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512-421 Assessment and Professional Skills | |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Assoc Prof Jeanette Lawrence |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | On average 3 hours a week |
Subject Description | This subject is taught in two units. Professional skills: Students will be introduced to communication and counselling skills such as active listening, assertion, negotiation and conflict resolution. Students will also study the application of assessment and counselling skills to psychological problems plus different approaches to psychological assessment. Professional development and ethics: Students will study professional development in psychology in relation to ethical principles and models that can be used to guide psychological research and practice. Codes of professional conduct and the role of psychologists as professional and ethical problem solvers will also be analysed. |
Assessment | Professional skills: 1500 word essay (50%) Professional development and ethics: 1500 word take-home assignment with a number of questions involving either short answers or short essays (50%). |
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