| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 1, offshore teaching period |
| Old unit code |
140.101 |
| Outcomes |
With the help of lectures, tutorials and independent reading, students acquire a broad foundation of basic knowledge in psychology. In addition, students acquire some very general methodological skills that enable them to understand and conduct psychological experimentation and which are broadly applicable in the scientific pursuit of knowledge. |
| Content |
This unit introduces students to the broad scope of psychology, with a particular emphasis on the brain and how it relates to basic learning processes, memory, thinking and perception. It provides an overview of those central topics and the links between them. The unit is taught through a co-ordinated series of lectures and laboratory tutorials and makes use of online materials. |
| Assessment |
Students demonstrate achievement of the outcomes through a variety of assessment methods which include an examination at the end of the unit and a laboratory report that is due during the semester. In addition, students are assessed for the quality of their participation in laboratories. Marks are allocated as follows: examination (64 per cent), assignment (20 per cent), experiment participation (6 per cent) and laboratory participation (10 per cent).
Supplementary assessment is available for those students who obtain a mark of 45 to 49 inclusive in this unit (see University General Rule 1.2.1.25). |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Dr Romola Bucks |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley), Singapore |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
Contact hours—lectures: 2 hrs per week; labs/tutorials: 2 hrs per week (over 6 weeks); online labs: 2 hrs per week (over 6 weeks)
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- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
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- Books and other materials wherever listed may be subject to change. Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.
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