Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Julia Irwin
Contact via julia.irwin@mq.edu.au
C3A 506
Monday 10-11
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
6cp at 200 level including PSY236(P)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
PSY222 or PSY248
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit examines how people and animals learn, and how their behaviours change as a result of the process. The lectures cover some of the more important principles with a strong emphasis on applications to everyday life. These applications include: the principles underlying behaviour and motivation (stimulus control, reinforcement, punishment and extinction); goal setting; motor skill acquisition; decision making; risk taking; social learning; and avoidance behaviours. The practical component of the unit allows students to apply these principles to their own behaviour in a self-regulation program conducted throughout the semester, and to gain first-hand experience with the basic principles of changing behaviour which are fundamental to many areas of psychological practice.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Self-control project outline | 5% | 25-03-2014 |
Mid-Session Test | 30% | 28-04-2014 |
Report | 35% | 20-05-2014 |
End of Session Test | 30% | 10-06-2014 |
Due: 25-03-2014
Weighting: 5%
Written task: not to exceed 500 words outlining startegies to be used in self-control project.
Due: 28-04-2014
Weighting: 30%
Multiple choice + short answer questions on topics covered in first half of session
Due: 20-05-2014
Weighting: 35%
Maximum of 8 pages describing a self-control program that was undertaken during the semester
Due: 10-06-2014
Weighting: 30%
Multiple choice + short answer questions based on topics covered n the second half of the unit.
Lectures
There will be one 2-hour lecture (Tuesday 2-4) + one 1-hour (Wednesday 5-6) per week, given each week of the Session - unless advised otherwise. All lecture material is examinable (either in the midsession exam or in the final exam). Recordings of lectures will be made available via Echo. You can download the lecture recording from the iLearn page for the unit. Pdfs of the lecture slides are made available from iLearn website.
Practicals
There are five 2-hour practicals associated with this unit. Every student will attend one two-hour practical as scheduled. Practicals begin in week 2 of session.
All practical material is assessable either in the assignment or in the final exam.
Recommended Text and other Resources
The required textbook for this unit is Mazur, J.E. (2014) Learning and Behavior (7th International edition). Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall. Earlier editions will suffice.
Watson, l. Tharp, R.G. (2007). Self-directed behavior: self modification for personal adjustment ((th edition). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning is recommended as a supplementary textbook
Supplementary Readings
For lecture topics not covered by Mazur, additional readings will be recommended
Unit web Page
You can access the online materials for this unit via iLearn. Announcements will be available once you have logged in. You can link to lecture recordings from the web page as well as download the overheads for each lecture.
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Tuesday 2-4 E7B T5 |
Wednesday 5-6 W5AT2 |
Practicals F9A 164 |
Week 1 |
Administrative matters Self Control
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NO LECTURE |
No Prac classes |
Week 2 |
Self Control |
Stimulus Control |
Design a Self Control Programme. |
Week 3 |
Stimulus Control Reinforcement |
Reinforcement |
No Prac classes |
Week 4 |
Adjunctive behaviours Extinction |
Extinction |
Harry- use of operant procedures in treatment of self-abuse. |
Week 5 |
Choice |
Decision Making |
No Prac classes
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Week 6 |
Decision Making Risk taking
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Risk taking
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Self-Control – theories of behaviour change. |
MID SESSION RECESS 12th APRIL – 27th APRIL |
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Week 7 |
Mid Session Test Location TBA |
Motor Skills
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No Prac classes |
Week 8 |
Motor Skills / Punishment |
Punishment |
Motor Skill Learning |
Week 9 |
Avoidance Learning |
Avoidance Learning |
No Prac classes |
Week 10 |
Learned Helplessness |
Social Learning
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Design a Social Marketing Campaign. |
Week 11 |
Social Learning Biological constraints |
Biological constraints |
No Prac classes |
Week 12 |
Phobias |
Phobias |
No Prac classes |
Week 13 |
Final Session Test Location TBA |
No lecture |
No Prac classes |
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