Course outline

At one stage psychology research was all about running rats through mazes to see how they learned and how they reacted. Irreverent psych students coined the term "Rats and Stats" to describe the subject. Psychology has become a little more varied since then, but if you look at the right sidebar of our blog, you'll see some videos of rat experiments. Kindly treated rats, fortunately.
At one stage psychology research was all about running rats through mazes to see how they learned and how they reacted. Irreverent psych students coined the term “Rats and Stats” to describe the subject. Psychology has become a little more varied since then, but if you look at the right sidebar of our blog, you’ll see some videos of rat experiments. Kindly treated rats, fortunately.

YEAR 10 PSYCHOLOGY

AREAS OF STUDY

1. Psychology as a Science / Research Methods

  • What is psychology and what do psychologists do? (introduction)

  • Psychology in the news….

2. The Scientific Method

  • Psychological research methods

  • Types of psychological research methods

  • Ethics in research

3. Sports Psychology

  • What is Sports Psychology?

  • Motivation

  • Goal-setting

  • Self-confidence and sporting performance

  • Arousal and sporting performance

  • Mental skills for peak performance

4. Forensic Psychology

  • What is Forensic Psychology?

  • Dangerousness

  • Stalkers and stalking

  • Criminal profiling

  • Forensic Psychology in the courtroom

  • Psychology of eyewitness testimony

5. What is Clinical Psychology?

  • What is clinical psychology?

  • Psychological assessment

  • Diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders

Assessment tasks will include:

  • Empirical Research Assignments

  • Multimedia presentation

  • Topic tests

  • Evaluation of research design

  • Essays

  • Extended responses

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *