Brain and Behaviour
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- Hawthorn On-campus: 36 hours face-to-face Hawthorn Online/OUA: 13 hours Swinburne Online: 12 hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
2023 teaching periods
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 2 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Aims and objectives
1. Explain the general methods of investigation employed in psychological research, and show an appreciation of the main issues in research ethics
2. Explain key concepts from major content areas in psychology. These include: biological underpinnings of psychology; sensory processes, perception, and consciousness; motivation, emotion, health, and abnormal psychology
3. Locate, organise and integrate information from various sources concerning topics and problems relating to psychology
4. Communicate in a logical and clear manner the results of investigating a topic or problems relating to psychology
5. Apply psychological theories, methods, and data to explain everyday experiences and behaviours
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Live Online Lecture | 2 | 12 | 24 |
On-campus Class | 1 | 12 | 12 |
Online Learning activities | 2 | 12 | 24 |
Unspecified Activities Independent learning | 7.5 | 12 | 90 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Swinburne Online
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Live Online Class | 1 | 12 | 12 |
Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 11.5 | 12 | 138 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Examination | Individual | 40% | 2, 5 |
Assignment 1 (Part A * and Part B) | Individual | 35% (Part A 5%; Part B 30%) | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
Assignment 2 | Individual | 25% | 1, 3, 4 |
* Assignment Part A provides students with automated feedback as low-stakes assessment.
Content
- Sensation and perception
- Biological aspects of psychology
- Consciousness
- Motivation and emotion
- Neuropsychology
- Health and abnormal psychology
- Graduate Attribute 2 (Communication 2 - Communicating using different media)
- Graduate Attribute 5 (Digital Literacies 1 - Information literacy)
Study resources
- Reading materials.