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PSYC1101 Psychology: Mind and Brain SEM-1 2019 Unit information Unit Code

PSYC1101

Title

Psychology: Mind and Brain

Level

1

Faculty

Science

School

Psychological Science

Unit Coordinator

Dr Jason Bell

Credit points

6 points

Academic information Content

This unit introduces students to the broad scope of psychology, with a particular emphasis on the brain and how it relates to basic learning processes, memory, thinking and perception. It provides an overview of those central topics and the links between them. The unit is taught through a coordinated series of lectures and laboratory tutorials and makes use of online materials.

Unit Learning

How outcome

Outcomes

will be # Outcome

assessed

1 understand the nature of some important psychological processes, how they exam, are measured, and their relation to brain function 2 understand the basic principles of psychological measurement and experimental design 3 collect and describe data relevant to psychological questions and draw

participation assignment, participation assignment

appropriate inferences from such data 4 write research reports relevant to psychological issues in the format appropriate for psychological science (American Psychological Association

assignment, participation

style) 5 understand and use the language of psychology appropriately

exam, assignment, participation

Indicative

# Assessment

Indicative weighting Failed component

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Assessment

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1 assignments 33% 2 participation 17% 3 examination 50% The indicative assessment structure provides an overview of how this unit is typically assessed. In order to fit teaching requirements, this may change slightly from year to year. The Required Assessments table below shows how the unit is being assessed in this specific teaching period.

Supplementary Please refer to required assessments below. assessment statement

Contact details Unit Coordinator Contact Information Name

Dr Jason Bell

Email

[email protected]

Phone number

6488 3231

Room number or

2.13 Main Psychological Science Building

location Consultation

Monday 11am - 12pm

information NB. Assessment extensions cannot be granted by Unit Coordinators. See "Special Considerations" below.

Unit information Welcome to first year Psychology (PSYC1101 and 1102). Regardless of whether you are simply curious about psychology or are already familiar with it, we will provide you with a well-structured introduction to this remarkable discipline, which we hope will leave you with a lasting fascination.

We introduce you to some of the major issues and discoveries of modern psychology. These range from the study of perceptual systems, through the mechanisms of learning and memory, to considerations of the genetic and environmental contributions to intelligence, and the study of abnormal psychological conditions. We also introduce you to the principal empirical methods in psychology and the research skills necessary for conducting and understanding psychological science.

Lecture Capture System https://lms.uwa.edu.au/bbcswebdav/institution/Unit%20Outlines%20…cience/PSYC1101_SEM-1_2019/PSYC1101_SEM-1_2019_UnitOutline.html

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Lectures are on Monday and Wednesday, at 10:00am-10:45am in the Octagon Lecture Theatre- these run all semester. Lectures are recorded for later viewing. You may attend in person and/or watch them on your computer (see Lecture Capture in LMS). Whichever suits you best! Lectures can also be downloaded as Podcasts. Instructions on how to do this are provided in the Lecture Capture area of LMS Recordings are typically available within a few hours of the live lecture being given, and can be accessed through the LMS.

Teaching and Learning Strategy Four Learning Components: This unit involves four central learning components: lectures, laboratories, reading, and experimental participation. Each component is designed to complement (not duplicate) the others. LECTURES guide you through the major topics and deal with some of the more difficult conceptual issues. You attend two 45-minute lectures per week. Lectures are on Monday and Wednesday, at 10:00am-10:45am in the Octagon Lecture Theatre- these run all semester. Lectures are recorded for later viewing. You may attend in person and/or watch them on your computer (see Lecture Capture in LMS). Whichever suits you best! Lectures can also be downloaded as Podcasts. Instructions on how to do this are provided in the Lecture Capture area of LMS LABORATORIES introduce you to the major empirical approaches in psychological science, and will provide a forum for discussion (guided by your tutor). You MUST attend all six 1 hr and 45min laboratory meetings.

th of February 5:00pm of Week 1. You

Remember to enrol in a laboratory group before Wednesday 27

enrol electronically, using the CAS system. You may change your laboratory allocation to another

th of March (end of Week 3). If you change

class with available seats up until 5pm on Friday the 15

your allocation you MUST inform your new tutor about your attendance at previous labs and who your tutor was, otherwise your participation mark may be affected. You MUST remain in the same laboratory group throughout the semester.

READINGS are an essential too. The textbook has been chosen because of its intellectual standard, its coverage of the material, and because it considers other topics that we cannot cover in the lectures. Readings for this unit will not only include the assigned text book but also supplementary articles provided on LMS, as well as textbooks and periodicals available from the library. RESEARCH PARTICIPATION is fundamental to psychological knowledge and learning psychological techniques. In time you may be involved in conducting research with human participants so, to give you firsthand experience of participating in research, we will make available opportunities to participate in the experiments conducted by other students and psychology staff

LMS Quizzes: Throughout the semester there are online quizzes available on LMS. https://lms.uwa.edu.au/bbcswebdav/institution/Unit%20Outlines%20…cience/PSYC1101_SEM-1_2019/PSYC1101_SEM-1_2019_UnitOutline.html

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Completion of each of these quizzes is will help consolidate the material in the readings. Quizzes must be completed by 5pm Friday of the weeks listed in the Unit Schedule, the quizzes can be in the Quizzes section on LMS. The quizzes will open and close automatically. Once the due date has expired, quizzes will no longer be available and you will receive no marks for quizzes that are missed. Remember, you will be covering the quiz content in the associated lab meetings. If you’ve done them a) you will get more out of the lab, b) you will earn your quiz credits, and c) you will be able to earn a better participation mark for that lab.

RESEARCH PARTICIPATION is fundamental to psychological knowledge and learning psychological techniques. In time you may be involved in conducting research with human participants so, to give you firsthand experience of participating in research, we will make available opportunities to participate in the experiments conducted by other students and psychology staff.

Unit Structure [Note the number and duration of classes, activities, or field trips, and any non-teaching weeks. Describe the structure of the unit and its activities in more detail. Provide a link to the CAS page.]

Required Assessments # Assessment item

Weighting Unit learning outcome

Submission Procedure

Deadline

1

Examination

50%

1, 5

Exam Period

Exam Period

2

Lab Report (1500 words)

33%

2, 3, 4, 5

Turnitin through LMS

April 30, 11:45pm

3

Participation

17%

1, 2, 4, 5

Ongoing and numerous

Throughout Semester

Unit Schedule Date Wk# Starting

Monday Lecture

Wednesday Lab Meeting (on Lecture campus- ASSESSED)

2

04/03/19

NO LECTURE: WA DAY

Critical Thinking Critical Thinking

3

11/03/19

Learning

Learning

Learning

NO LECTURE: PROSH

1

25/02/19

4

18/03/19

5

25/03/19

6

Introduction

Genes & Genes & Behaviour Behaviour Psychology & Psychology &

1. Intro Lab

Online Lab Passer LMS Quiz (internet onlyCh (ASSESSED) NOT assessed) 1. Introduction to Ch 1 Psychology CH 1 & 2: Intro Ch 2 to Psych Ch 7 Ch 7: Learning

2. Psych & the Brain 2. How to Write a + Research Lab Report Experiment 3. Learning 4. Brain &

How to Write a Lab Report Ch 3 Ch 4

Ch 3: Genes & Behaviour Ch 4: Brain &

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7 8 9

10

11 12

the Brain Psychology & 08/04/19 the Brain Cognition

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the Brain Cognition

Behaviour 3. Lab Report

Cognition

5. Memory

Perception

Perception

4. Cognition

Perception

Emotion, Motivation & Arousal

5. Perception

Emotion, Motivation & Arousal

Emotion, Motivation & Arousal

Consciousness Consciousness

Behaviour

Ch 5

6. Sensation & Perception 6. Learning & Lab Report Feedback

Ch 8 Ch 8: Memory Ch 5: Sensation & Perception

Ch 11: Ch 11 Motivation & Emotion Ch 6: Ch 6 Consciousness

Participation 1. Laboratory Participation Marks (6%): The tutor of your allocated laboratory class will award up to 6% of your final mark (up to 1% per lab) for your active participation in the 6 laboratory meetings. Attendance at laboratory meetings alone is insufficient to earn full participation marks. To earn high marks, you must consistently contribute to discussions and activities during the laboratories. You are required to attend all on campus lab meetings. Students are not permitted to swap between different laboratory classes without express written permission from the laboratory coordinator. Students may only swap into a different class ONCE a semester and only into a laboratory class that is not full. Swaps can be arranged the following site: http://uwa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_262joalYS75LYyx (https://webapps.psychology.uwa.edu.au/tuteswap) In the event that all possible classes are full, the student needing to change into a full class must find another student in that class to swap with for that week. Both students must then approach the laboratory coordinator for written permission that must be presented to their usual tutor and the tutor of the class they are visiting. Students arriving at a laboratory class without this written permission will be turned away.

2. LMS Quizzes (5%): Throughout the semester there are online quizzes found on LMS. Completion of each of these quizzes is worth a total of 5% of your unit grade and is based on the independent-learning material listed in the Unit Schedule table above. (The first quiz is worth 1% and the remainder are worth .5%.) Quizzes must be completed by 5pm Friday of the weeks listed in the Unit Schedule table. The quizzes will open and close automatically. Once the due date has expired, quizzes will no longer be available and you will receive no marks for quizzes that are missed.

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3. Experimental Participation (6%): The School of Psychological Science is continually conducting experimental research, much of which relies on human participants. As students of psychology, we want you to learn about psychology by experiencing what it is like to be a participant in a range of different research studies. You may earn up to 6% of your final marks by collecting experimental credits, which translates to approximately five (5) hours of experimental participation across the semester. You can find experiments by clicking on the link in the in the Research Participation section on LMS, or by going directly to http://uwapsychology.sona-systems.com/ (http://uwapsychology.sona-systems.com/). You sign-up on-line for the experiments in which you wish to participate. Please note that we will accept experimental credits for PSYC1101 until close of business on the last working day (Friday) of the semester. At this time a copy of all credit points earned will be made and your mark calculated. Your “Credits Earned” total will be reset to 0 but you will still be able to see your history of participation. However, if for any reason you do not wish to participate in experiments, you may instead choose to submit a 1000 word essay on experimental methods to earn this 6% component of your final mark. You must inform the unit co-ordinator, Jason Bell, by the end of Week 2 of Semester 1 if you wish to choose the essay option.

Academic conduct requirements You must complete an online module which introduces you to the basic issues of ethical scholarship and the expectations of correct academic conduct that the university has of its students. The unit is called Academic Conduct Essentials, or ACE for short, and is available through your LMS account (http://LMS.uwa.edu.au (http://webct.uwa.edu.au/)). You are automatically enrolled in ACE. You must complete the ACE module within the first 10 weeks of your enrolment. To pass ACE you need to obtain a minimum of 80% in the quiz at the end of PSYC1101. You can attempt the quiz as many times as necessary to pass. Your Academic Transcript will indicate to employers that they have passed or failed to complete “Academic Conduct Essentials”. Students new to the university environment are often unaware of the complexity of correct academic practices. The ACE unit is designed to illustrate that, even with the best intentions, it is possible inadvertently to find yourself committing academic misconduct. Becoming familiar with expectations as early as possible in your academic career will be beneficial as you progress through your studies.

Moderation of marks Marks may be moderated by the UC in order to ensure equity of grading across markers and pieces of assessment, as per the University policy #11.4.4. (http://www.governance.uwa.edu.au/procedures/policies/policies-and-procedures?

method=document&id=UP15/5 (http://www.governance.uwa.edu.au/procedures/policies/policies-andprocedures?method=document&id=UP15/5))

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Hard copy Passer, M.W., & Smith, R.E. (2018). Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour (Australian ed.). 3rd edition. North Ryde, NSW: McGraw-Hill. ebook As an alternative (cheaper) to above, students may choose to purchase the ebook of the Passer text: https://www.mheducation.com.au/9781760422820-aus-ebook-psychology-the-science-of-mind-and-behaviour Note that some copies of Passer (3rd ed.) are available in the UWA library on closed reserve. The library advises that students who want to borrow a reserve copy can book the copy for a particular time.

Other Useful Texts Stanovich, K. E. (2012). How to think straight about psychology. Boston USA, Pearson. Williams, J.M. (2006). Style: the basics of clarity and grace. New York USA, Longman. O’Shea, R., McKenzie, W., & Moss, S. (2012). Writing for Psychology. Melbourne, Australia: Cengage Learning Australia.

Late submission of Assignments A penalty of 10 per cent of the total mark allocated for the assessment item is deducted per day for the first 7 days (including weekends and public holidays) a"er which the assignment is not accepted. Each 24-hour block is recorded from the time the assignment is due. For example, if an assignment is late by three days and was given 45 out of a possible mark of 50, you would receive a mark of 30 out of 50 (a mark of 5 is deducted per day). If there are a number of tasks within an assessment item, the late penalty may be applied to the whole assessment item a"er all tasks have been completed. If an assignment is graded Pass/Fail, failure to submit the assignment in time may result in the student not being permitted to take the final exam at the end of the semester or a teaching period and being unable to progress to the next level of the course or to graduate in the case where it is the final unit of the course;

Penalty for exceeding word limit Where a submitted assignment exceeds the word limit, a penalty of 1 per cent of the total mark allocated for the assessment task applies for each 1 per cent in excess of the word limit, or the marking ceases once the word limit is reached.

Academic conduct Academic Integrity is defined in the University Policy on Academic Conduct (http://www.governance.uwa.edu.au/procedures/policies/policies-and-procedures?policy=UP07%2F21) as "acting with the values of honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility in learning, teaching and research". UWA expects the

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highest degree of academic conduct from all students. Penalties for breach of academic conduct vary according to seriousness of the case, and may include the requirement to do further work or repeat work; deduction of marks; the award of zero marks for the assessment; failure of one or more units; suspension from a course of study; exclusion from the University; non-conferral of a degree, diploma or other award to which the student would otherwise have been entitled. Students should familiarise themselves with the information and resources available regarding academic conduct and ethical scholarship (http://www.student.uwa.edu.au/learning/resources/ace/conduct) at UWA.

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