1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

attitudes and attitude change;
person perception;
social cognition;
attribution;
social Influence;
conformity/compliance/obedience;
stereotypes and prejudice;
social identity;
group behaviour;
decision making;
interpersonal attraction;
personal relationships;
prosocial behaviour;
aggression;
gender roles;
psychology and law;
organisational psychology;
environmental psychology;
political psychology.
Recommended reading
McKnight, J. & Sutton, J. Social Psychology. Sydney, Prentice
Ha11,1994
Vaughan, G and Hogg, M. Social Psychology. Sydney, Prentice
Ha11.1994
sears, D.O., Peplau, L.A. & Taylors, S.E., Social Psychology (7th
Edition). Englewood Cliff. N.J., 1991
LSY3OO The Psychology of Personality
3 hours per week Lilydale Prerequisite: LSY200, LSY201,
LSY202, SM278L Assessment: one individual research
project report, one final examination
A stage 3 subject in the Bachelor of Social Science which
also may be taken in the Bachelor of Business and the
Bachelor of Applied Science.
0 b jedives
To develop students' understanding of major theories of
personality and how selected concepts from these theories
are applied in areas such as counselling psychology,
organisational psychology and sports psychology.
Content
The concept of personality;
four major perspectives of the psychology of
personality;
the contributions of S. Freud - psychoanalysis;
recent developments in psychodynamic theory;
dispositional accounts of personality;
the contributions of Cattell and Eysenck;
assessing personality dispositions - constructing self
report inventories;
the 'Big Five' model of personality;
behavioural accounts - the contribution of Skinner;
cognitive accounts of personality - the contributions of
Bandura and Mischel;
applications of cognitive concepts - Beck;
phenomenological accounts - the contributions of
Rogers and Kelly;
existential ideas in personality theory
assessment of personality.
Recommended reading
Lieben, R. M., & Spiegler, M. D.) Personality: Strategies and Issues
7th ed., Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole,l994
Mischel, W. Introduction to Personality 5th ed., New York:
Harcoun Brace Jovanovich,l993
Hjelle, L.A., & Ziegler, D.J., Personality Theories 3rd Edition,
New York, McGraw Hill
LSY3Ol Psychological Measurement
3 hours per week Lilydale Prerequistite: LSY300, SM78L
Assessment: to be advised
A stage 3 subject in the Bachelor of Social Science which
also may be taken in the Bachelor of Business and the
Bachelor of Applied Science.
0 biedives
To Instruct students in the foundation principles of
psychological assessment, including the bases of
psychological tests.
Content
concepts of psychological assessment and psychological
tests;
the legal and professional framework of psychological
assessment and testing;
test theory;
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the construction of assessment and testing procedures
and instruments;
the concept of reliability-methods of demonstrating
reliability; , .
the concept of validity-methods of demonstrating
validity;
comparative norms and their importance in assessment;
score transformations;
selected applications of assessment procedures-abilities,
interests, personality;
social issues and psychological assessment-equity,
opportunity, discrimination.
Recommended reading
Murphy, K. R., & Davidshofer, C. 0 . Psychological Testing:
Principles and Applications 3rd edn, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,
Prentice Ha11,1993
Tallent, N. The Practice of Psychological Assessment. Englewood
Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Ha11,1992
LSY302 Psychological Foundations of
Counselling
3 hours per week Lilydale Prerequistite: LSY300
Assessment: final examination evaluation of interview
A stage 3 subject in the Bachelor of Social Science which
also may be taken in the Bachelor of Business and the
Bachelor of Applied Science.
Objectives
To introduce students to the basic theory of
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