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

    Abnormal Psychology
  • Unit Code

    PSY3343
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr James Patrick MCCUE

Description

This unit provides an overview of two main areas relating to abnormal psychology: the causes of psychopathology and the treatment strategies that have been developed to assist clients with psychological problems. To this end, the unit focuses on both experimental and clinical findings to understand and treat psychopathology.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from PSY1101

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PSY4207

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply legislative frameworks to topics related to abnormal psychology.
  2. Recognise and classify characteristics of the major psychopathologies.
  3. Describe the aetiology of common major psychopathologies.
  4. Evaluate the ethics and behaviour associated with diagnosing major psychopathologies.
  5. Evaluate some of the primary clinical methodologies to treat psychopathologies.

Unit Content

  1. Legal and ethical issues, and the Australian Psychological Society Code of Ethics as they pertain to identification and treatment of psychopathologies.
  2. Historical, scientific, and research considerations underlying the classification and diagnosis of psychopathologies (e.g., anxiety disorders, reactions to stress, and somatic and dissociative disorders) and psychotic disorders.
  3. Life-span developmental disorders, including disorders of childhood and ageing.
  4. Clinical assessment and primary treatment methodologies of psychopathologies.
  5. Life-span developmental disorders, including disorders of childhood, ageing and psychological disorders.

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 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 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
Literature ReviewPsychological disorders50%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Literature ReviewPsychological disorders50%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

Core Reading(s)

  • n.d. (2017). E. Rieger (Ed.), Abnormal psychology : leading researcher perspectives (4th edition.). Sydney [New South Wales]: McGraw-Hill Education Australia. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1032376684

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

    Abnormal Psychology
  • Unit Code

    PSY3343
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr James Patrick MCCUE

Description

This unit provides an overview of two main areas relating to abnormal psychology: the causes of psychopathology and the treatment strategies that have been developed to assist clients with psychological problems. To this end, the unit focuses on both experimental and clinical findings to understand and treat psychopathology.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from PSY1101

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PSY4207

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply legislative frameworks to topics related to abnormal psychology.
  2. Recognise and classify characteristics of the major psychopathologies.
  3. Describe the aetiology of common major psychopathologies.
  4. Evaluate the ethics and behaviour associated with diagnosing major psychopathologies.
  5. Evaluate some of the primary clinical methodologies to treat psychopathologies.

Unit Content

  1. Legal and ethical issues, and the Australian Psychological Society Code of Ethics as they pertain to identification and treatment of psychopathologies.
  2. Historical, scientific, and research considerations underlying the classification and diagnosis of psychopathologies (e.g., anxiety disorders, reactions to stress, and somatic and dissociative disorders) and psychotic disorders.
  3. Life-span developmental disorders, including disorders of childhood and ageing.
  4. Clinical assessment and primary treatment methodologies of psychopathologies.
  5. Life-span developmental disorders, including disorders of childhood, ageing and psychological disorders.

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 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 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
Literature ReviewPsychological disorders50%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Literature ReviewPsychological disorders50%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

Core Reading(s)

  • n.d. (2017). E. Rieger (Ed.), Abnormal psychology : leading researcher perspectives (4th edition.). Sydney [New South Wales]: McGraw-Hill Education Australia. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1032376684

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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