Understanding People and Behaviour (11399.1)

Please note these are the 2025 details for this unit
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Understanding People and Behaviour
Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
View teaching periods Flexible
On-campus
Online real-time
 Bruce, Canberra
UC College, Bruce, ACT
EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3 Faculty Of Health
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
Discipline Of Psychology Level 1 - Undergraduate Introductory Unit Band 1 2021 (Pg Clinical Psychology)
Band 2 2021 (Prof Pathway Psychology-After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 2 2021 (Prof Pathway Psychology-Before 1 Jan 2021)
Band 2 2021 (Standard Course Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905)
Band 4 2021 (Standard Course Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
This unit will introduce students to the science of psychology and its applications. Specifically, employing psychological science to understand differences in how people think and behave in a range of real world situations faced by professionals during placements and post-university. This unit is applicable to students from a range of disciplines, such as health, psychology, business, law, science, technology, design and the arts. Through a series of case studies you will be introduced to a range of theories to understand people and behaviour.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Analyse and select major theories and research in psychology;
2. Interpret theories and concepts to explain why people behave as they do in a range of situations; and
3. Apply this knowledge in practical exercises and in written assessment.


Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology


Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

4309 Psychology 101

Assumed knowledge

None.
Availability for enrolment in 2025 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
2024 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 05 February 2024 Flexible Dr Lean O'Brien
2024 Bruce, Canberra Winter Term 27 May 2024 Flexible Miss Annaleise Naylor
2025 UC College, Bruce, ACT Semester 1 03 February 2025 On-campus Miss Rebecca Mete
2025 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 03 February 2025 Online real-time Dr Petra Buergelt
2025 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 03 February 2025 On-campus Dr Petra Buergelt
2025 Bruce, Canberra Winter Term 26 May 2025 On-campus Miss Annaleise Naylor
2025 Bruce, Canberra Winter Term 26 May 2025 Online real-time Miss Annaleise Naylor
The information provided should be used as a guide only. Timetables may not be finalised until week 2 of the teaching period and are subject to change. Search for the unit timetable.

Required texts

The prescribed textbook is a customised version of Introduction to Psychology-Australian edition: A Top Hat Interactive Text,

Reference: Altman, M., Jacobi, L., Beston, B., Brown, K., Burton, E.T., Carducci, B., Darlaston-Jones, D., Dudgeon, P.,Hummel, J., Lukowski, A., Poplock, S., Slonecker, E., Swisher, M., VanArsdall, J., Vervaeke, J., & Wehe, H. (2021). Introduction to Psychology-Australian edition: A Top Hat Interactive Text. Top Hat Monocle. 

The textbook has been customised for unit 11399 and contains only the readings relevant to this course. Please note, this textbook is also prescribed for Foundations of Psychology (10444) in Semester 2. If you plan to take this unit, you can choose to purchase the year access option which will give you access to the textbook for the whole year rather than only for the current term. 

How do you get the book?
1. Click on this link: https://app.tophat.com/e/805471 or search by Join Code: 805471

2. Sign-up for a Top Hat online account ($14.00 or $27.00 for year-long access)

3. Follow the prompts to access the textbook ($63.00 - this covers lifetime access to this text so you will have it after the unit and your Top Hat account finish)

If you need any assistance with setting up your account or downloading your interactive text, please see these Support Articles to help:

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Should you require assistance with Top Hat at any time, please contact their Support Team directly by way of email (ausupport@tophat.com), by phone at 1800 847 966, or through the in-app Support button.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

In order to pass this unit, the quizzes, short answer assessment, and the final exam must be submitted for evaluation, plus overall students need to achieve a mark of at least 50% for this unit. 

If you receive a mark in excess of 50% for this unit, but have not completed the compulsory assessment items, you will fail this unit.

 
EXTENSIONS  
 
Please read this information BEFORE contacting your Unit Convener for an extension.
 
1. Assignment extensions will only be granted in exceptional circumstances beyond the student's control.  No extensions are available for quizzes , except under extreme conditions (e.g. operations, serious extended illness during the period that the quiz is available).
2. Students are expected to work on the assessment items throughout the teaching period. Early communication of problems is strongly advised. Students should assess early in the teaching period whether they have a reasonable likelihood of being able to complete the unit and should consider withdrawing by the census date, if required. 
 
3. All requests will require documentary evidence (e.g., a medical certificate) and must be submitted to the unit convener. An extension will not be granted on the grounds of academic or employment workload, for undocumented issues or for technical problems.
 
4. To request an extension, email the convenor with "Extension request" in the subject line and include:
a. The Extension Request form which can be found on UCLearn (or at )
b. Appropriate attached documentary evidence.
 
5. The unit convener will consider your request, determine the length of the extension to be granted and email you advising whether your request is approved or declined. If approved, the new due date will also appear on your UCLearn site where your assignment is submitted.
 
6. Penalties for late submission (without an approved extension) of assessed work will be applied.
Marks will be deducted at the rate of 10% of the value of the assessment item per day it is overdue (including weekends). For example, if an assignment is worth 30 marks, 3 marks will be deducted each day. Submissions received more than 3 days after the prescribed date and time will not be accepted for marking, a mark of zero (0) will be awarded for the item.
 
7. Assignments submitted after the due date, regardless of whether an extension was granted, will be returned at a later date than those submitted on time. 
 
8. Assignment submissions will not be accepted once the university examination period has commenced unless an extension has been granted in writing before the end of the teaching period. Such extensions will be granted only in exceptional circumstances. 
 

Additional Information on Plagiarism

Re-using your own work (from previous semesters or other units) constitutes plagiarism. 

 

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and 麻豆村 of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Participation requirements

Students are expected to attend live sessions or listen to recordings for all lectures and tutorials. When attending and participating in lectures and tutorials, it is expected that students be mindful of others' rights to teach/learn, be respectful of staff and fellow students by having mobile phones switched off or to silent mode, and that personal/private conversations be conducted outside the classroom environment.

Required IT skills

Students are expected to have basic IT skills in order to navigate UCLearn. Regular access to UCLearn is a requirement for students enrolled in this unit to enable access to announcements, discussion forums, completion of online quizzes and for online submission of assignments. It is also expected that all students will have basic word processing skills. 

For Students enrolled in the Online Tutorials  

The online tutorials involve using the Blackboard Collaborate tool. Blackboard Collaborate provides a virtual classroom or meeting room where you can communicate in real time with your lecturer and other students. To participate verbally, rather than just typing, you will need a microphone. For best audio quality we recommend a microphone and speaker headset. For more information and to test your computer, please visit the LearnOnline Student Help and click on the link to Blackboard Collaborate.Students.

The online tutorials will be accessable via the UCLearn Virtual Room  - Lecture 1 will show you how to do this.   

In-unit costs

The EBook for this unit is NOT available from The School Locker - please refer to section 4a of this unit outline

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

Additional information

Announcements made via lectures and/or Canvas are deemed to have been made to the whole group.

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