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PSYC11009 Fundamentals of Psychology 2: Psychological Literacy
Fundamentals of Psychology 2: Psychological Literacy
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General Information

Overview

In this unit you will be introduced to the concept of psychological literacy, which explores the use of psychological science to help solve problems faced by humans in their everyday lives. Psychological literacy encapsulates the graduate attributes that you will acquire through completing an undergraduate degree in psychology, including discipline knowledge, acting ethically, understanding and fostering respect for diversity, problem solving skills, communicating effectively, and being insightful and reflective about one’s own and others’ behaviour. Thus, in this unit, you will develop your psychological literacy by learning how to take the primary principles, theories and knowledge you have learned in PSYC11010 and apply these to a range of real-world contexts at a personal, professional, and societal level.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 1
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 10
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Corequisite: PSYC11010.

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Offerings For Term 3 - 2025

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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

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Class and Assessment Overview

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Previous Student Feedback

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from Student feedback via email and Q&A forum

Feedback

Students encountered technical difficulties in uploading videos for Assessment 3 - Dragon's Den Pitch. Options included both uploading to Moodle directly and to Echo360.

Recommendation

Provide written instructions to support students to upload video assessments including contact details for the Technology and Services Assistance Centre (TASAC) if they encounter problems.

Feedback from Student feedback during lectures

Feedback

Students particularly appreciated those lectures that raised awareness regarding career paths and research areas that they had previously been unaware of.

Recommendation

Consider incorporating potential career and research options relevant to the topic areas of each of the lectures to demonstrate the wide range of options provided to psychology graduates.

Unit Learning Outcomes

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Textbooks and Resources

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