Transferable Skills in Psychology
UndergraduateTAS-PSY1112025
Learn how to find and use trustworthy research. With a focus on psychological research, you’ll explore best practice in research design, methods, and ethics. In addition to locating information, you’ll learn how to summarise and communicate it.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- No ATAR needed, No prior study
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Start dates
- 24 Feb 2025
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Transferable Skills in Psychology
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Describe the major principles that govern ethical research involving diverse populations.
- Apply information literacy skills to locate and retrieve high-quality information sources relevant to a research topic.
- Identify fundamental research methods and primary variables in psychological research studies from written and verbal descriptions.
- Summarise and communicate conceptual and quantitative information using a style and language appropriate for defined audiences.
- History of Psychology
- Information literacy
- Writing with integrity
- The research process
- Scientific method
- Research methods
- Descriptive statistics
- Presenting data
- Psychology in culture
- Psychology and the media
- Ethical reasoning
In today’s information-rich world it is essential to be able to interpret and critically evaluate empirical and popular reports of psychological research, as well as research findings more broadly. We need to be able to recognise the characteristics of valid research, to understand what distinguishes trustworthy reporting from biased and misleading reporting, and to communicate the findings from psychological and other research in a clear, accessible and unbiased way.
In this subject you will explore foundational concepts of research methods, research design and research ethics that will help you interpret and critically evaluate psychological research. You will learn how to use library and web resources to locate relevant, reliable and valid evidence about psychological findings and theories. You will also learn skills to help you summarise conceptual and numerical information in a clear, concise and accessible manner for a range of audiences. The skills gained in this subject are powerful and readily transferable to many of today’s workplaces and they provide a solid foundation for further study in psychology.
- Practical Exercises (5 x 3%) (15%)
- Final Exam (30%)
- Research Participation and Reflection (10%)
- Written Assignment (45%)
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Entry requirements
No entry requirements
Additional requirements
- Software requirements - Jamovi statistical software version 1.1.9 : Free download from https://www.jamovi.org/
- Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: 1 x 2-hour online lecture modules weekly, 1 x 2-hour practical class weekly, 6 hours self-directed study weekly
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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