Developing Persons in Social Worlds

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

Estimated total time commitment for this subject is 120 hours.

No prerequisites are required for this subject

No corequisites are required for this subject

Prior coursework in at least two Level 2 psychology subjects, including Developmental Psychology, is recommended. Level 2 psychology subjects are: Biological Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, and Personality & Social Psychology.

512380 Personal and Social Development 3

512305 Developing Persons in Social Worlds

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards of Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.

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This subject invites students to examine how people develop in their social worlds. It is an advanced subject of contemporary life-span developmental psychology. The focus is on how people of all ages interact with their social environments. Person by environment interactions involve responding to social demands and taking initiatives. They are important for people's pathways through life. Students will carry out a case study of a young adult's experience of personal development.

The subject aims to:

• think ciritcally about theoretical and empirical issues in developmental psychology
• understand the contributions to human development made by social and personal factors
• conduct, analyse and report empirical investigations of people's developmental experiences

Written work of 2000 words (40%) to be submitted during semester. An examination of no more than two hours (60%) to be completed at the end of semester during the specified university examination period.

Each piece of assessment must be completed (hurdle requirement).

Attendance of at least 80% of the laboratory classes is a hurdle requierment. In case of failure to meet the hurdle requirement, additional work will be required before a passing grade can be awarded.

No prescribed text. A reading pack will be made available.

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Biomedicine
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Environments
• Bachelor of Music

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

Students will be given appropriate opportunity and educational support to develop skills in:

• their self management of learning, and problem solving related to analysing and integrating material from a variety of sources (written, computerised, verbal, practical)
• acquiring and applying advanced data collection and data management activities