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This course will introduce postgraduate students to psychological perspectives to tackling large scale social issues such as climate change and sustainability. Topics will include methods, theories, research and approaches towards positive social and environmental change. Theories and concepts discussed will cover a range of micro- and macro-level factors that influence behaviour (change) and decision making, such as emotions, social norms, culture, context and situation, world views, risk perception, nudging, misinformation and evidence communication.
The objectives of the course are to: 1. Describe how psychological theory and methods can be used to help solve social and environmental problems and understand barriers and levers for behaviour change;2. Assess the strengths and limitations of the major psychological approaches and theories for addressing social issues; 3. Identify gaps in the current state of scientific research and evidence; 4. Design an empirical study to inform a social or environmental problem using principles and theories from the course (identify a knowledge gap, formulate research question, conduct literature review, describe study design, hypotheses and analysis methods, discuss predicted results);5. Learn to present other people’s research in a clear and succinct way;6. Learn to present your own research idea in a clear way (orally and written)
Subject to approval of Head of Department. RP: PSYC341, PSYC374, PSYC382.
PSYC341, PSYC374, PSYC382
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Claudia Schneider
There are no required textbooks for this course. Assigned readings for classes will be provided online via LEARN.
Domestic fee $1,286.00
International Postgraduate fees
* 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.
Maximum enrolment is 26
For further information see School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing .