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Unit Synopsis
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
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 3 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2027
Term 1 - 2027 Profile
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).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
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This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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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.
Source: Unit coordinator reflections.
The current assessment tasks could be adapted to better enable students to understand how theory and evidence in cultural reflexivity and responsiveness can be applied to real-world scenarios.
Assessments will be reviewed to better fit with the unit's pedagogical needs and learning outcomes, and to better reflect real-world situations.
Assessments were redesigned, asking students to reflect on real-world situations.
Source: Student feedback and unit coordinator reflections.
There were concerns about the clarity of aspects of the assessment instructions and consistency in wording across assessment materials.
The review of assessment tasks will include reviewing the assessment information and marking rubrics to ensure clarity and consistency across all documents.
Marking rubrics were changed to provide clarity and consistency. Words used in the marking rubric were also adopted in the Unit Profile and Assessment Briefing.
Source: Student feedback.
Some students felt a disconnection between the content of the live sessions and the content of the pre-recorded lectures.
Review the unit schedule, particularly the pre-recorded and live session content, to create a better sense of continuity and flow.
Weekly 3-hour live sessions delivering content replaced pre-recorded sessions.
Source: 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).
In Progress
Source: 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.
In Progress
Source: 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.
In Progress
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