PSYC335-18W (C) Whole Year 2018

Abnormal Psychology

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2018
End Date: Sunday, 18 November 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 4 March 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 9 September 2018

Description

An introductory course in abnormal psychology covering both the traditional and modern approaches to the field.

This is an introductory course in abnormal psychology. The main emphasis of this course is on current views, perspectives, and research in this field. Because this is an introductory course, lectures will largely consist of broad overviews of various psychological disorder concepts and selected specific problem areas.  

Abnormal Psychology draws upon most basic areas of psychological knowledge (e.g., social, developmental, physiological, cognitive, learning theory). Course readings and lectures will attempt to apply knowledge from these areas to the understanding of psychopathology.

PSYC335 Abnormal Psychology is a prerequisite course for the Postgraduate Clinical Psychology Programme.

Learning Outcomes

1) Provide students with a basic understanding of the various theoretical views on the concept of abnormality in psychology.
2) Provide students with an introduction to classes of abnormal phenomena.  In the context of this introduction, specific problem areas or forms of psychopathology will be highlighted.  
3) Review basic research and empirical findings associated with the specific problem areas or various forms of psychopathology.  
4) Sensitize students to differences in the conceptualisation of abnormality or psychopathology among persons from diverse ethnic, demographic, and socio-economic backgrounds.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Prerequisites

Recommended Preparation

Lecturer

Martin Dorahy

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Test No. 1 25%
Test No. 2 25%
Essay 30%
Lab Assignment 20%

Textbooks / Resources

Mash, E. J., & Wolfe, D. A. (2016).  Abnormal child psychology. (7th Ed). Cengage Learning.

Course links

Library portal

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,668.00

International fee $7,575.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing .

All PSYC335 Occurrences

  • PSYC335-18W (C) Whole Year 2018