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

    Applications of Psychological Literacy
  • Unit Code

    PSY3225
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ken Lennox ROBINSON

Description

The aim of this unit is to formally enhance a student’s psychological literacy, that is, the adaptive ability to apply psychology knowledge and skills. To become more psychologically literate is to take learning from the classroom and to apply it to one’s everyday professional and personal life. This unit focuses on developing students’ ability to critically reflect on three broad themes: Dynamics in organisational systems; positive psychology (e.g., development of wisdom and resilience); and effective management of group processes and dynamics.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Draw upon psychology knowledge and apply this knowledge to a wide range of scenarios in the realm of positive psychology.
  2. Develop skills necessary for self-management and realistic goal setting.
  3. Recognise and plan to manage the dynamics of small and large groups.

Unit Content

  1. Contemporary topics in positive psychology (e.g., resilience, stress relief, mindfulness, and realistic optimism).
  2. Principles of motivation and goal setting for individuals and groups.
  3. Principles of group dynamics, organisational psychology, and conflict resolution of small and large groups.
  4. Contemporary issues impacting families and psychological ecosystems.

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
Case StudyIntervention plan40%
Literature ReviewContemporary issues in psychological literacy40%
TestQuizzes20%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyIntervention plan40%
Literature ReviewContemporary issues in psychological literacy40%
TestQuizzes20%

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

    Applications of Psychological Literacy
  • Unit Code

    PSY3225
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ken Lennox ROBINSON

Description

The aim of this unit is to formally enhance a student’s psychological literacy, that is, the adaptive ability to apply psychology knowledge and skills. To become more psychologically literate is to take learning from the classroom and to apply it to one’s everyday professional and personal life. This unit focuses on developing students’ ability to critically reflect on three broad themes: Dynamics in organisational systems; positive psychology (e.g., development of wisdom and resilience); and effective management of group processes and dynamics.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Draw upon psychology knowledge and apply this knowledge to a wide range of scenarios in the realm of positive psychology.
  2. Develop skills necessary for self-management and realistic goal setting.
  3. Recognise and plan to manage the dynamics of small and large groups.

Unit Content

  1. Contemporary topics in positive psychology (e.g., resilience, stress relief, mindfulness, and realistic optimism).
  2. Principles of motivation and goal setting for individuals and groups.
  3. Principles of group dynamics, organisational psychology, and conflict resolution of small and large groups.
  4. Contemporary issues impacting families and psychological ecosystems.

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
Case StudyIntervention plan40%
Literature ReviewContemporary issues in psychological literacy40%
TestQuizzes20%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyIntervention plan40%
Literature ReviewContemporary issues in psychological literacy40%
TestQuizzes20%

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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