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Department of Psychology
Unit Index 2010/11

Below is a list of units offered by the Department of Psychology in 2010/11. Follow the links to view individual unit descriptions. Units are sorted by level and then by period slot. To find a specific unit code or title please use your browser's find on page function.


# Certificate level units (e.g. units coded PS1*)
# Honours level units (e.g. units coded PS2*)
# Intermediate level units (e.g. units coded PS3*)
# Masters level units (e.g. units coded PS5*)



Level: Certificate

Academic Year

PS10086 Mind and behaviour 12 Credits
PS10087 Psychology laboratory 1 12 Credits
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Semester 1

PS10105 Controversies in Psychology 1 6 Credits
PS10121 Applying psychology 6 Credits
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Semester 2

PS10088 Quantitative methods 1 6 Credits
PS10089 Controversies in Psychology 2 6 Credits
PS10120 Representations of childhood and youth 6 Credits
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Level: Intermediate

Academic Year

PS20028 Psychology placement 60 Credits
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Semester 1

PS20093 Quantitative methods 2 6 Credits
PS20108 Cognitive psychology 6 Credits
PS20109 Social psychology: traditional and critical approaches 6 Credits
PS20124 Research methods and design 6 Credits
PS20126 Clinical interventions in childhood and youth 6 Credits
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Semester 2

PS20104 Personality 6 Credits
PS20106 Biological psychology 6 Credits
PS20107 Developmental psychology 6 Credits
PS20125 Research project 6 Credits
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Level: Honours

Academic Year

PS30094 Psychology dissertation 18 Credits
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Semester 1

PS30014 History of psychology 6 Credits
PS30015 Economic & environmental psychology 6 Credits
PS30018 Mind & social being 6 Credits
PS30101 Psychology of pain 6 Credits
PS30102 Traffic and transport psychology 6 Credits
PS30103 Attitudes and social cognition 6 Credits
PS30115 Contemporary educational psychology 6 Credits
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Semester 2

PS30083 Stress, immunity & health 6 Credits
PS30085 Cognitive neuropsychology 6 Credits
PS30100 Children and technology 6 Credits
PS30110 Psychology of risk 6 Credits
PS30113 Developmental disorders 6 Credits
PS30116 Cyberpsychology 6 Credits
PS30122 Clinical psychology 6 Credits
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Level: Masters

Dissertation period

PS50051 Health psychology placement 6 Credits
PS50055 Health Psychology dissertation 30 Credits
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Semester 1

PS50029 Introduction to issues in health and health beliefs 6 Credits
PS50030 Biopsychosocial mechanisms in health 6 Credits
PS50031 Health communications and context 6 Credits
PS50032 Managing ill health 6 Credits
PS50065 Multivariate statistics for use in health contexts 1 3 Credits
PS50066 Multivariate statistics for use in health contexts 2 3 Credits
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Semester 2

PS50033 Advanced research design in health 6 Credits
PS50034 Health psychology in practice 12 Credits
PS50081 Extended essay in health psychology 6 Credits
PS50112 Advanced statistics for use in health contexts 6 Credits
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