PY3102 - Social Psychology in Everyday Life
Credit points: |
3 |
Year: |
2021 |
Student Contribution Band: |
Band
1
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Administered by: |
College of Healthcare Sciences |
Social psychology is concerned with the broader social contexts of behaviour and how
interactions with others influence constructions and understandings of self, others
and social reality. While the level of analysis is often the individual, theories
and research take into account ongoing transactions with social and environmental
settings and contexts and individual and collective sense making and representations.
The subject attempts to provide a historical and contemporary overview of social psychology
and to examine more closely a number of recurrent theoretical, methodological and
ethical issues which social psychologists have addressed. Time is spent on classic
social psychological theory and research in the areas of attitudinal change, social
influence, person perception and group dynamics, as well as on applications of social
psychology with respect to the psychology of difference (prejudice, cultural difference,
gender difference) and behaviour change in the domains of politics, health, marketing
and the environment. Social psychology has a particular interest in the way other
people influence thoughts, feelings and actions and the nature and importance of the
social environment in information processing. Hence the subject considers and contextualises
past and current ways of framing attitudes, beliefs and values and attribution and
social inference, in the context of current models of social cognition and social
representations. Finally, social psychology has made a substantial investment in the
development of measures and methodologies for researching attitudes, group processes,
social cognition and intervention effectiveness; an ongoing critical discussion of
these methods is an integral part of the subject.
Learning Outcomes
- examine some of the main issues and phenomena studied by social psychologists;
- critically evaluate substantive issues of theory and method in social psychology;
- discuss and explore selected social issues and social problems;
- examine areas of applied social psychology;
- relate the study of social psychology to other areas of psychology.
Subject Assessment
- Written > Examination (centrally administered) - (40%) - Individual
- 15% critical review; 15% presentation - (30%) - Individual
- Written > Lab/Practical report - (30%) - Individual.
Special Assessment Requirements
Passing requirements: complete and submit all assessment items; achieve a cumulative
score of at least 50% after the application of any penalties such as late penalties.
Assumed Knowledge:
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To undertake this subject, students must have successfully completed 12 credit points
(four subjects) of level 1 study at tertiary level
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Prerequisites: |
PY1101 OR PY1102 |
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:
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PY3095 |
Availabilities
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Townsville,
Internal,
Study Period 1
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Census Date 25-Mar-2021 |
Coordinator: |
Assoc. Professor Nerina Caltabiano |
Lecturers:
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Dr Hollie Baxter, Assoc. Professor Nerina Caltabiano. |
Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this
3
credit point subject is approximately
130 hours.
- 24 hours pre-recorded content/lectures
- 12 hours online tutorials
- assessment and self-directed study
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Cairns,
Internal,
Study Period 1
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Census Date 25-Mar-2021 |
Coord/Lect: |
Assoc. Professor Nerina Caltabiano. |
Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this
3
credit point subject is approximately
130 hours.
- 24 hours pre-recorded content/lectures
- 12 hours online tutorials
- assessment and self-directed study
|
|
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JCU Singapore,
Internal,
Study Period 52
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Census Date 05-Aug-2021 |
Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this
3
credit point subject is approximately
130 hours.
- 12 hours tutorials
- 10 hours online interactive lectures
- 16 hours pre-recorded content/lectures
- assessment and self-directed study
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Note:
Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process,
and in case
of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest
official information.