Handbook

This course is compulsory for students undertaking an honours year in psychology. It complements PSYC4103 Psychology 4B as part of the coursework requirement of the Honours Program in Psychology. PSYC4093 has a core component and an elective stream. The core component is taken by all students and comprises a weekly two hour lecture (Weeks 1-10) and a one hour tutorial (Weeks 1-10). Each elective stream consists of a weekly two hour seminar (Weeks 1-9; see Section 3. Course Timetable). Students are allocated to one of seven different seminar streams.

PSYC4093 Psychology 4A Core component:

The core component includes (i) ethical issues for psychologists, and (ii) history and systems of psychology. The ethics section of the course deals with the principles of ethical conduct by psychologists and places emphasis on ethical issues in professional practice. It provides students with an understanding and familiarity with the regulatory and legislative framework pertaining to the practice of professional psychology. Some attention will be given to ethical issues in research. The history and systems section of the course provides an historical introduction to some of the enduring conceptual issues in psychology. Its aim is to clarify contemporary treatments of these issues by considering their past.

PSYC4093 Psychology 4A Elective streams:

• The replication crisis in psychological science (Dr Chris Donkin)
• Of mice and (wo)men: Putting gender on the agenda in neuroscience research (Dr Bronwyn Graham)
• How does the brain encode, store and retrieve memories? (Dr Vincent Laurent)
• Welcome to the neuropsychology clinic: What brain damage reveals about the social brain (Prof Skye McDonald)
• Recent advances in neuroscience (Prof Gavan McNally)
• Cognition, emotion, and individual differences (Dr Steve Most)
• The psychology of environmental decisions (Prof Ben Newell)