PSYC121 Subject Outline - Autumn 2020 - adjusted for online learning PDF

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Faculty of Social Sciences School of Psychology

Subject Outline PSYC121 Foundations of Psychology – A Autumn 2020 Remote Delivery Weeks 4 – 13* Credit Points:

6

Pre-requisites:

none

Co-requisites:

none

Restrictions:

none

Contact Hours:

35

*All Revisions and changes have been approved by the Head of School and Associate Dean Education

Table of Contents Section A: Subject Information.............................................................................................................................................................. 2 Subject Contacts................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 Subject Details................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Subject Description........................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Subject Learning Outcomes........................................................................................................................................................... 4 ELearning, Readings, References and Materials................................................................................................................................ 4 Lectures & Tutorials......................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Lecture & Tutorial Times............................................................................................................................................................... 5 Minimum Attendance Requirements.............................................................................................................................................. 5 Lecture Schedule............................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Section B: Assessment........................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Assessment Tasks............................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Assessment 1................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Assessment 2................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Assessment 3................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Assessment 4................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Submission and Return of Assessments........................................................................................................................................... 12 General Assessment Information...................................................................................................................................................... 14 Section C: General Advice for Students............................................................................................................................................... 15 Student Support................................................................................................................................................................................ 15 Policies and Guidelines.................................................................................................................................................................... 16

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Section A: Subject Information

SUBJECT CONTACTS

Subject Coordinator Name

Mark Allen

Telephone

Ext: 1911

Email

[email protected]

Room

41.141

Consultation Times

Thursday’s 8.00am – 12.00pm (no appointment necessary – just turn up)

Lecturers Name

Amy Chan

Telephone

Ext: 4468

Email

[email protected]

Room

41.G46

Consultation Times

TBA

Name

Mark Schira

Telephone

Ext: 2501

Email

[email protected]

Room

41.G48

Consultation Times

TBA

Name

Emma Barkus

Telephone

Ext: 8134

Email

[email protected]

Room

41.143

Consultation Times

TBA

Name

Peter Leeson

Telephone

Ext: 3715

Email

[email protected]

Room

41.142

Consultation Times

TBA

Head Tutor

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Name

Sophie Russell

Email

[email protected]

Room

21.110

Consultation Times

By email appointment

Tutors

Name

Diarmuid Hurley

Email

[email protected]

Room

21.110

Consultation Times

By email appointment

Name

Kelly Tow

Email

[email protected]

Room

41.125

Consultation Times

By email appointment

Name

Emilie Hauser

Email

[email protected]

Room

TBC

Consultation Times

By email appointment

Name

Heather Gan

Email

[email protected]

Room

21.110

Consultation Times

By email appointment

Name

Saniya Singh

Email

[email protected]

Room

21.110

Consultation Times

By email appointment

Name

Jessica Mills

Email

[email protected]

Room

41.G21

Consultation Times

By email appointment

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SUBJECT D ETAILS ELEARNING, READINGS, REFERENCES AND MATERIALS

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Subject Description Subject Learning Outcomes Major Text Recommended Readings References

All the above details remain unchanged – please refer to your Subject Outline issued in week one of Autumn Session Subject eLearning The University uses the eLearning system Moodle to support all coursework subjects. The subject Moodle site can be accessed via the eLearning link in SOLs. SOLs can be accessed from this page: https://www.uow.edu.au/student/index.html You can find guidelines to eLearning here https://www.uow.edu.au/student/learningcoop/index.html

Additional Requirements / Materials to be Purchased Tutorial material will be made available on Moodle and students are expected to print out the handouts and bring them to the tutorial.

Subject Outline Version Control Version history and subject improvements 14th edition

Dr. Mark Allen, School of Psychology, UOW

(version 2)

Change: assessment 1 takes place in new week 4 (via Moodle)

2020

Change: assessment 2 due one week later than previously (now due 15th May) Change: final exam 1.5 hours and completed through Moodle (open book exam) Change: in class presentation assessment changed to video presentation (submitted via OneDrive) Change: tutorials after Week 4 to take place via Moodle live (video) chat Change: all lectures after Week 4 pre-recorded and available through Moodle

Approval

Professor Peter Caputi

Associate Professor Julie Kiggins

__________________________ Head of School

__________________________ Associate Dean Education

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AUTUMN SESSION SCHED ULE WEEKS 4-13

Autumn Session Week Beginning

Lecture 1

Lecture 2

Week 1 2 March

Introduction to PSYC121 (Mark Allen)

Introduction to library services (Sophie Russell)

Week 2 9 March

Science & Psychology 1 (Sam Moreton)

Science & Psychology 2 (Sam Moreton)

Overview of PSYC121

Week 3 16 March

Emotion & Motivation 1 (Mark Allen)

Emotion & Motivation 2 (Mark Allen)

Essay writing

23 March – 3 April

Tutorial*

Tasks Due

Mid-Session Recess

Week 4 6 April

Biological psychology 1 (lecture online)

Biological psychology 2 (lecture online)

Week 5 13 April

Research Week (no lecture)

Research Week (no lecture)

Week 6 20 April

Biological psychology 3 (lecture online)

Biological psychology 4 (lecture online)

Outline of assessment 2; Referencing

Week 7 27 April

Stress, coping & health 1 (lecture online)

Stress, coping & health 2 (lecture online)

Checking sources

Week 8 4 May

Personality 1 (lecture online)

Personality 2 (lecture online)

Measurement in psychology

Week 9 11 May

Personality 3 (lecture online)

Personality 4 (lecture online)

Journal articles

Week 10 18 May

Human development 1 (lecture online)

Human development 2 (lecture online)

Research designs in psychology

Week 11 25 May

Human development 3 (lecture online)

Human development 4 (lecture online)

Assessment 3

Week 12 1 June

Consciousness 1 (lecture online)

Consciousness 2 (lecture online)

Week 13 8 June

Review & exam preparation (lecture online)

Week 14 15 June

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Assessment 1

Assessment 1 completed at 7.00pm 08/04/2020

Research Week (no tutorial)

Assessment 2 due 5.00pm 15/05/2020

Assessment 3 due 5.00pm 29/05/2020

Pathways in psychology

Assessment 4

Assessment 4 7.00pm 16/06/2020

*Remote access to online tutorials From Week 4 onwards, tutorials will move to remote access. This can be found on Moodle under ‘virtual tutorials’. Students are need attend their tutorial via video conference, and will be expected to complete the weekly handout prior to class (and to submit through Moodle). Students should complete the tutorial handout prior to their tutorial time and then log in to live chat with their tutor at their designated tutorial time. In order to have ‘attended’ their tutorial, students must submit the worksheets and log into the live chat during their allocated tutorial hours. Students are still expected to attend at least 80% of tutorials.

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Section B: Assessment ASSESSMENT TASKS Minimum Performance Requirements All assessment tasks must be submitted. To achieve a passing grade in the subject students must achieve a total mark of 50% or over. Students who do not meet the minimum performance requirements (i.e. complete all assessment tasks) will be given a TF (Technical Fail) grade on their Academic Transcript. Where Professional Experience is attached to a subject students must pass/satisfactorily complete both the coursework and the professional experience to pass this subject. Students will be required to repeat both the coursework and the professional experience if they fail the subject. See the General Course Rules at http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/generalcourserules/index.html See also the Code of Practice – Student Professional Experience at http://www.uow.edu.au/about/policy/UOW058662.html

Requirements Related to Student Contributions Group assignments are typically assessed as a group product, usually with the same mark allocated to each group member. However, the subject co-ordinator reserves the right to allocate individual marks for students for an assessment task when necessary (for example, in cases where contributions of group members have been unequal).

Referencing The Harvard referencing system is used in the School of Geography & Sustainable Communities and the School of Health & Society. The APA referencing system is used in the School of Education and the School of Psychology. These are also known as author-date systems due to the order of the information presented. Failure to document adequately and fully is to ignore scholarly rules – and run the risk of plagiarism. Please consult the UOW library website for further information: https://www.uow.edu.au/student/learning-co-op/referencing-and-citing/

Academic Integrity The University’s policy on acknowledgement practice and plagiarism provides detailed information about how to acknowledge the work of others: http://www.uow.edu.au/about/policy/UOW058648.html The University’s Academic Integrity Policy, Faculty Handbooks and subject guides clearly set out the University’s expectation that students submit only their own original work for assessment and avoid plagiarising the work of others or cheating. Re-using any of your own work (either in part or in full), which you have submitted previously for assessment, is not permitted without appropriate acknowledgement or without the explicit permission of the Subject Coordinator. Plagiarism can be detected and has led to students being expelled from the University. The use by students of any website that provides access to essays or other assessment items (sometimes marketed as ‘resources’), is extremely unwise. Students who provide an assessment item (or provide access to an assessment item) to others, either directly or indirectly (for example by uploading an assessment item to a website) are considered by the University to be intentionally or recklessly helping other students to cheat. Uploading an assessment task, subject outline or other course materials without express permission of the university is considered academic misconduct and students place themselves at risk of being expelled from the University.

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Assessment 1 Due Date

Week 4 - 7.00pm 8th April 2020

Description

Quiz

Weighting

10% of the final grade

Format / Length / Duration

Online quiz / 20 multiple choice questions / 20 minutes

Assessment Criteria

The questions will cover material covered in Weeks 2 and 3

Subject Learning Outcomes Assessed

1, 2, & 3

Method of Submission

This 20 minute quiz must be completed in Moodle between 7.00pm and 8.00pm on Wednesday 8th April

Assessment 2 Due Date

Week 9 – 5.00pm 15th May 2020

Description

Essay

Weighting

20% of final grade

Format / Length / Duration

Essay 1500 words

Assessment Criteria

1) Demonstrate understanding of psychological theory, 2) interpret correctly research findings from psychology, 3) cite relevant journal articles, and 4) presentation, organisation and grammar. Details on Moodle.

Subject Learning Outcomes Assessed

1, 2, 3, & 4 This task is to be submitted on Moodle via Turnitin.

Method of Submission

This assessment task has been set up to be checked by Turnitin, a tool for checking if it has unreferenced content. You can submit your assessment task to Turnitin prior to the due date and Turnitin will give you an originality report. You can then make any changes that may be required and re-submit you final version by the due date.

Assessment 3 Due Date

Week 11 – 5.00pm 29th May 2020

Description

Video presentation

Weighting Format / Length / Duration

15% of final grade

Assessment Criteria

Subject Learning

6 minute video presentation In this presentation students are required to present the main findings of a published investigation in psychology, including methods, design and main findings. Students are also required to read into the area to provide a brief background of the topic area and how the findings of the study can be used in the real world. Students will be allocated an article in their tutorials by their tutor. 2, 3, & 5

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Outcomes Assessed

Method of Submission

The video presentation is to be submitted to tutors via personal OneDrive accounts. Everyone with a student email has access to their own personal OneDrive through uowmail. The student must upload their file and then share the link with their tutor through the tutors email address. https://www.uow.edu.au/student/learning-co-op/technology-andsoftware/office365/

Assessment 4 Due Date

Week 14 – 16th June 2020 – 7.00pm

Description

Enf od session test

Weighting

50% of final grade

Format / Length / Duration

1.0 hour exam. 100 multiple choice questions (speed run!)

Assessment Criteria

For multiple choice questions there is one mark per question (no negative scoring for incorrect answers). The questions cover the content covered in the lectures and weekly readings.

Subject Learning Outcomes Assessed

1, 2, & 3

Method of Submission

This 1 hour exam will be completed through Moodle

Assessment 5 Due Date

Must be completed before the end of week 13

Description

Research Participation

Weighting

5% of final grade

Format / Length / Duration

Up to 3 hours of research participation We invite students to participate in research projects currently being conducted within the School of Psychology here at UOW. In recognition of your contribution you can earn up to 5 marks towards your subject by participating in research.

Assessment Criteria

Up to 5% of course credit will be awarded for research participation (0.5% for each ½ hour of online participation). Note: If insufficient research is available this sem...