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PSY2104 Psychological Skills C

Semester 1, 2022 Online
Units : 1
Faculty or Section : Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences
School or Department : School of Psychology and Wellbeing
Grading basis : Graded
Course fee schedule : /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules

Staffing

Examiner:

Requisites

Pre-requisite: PSY1105

Overview

This is the third course in the professional preparation program. Students will continue to develop capabilities in research and professional skills. Successful completion of this course will assist students in meeting the foundational and pre-professional graduate competencies for the psychology profession.

This course deals with the fundamental issues of research and professional skills. With respect to psychological research skills, this course centres on development of skills typical of a competent research assistant. With respect to professional skills development, this course focuses on developing foundation skills in the administration and interpretation of psychological assessments and reflective practice.

Course learning outcomes

On successful completion of this course students should be able to:

  1. describe different experimental research designs and identify the appropriate analysis technique to answer research questions;
  2. develop and apply data collection skills to ethically collect, enter, and score quantitative experimental data;
  3. analyse quantitative data and be able to interpret the output of statistical techniques such as One-Way ANOVA;
  4. write the method section of an APA Style research report to explain the methods used in a psychological experiment;
  5. ethically administer a range of psychological assessments associated with cognition and psychosocial functioning;
  6. appropriately interpret the results of a range of psychological assessments associated with cognition and psychosocial functioning.
  7. critically reflect on their psychological assessment skills.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. Research Skills
Advanced Experimental and Correlation Designs - I
Conducting Experimental Research in Psychology – Testing participants in an experiment, and recording, and scoring data
Conducting Statistical Analyses and Interpreting Output – Descriptive and inferential statistics
Creating APA Style Figures and Tables
Writing Research Reports – Methods
50.00
2. Professional Skills
Ethical administration of psychological assessments
Interpreting the findings of psychological assessments
Critically reflecting on psychological assessment skills
50.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

Jhangiani, R. S., Cuttler, C., & Leighton, D. C 2019, Research Methods in Psychology, 4th edn.
(Retrieved from .)
Open-Source Software for Windows and Mac Users – JASP - (Instructions on how to download the software will be provided on ¾«¶«´«Ã½appDesk).

Student workload expectations

To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.

Assessment details

Approach Type Description Group
Assessment
Weighting (%) Course learning outcomes
Assignments Practical Demonstration No 35 5,6
Assignments Written Reflection (personal/clinical) No 15 7
Assignments Practical Demonstration A1 of 2 No 10 2
Assignments Practical Demonstration A2 of 2 No 40 1,3,4
Date printed 10 February 2023