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PSYC11009 - Social Foundations of Psychology

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit, you will be introduced to the social and cultural bases of human behaviour. You will examine: • human lifespan development, including cognitive and social development • social psychology, including interpersonal behaviour and social cognition • personality, including theories of personality, mental health, and abnormal behaviour.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 1
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2019

Term 3 - 2019 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2020 Profile
Adelaide
Bundaberg
Cairns
Online
Rockhampton
Townsville
Term 3 - 2020 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2021 Profile
Adelaide
Bundaberg
Cairns
Online
Rockhampton
Townsville
Term 3 - 2021 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2022 Profile
Adelaide
Bundaberg
Cairns
Online
Rockhampton
Townsville
Term 3 - 2022 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2023 Profile
Adelaide
Bundaberg
Cairns
Online
Rockhampton
Townsville
Term 3 - 2023 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2024 Profile
Adelaide
Bundaberg
Cairns
Online
Rockhampton
Townsville
Term 3 - 2024 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Bundaberg
Cairns
Online
Rockhampton
Term 3 - 2025 Profile
Online

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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 10%
2. Written Assessment 30%
3. Online Quiz(zes) 60%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 88.24% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 13.93% response rate.

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.

Source: Student Unit and Teacher Evaluation responses.
Feedback
Students valued the feedback provided for Assessment 2 - Written Assessment and how it directly related to Assessment 3 - Dragon's Den Pitch.
Recommendation
Maintain the current assessment structure and ensure that feedback provided for Assessment 2 - Written Assessment is detailed and directly relevant to assisting the student build on their ideas in Assessment 3 - Dragon's Den Pitch.
Action Taken
The assessment structure was retained and the feedback provided for Assessment 2 - Written Assessment was directly relevant to assisting the students to build on their ideas for Assessment 3 - Dragon's Den Pitch.
Source: Student Unit and Teacher Evaluation responses.
Feedback
Students appreciated the weekly quizzes that helped keep them engaged with the unit and consolidate their learning.
Recommendation
Continue to offer the quizzes on a weekly basis.
Action Taken
Quizzes continued to be offered on a weekly basis.
Source: Student Unit and Teacher Evaluation responses.
Feedback
Most students enjoyed having a wide range of guest lecturers across the term, however some students commented that the varying lecture styles within the Unit took some adjusting to.
Recommendation
In the first week of term, the Unit Coordinator will provide a clear overview of the unit structure and help to set up student expectations for the range of guest lecturers. Information will be provided on the benefits of having experts on a range of topics present throughout the term.
Action Taken
In the first week of term, the Unit Coordinator provided a clear overview of the unit structure and communicated the benefits of having a range of guest lecturers and topics.
Source: 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.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: 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.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Identify a good, general, knowledge of the major principles and theories of the Social Foundations of Psychology
  2. Apply knowledge of the major principles and theories to human behaviour
  3. Demonstrate writing and research skills relevant to psychology.


Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3
1 - Written Assessment • •
2 - Written Assessment • •
3 - Online Quiz(zes) • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3
1 - Communication • •
2 - Problem Solving • •
3 - Critical Thinking • •
4 - Information Literacy • •
6 - Information Technology Competence • • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - Written Assessment • • • • •
2 - Written Assessment • • • • •
3 - Online Quiz(zes) • • •