School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Social Determinants of Behaviour
  • Unit Code

    PSY1204
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Eyal GRINGART

Description

This unit examines the influence that other people, rules, customs, and the environment have on our behaviour. A particular emphasis is on applying the findings of social psychology to a wide range of human activities and settings. A social cognition framework will be applied to consider people in social situations.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from PSY1101

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PSY4204

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Define and discuss key theories in social psychology.
  2. Apply social psychology theories to understand and explain aspects of peoples everyday lives.
  3. Describe some classic experiments in social psychology and explain how these experiments contributed to the development of social psychology theory.
  4. Evaluate psychologists ethics and behaviour in relation to the Code of Conduct and Ethical Guidelines provided by the Australian Psychological Society.

Unit Content

  1. Social determinants of behaviour relating to environmental issues, health issues, legal issues, and organisational settings.
  2. Classic studies in social psychology: Theories, ethical contexts, and applicability.
  3. Social psychology in the context of cross-cultural and international issues.
  4. Overview of recent theoretical perspectives in social psychology.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and online materials

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentEssay45%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination55%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentEssay45%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination55%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Social Determinants of Behaviour
  • Unit Code

    PSY1204
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Eyal GRINGART

Description

This unit examines the influence that other people, rules, customs, and the environment have on our behaviour. A particular emphasis is on applying the findings of social psychology to a wide range of human activities and settings. A social cognition framework will be applied to consider people in social situations.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from PSY1101

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PSY4204

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Define and discuss key theories in social psychology.
  2. Apply social psychology theories to understand and explain group dynamics and aspects of people’s everyday lives.
  3. Describe some classic experiments in social psychology and explain how these experiments contributed to the development of social psychology theory.

Unit Content

  1. Social determinants of behaviour relating to environmental issues, health issues, legal issues, and organisational settings.
  2. Classic studies in social psychology: Theories, ethical contexts, and applicability.
  3. Social psychology in the context of Aboriginal/Indigenous, cross-cultural and international issues.
  4. Overview of recent theoretical perspectives in social psychology.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and online materials

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentShort form essay30%
EssayLong form essay50%
TestMultiple choice test20%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentShort form essay30%
EssayLong form essay50%
TestMultiple choice test20%

Core Reading(s)

  • Myers, D. G., Abell, Jackie., & Sani, F. (2014). Social psychology (Second edition.). London: McGraw Hill Education. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/890602988

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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