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PSYC11010 - Fundamentals of Psychology

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit presents the fundamental principles of human behaviour and their application to everyday life and work. Accordingly, topics will range from an overview and history of psychology to areas such as applying psychology to health and social environments. For students intending to complete a Psychology major, this unit has the same status of any other elective and cannot be used as a substitute for any part of the core APAC accredited sequence.

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 - 2018

Term 2 - 2019 Profile
Bundaberg
Online
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2020 Profile
Bundaberg
Online
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2021 Profile
Bundaberg
Online
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2022 Profile
Adelaide
Bundaberg
Cairns
Online
Rockhampton
Townsville
Term 2 - 2022 Profile
Adelaide
Bundaberg
Cairns
Online
Rockhampton
Townsville
Term 3 - 2022 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2023 Profile
Adelaide
Bundaberg
Cairns
Online
Rockhampton
Townsville
Term 2 - 2023 Profile
Adelaide
Bundaberg
Cairns
Online
Rockhampton
Townsville
Term 3 - 2023 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Adelaide
Bundaberg
Cairns
Online
Rockhampton
Townsville
Term 2 - 2024 Profile
Adelaide
Bundaberg
Cairns
Online
Rockhampton
Townsville
Term 3 - 2024 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 20%
2. Written Assessment 40%
3. Examination 40%

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 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 92.73% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 24.02% 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 evaluation feedback.
Feedback
Some students stated they would prefer to do the quizzes in the week following the lectures instead of in the same week that the content was delivered.
Recommendation
Move quiz 1 from week 6 to week 7 and move quiz 2 from week 12 to week 13.
Action Taken
Quiz 1 was moved to week 7 and quiz 2 was moved to week 13.
Source: In-class requests from students.
Feedback
Many students wanted to devote tutorial time to discussing the concept map.
Recommendation
Allocate tutorial time to discuss the concept map and answer student questions.
Action Taken
Tutorial time was allocated to discuss the mind map, and explainer cartoon videos were created for students.
Source: Student evaluation feedback and in-class comments.
Feedback
Students found the cartoon videos helpful in understanding the mind map.
Recommendation
Continue providing videos to explain the mind map.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Student evaluation feedback and in-class comments.
Feedback
Currently, the weekly topics are alternated with one lecturer teaching social foundations of psychology (weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11) and another teaching biological foundations of psychology (weeks 2, 4, 6, 8 10, and 12). Several students stated that they would like to not switch topics, and lecturers, each week. Instead, they would prefer to have half the term focused on biological foundations of psychology, and then the other half social foundations of psychology.
Recommendation
Alter the teaching schedule for this unit so that biological foundations of psychology is taught in the first half of the term, and social foundations of psychology during the last half of the term.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Identify major principles and theories of the fundamentals of psychology.
  2. Apply major principles and theories of the fundamentals of psychology to human behaviour.
  3. Communicate an understanding of psychological concepts in an objective manner.

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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3
1 - Written Assessment
2 - Written Assessment
3 - Examination
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
8 - Ethical practice
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 - Examination