V Sydney, R Rozelle. Distance units may also have a campus identifier of I Isolated, N Interstate, O Overseas. Units delivered in Transnational Education (TNE) Programs have a campus identifier of A Hangzhou, F Fuzhou, G Shanghai, J Indonesia, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Z New Zealand.
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