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Abnormal Psychology

Undergraduate | SWI-PSY30010 | 2019

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Straddle a range of abnormal and dysfunctional human behaviours. Read up on key mental disorders. Tackle stress, anxiety, schizophrenia and eating disorders. Study individual cases. Examine psychologists’ resources, diagnoses and treatments.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
Subject may require attendance
Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
13 weeks

HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available

Abnormal Psychology

About this subject

  • Students who successfully complete this subject will be able to:

    • Compare and critique the ways in which human behaviours have been identified as 'abnormal' or dysfunctional;
    • Compare the features of major systems of classification of mental disorders, and explain how they are applied to individual cases;
    • Critically review the major features of a multi-dimensional approach to understanding mental disorders (biological, sociocultural and psychological);
    • Describe and characterise the phenomenology and aetiology of major classes of mental disorders, such as anxiety disorders, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, eating disorders and addictive behaviours, personality disorders and developmental disorders.

Entry requirements

Prior study

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Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • SWI-PSS330B (Not currently available)

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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Student feedback

17 student respondents between 17 July - 17 July 2023.

94%of students felt the study load was manageable

100%of students felt this subject helped them gain relevant skills

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