*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).
The first part of the unit focuses on community psychology, its history, the contexts within which it can be applied, and the methods used to study it. Community psychology is examined from developmental, ecological, community diversity, sense of community, coping, and social support perspectives. This provides a foundation for the development of community change and action programs addressing issues such as community empowerment and citizen participation, social change, community mental health, managing disasters and crises, community resilience.
The second part covers environmental psychology. It addresses how an understanding of environmental cognition and perception provides a foundation for understanding human environment interaction, environmental stress, and the perception of the built and urban environments (including issues relating to the workplace, residential settings, institutional settings, and leisure and tourism).
In the laboratory component students explore the application of community and environmental psychology principles outlined in lectures within Tasmania and Australia. Case study, reviews of current research, and practical assignments are used to examine how community and environmental psychology can be applied to issues such as managing salinity and water use, managing natural hazard (eg, bushfire, flood) risk, and promoting citizen participation within the community. The laboratory component explores how community psychology and environmental psychology can be integrated to deal with local and national issues.
WEIGHT:
12.5%
ASSESSMENT: 2-hr exam (50%), lab reports totalling 2,500 words (50%);
satisfactory performance in the lab component is required for a full pass
TEACHING PATTERN: 2x1-hr lectures, a 2-hr practicals weekly (13 weeks)
REQUISITE INFO
Prereq
(KHA101 and KHA102) or *KHA100 or (*HGP101 and *HGP102)
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