In this unit you will be introduced to the concept of psychological literacy, which explores the use of psychological science to help solve problems faced by humans in their everyday lives. Psychological literacy encapsulates the graduate attributes that you will acquire through completing an undergraduate degree in psychology, including discipline knowledge, acting ethically, understanding and fostering respect for diversity, problem solving skills, communicating effectively, and being insightful and reflective about one’s own and others’ behaviour. Thus, in this unit, you will develop your psychological literacy by learning how to take the primary principles, theories and knowledge you have learned in PSYC11010 and apply these to a range of real-world contexts at a personal, professional, and societal level.

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from Deputy Dean (Learning and Teaching)

The weekly quizzes (Assessment 1) in this unit are outside of university assessment policy, which stipulates that summative assessment due dates must not occur before the last day of enrolment (i.e., Friday of Week 2). Weekly quizzes should also not overlap with other assessment due dates in the unit.

Restructure Assessment 1 (quizzes) to align with university policy, ensuring none are due prior to the enrolment deadline. Review and adjust assessment due dates to ensure there are no overlapping due dates.

Feedback from Student feedback

Students indicated that they enjoy the variety of lecture content.

Continue to introduce a variety of lecture topics each week to maintain student engagement and interest and provide diverse perspectives on the applied topics in psychology.

Feedback from SUTE qualitative feedback

Students were uncertain as to how the weekly content was relevant to the written assessment and oral presentation assessment tasks, which involved developing and communicating an evidence-based solution to a real-world problem.

Introduce into tutorials a demonstration of the 'Problem - Solution - Impact' structure through an example relevant to each week's content. This approach should help clarify how the lectures, which present applied topics in psychology, enact the problem-solving process they are being asked to use in these assessments as they involve applying psychology research and theory to real-world issues and topics.