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2022 unit information
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Last updated: 4 March 2022
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HPS674, HPS774
Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
1 x 1 hour class (online) per week 1 x 30 minute Q & A (online) per week 1 x 2 hour seminar (campus) per fortnight (weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
Trimester 3:
1 x 1 hour class (online) per week1 x 30 minute Q & A (online) per week1 x 2 hour seminar (campus) per fortnight (weeks 1, 3, 5, 9, 11)
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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