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
07-JAN-2008
14-JAN-2008
28-JAN-2008
08-FEB-2008
Sem 2
14-JUL-2008
07-AUG-2008
01-SEP-2008
17-OCT-2008
*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).
Provides an introduction to major areas in psychology and to basic techniques for psychological investigations. Lecture topics include intelligence and abilities, research methods in psychology, developmental and clinical psychology. 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 developmental psychology, social psychology and clinical psychology. 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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