Overview
Culture shapes how psychologists reflect, reason, interpret evidence and apply their knowledge in practice. In this unit, you will examine the relationships between culture and human behaviour, with particular attention to cross-cultural psychology and Indigenous Australian psychology. You will explore how cultural, historical, social and economic factors influence psychological theory, research, assessment and practice, and why psychological evidence must be interpreted critically in relation to context, diversity and bias. Drawing on cross-cultural, Indigenous Australian and critical psychology perspectives, you will analyse key theories, research methods, and multiple Indigenous ontologies, epistemologies and axiologies, and consider their implications for psychological knowledge and practice. The Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) framework will provide a key lens for understanding the wellbeing of Indigenous Australian peoples. Through engagement with contemporary evidence and real-world diversity and inclusion scenarios, you will critically evaluate psychological research, reflect on your own assumptions and biases, and develop a reflexive, culturally responsive approach to the application of psychological knowledge.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
96 credit points in CC43, CF59, CL51, CL55, CM62, CC13, CG85, CG93 or CA10, OR admission to CC10 and completion of PSYC11010.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2027
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Academic Progression Policy and Procedure
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
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 Student Unit Evaluation
Clearer marking rubric including examples of successful assignments.
Simplify marking rubrics by including clearer criteria and excluding any requirements that are not taught in the unit (e.g., philosophical stances).
Feedback from Student Unit Evaluation and In Class Feedback
Change the time of assessment due dates to allow students to include feedback from prior assessments into the next.
Review assessment dates so that feedback provided can be implemented by students in their subsequent assessment pieces.
Feedback from Student Unit Evaluation and In Class Feedback
Change the Unit's delivery format.
Replace the weekly 3-hour live sessions with pre-recorded lectures and provide weekly Zoom tutorials.