PSY1105 Psychological Skills B (FOSCI)

Units 0.0 (Psychology) Band 1

Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in the following Program: BPSH

Synopsis

Students will build upon those skills assessed in Semester 1. With respect to psychological research skills this course applies the observational skills examined in Semester 1 to the experimental domain. As such students need to be able to run an experiment, test participants, record, score and analyse obtained data. With respect to professional skills development, questioning styles based on the range of therapeutic modalities will be introduced to develop students' awareness of the technical skills required to stimulate individual change (Module 1). In the second module, students will be challenged to develop awareness of differential diagnosis and evidence based treatment. Work Integrated Learning continues with site visits which allows students the opportunities to examine the contexts in which psychologists work.