Details for Principles of Psychology

Awards offering Principles of Psychology

This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:

• Graduate Certificate in Arts
• Graduate Certificate in Wellbeing Studies
• Graduate Diploma in Arts
• Graduate Diploma in Leadership
• Graduate Diploma of Applied Social Science
• Master of Arts
• Master of Leadership

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Develop advanced critical thinking skills in the discipline of psychology;
2. Compare and contrast the main theories and streams of contemporary psychology;
3. Reflect critically on the integration of psychological concepts and your own worldview.

Subject Content

• Developmental Psychology: Developing through the lifespan
• Cognitive Psychology: Sensation and perception; learning & memory; thinking, language, and intelligence
• Biological Psychology and Neuroscience
• Clinical Psychology: Personality
• Abnormal Psychology: Psychological disorders
• Social Psychology
• Health Psychology: Stress, Health and Human Flourishing
• Psychology and theology
• Onsite (face-to-face)
• Online (e-Learning)
• Intensives
• Psychology and culture

This course may be offered in the following formats

• Onsite (face-to-face)
• Online (e-Learning)
• Intensives

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

• Exam (20%)
• Major Essay (50%)
• Critical Reflection (30%)

Prescribed Text

• Weiten, W. (2021). Psychology: Themes and variations (11th ed). Thomson/Wadsworth.

Please consult your instructor prior to purchasing any texts.