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Unit 1 – How are Behaviour and Mental Processes Shaped?
Focus:
In this unit students examine the complex nature of psychological development, including situations where psychological development may not occur as expected. They also investigate the structure and functioning of the human brain and the role it plays in mental processes and behaviour, and explore brain plasticity and the influence that brain damage may have on a person’s psychological functioning.
Assessment Tasks:
practical/experimental reports
media responses
textbook questions
research poster.
Other:
Textbook as listed on the college booklist.
Unit 2 – How Do Internal and External Factors Influence Behaviour and Mental Processes?
Focus:
In this unit students evaluate the role social cognition plays person’s attitudes, perception of themselves and relationships with others. Students also examine the contribution that classical and contemporary research has made to the understandings of human perception and why individuals and groups behave in specific ways.
Assessment Tasks:
Student-directed practical investigation,
practical/experimental reports
media responses
textbook questions.
Unit 3 – How Does Experience Affect Behaviour and Mental Processes?
Focus:
In this unit students investigate the contribution that classical and contemporary research has made to the understanding the functioning of the nervous system and to the understanding of biological, psychological and social factors that influence learning and memory.
Assessment Tasks:
Case studies
Data analysis
Evaluating Practical Activities
Media Analysis.
Unit 4 – How Is Wellbeing Developed and Maintained?
Focus:
In this unit students explore the demand for sleep and the influences of sleep on mental wellbeing. Students consider ways in which mental wellbeing may be defined and conceptualised, including social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) as a multidimensional and holistic framework to wellbeing. A student-designed scientific investigation involving the generation of primary data related to mental processes and mental wellbeing is undertaken in either Unit 3 or Unit 4, or across both Units 3 and 4, and is assessed in Unit 4 Outcome 3.
Assessment Tasks:
Case studies
Data analysis
Evaluating
Practical Activities
Media Analysis.
Scientific Investigation
Other:
Practice Exam: $7
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