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2024 unit information
Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Community Based Delivery (CBD)*, Warrnambool, Waurn Ponds (Geelong), OnlineTrimester 3: Online
Human Social Behaviour
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Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
Trimester 1:
Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online1 x 1 hour online lecture per week1 x 2 hour on-campus or online seminar per fortnight in weeks 1, 3, 5, 9 and 11
Trimester 3:
1 x 1 hour online lecture per week 1 x 2 hour online seminar per fortnight in weeks 1, 3, 5, 9 and 11
*National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute students only.
Drop-in Q&A online sessions will be scheduled throughout the trimester; see the unit cloud site for more details.
This Unit covers the main theories and research methods of social psychology. Topics include: research methods and ethical issues in social psychology; social cognition; attribution; nature and measurement of attitudes; changing attitudes; conformity and social change; group processes and decision-making; prejudice and intergroup behaviour; culture; self and identity; aggression; attraction and close relationships; and prosocial behaviour.
ULO
These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:
Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1
Identify, describe, compare, and apply the major types of social psychological theories and concepts.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinking
ULO2
Recognise and characterise the evolutionary and cultural perspectives that inform social psychology theory and research.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO8: Global citizenship
ULO3
Evaluate and integrate the major social psychology theories, studies, and research methods.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solving
ULO4
Apply social psychology knowledge to generate hypotheses and solutions to everyday situations or problems.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solvingGLO6: Self-management
ULO5
Demonstrate effective communication in written form, including writing for coherence and reflecting on group processes in a team setting.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO7: Teamwork
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HPS204 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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