Course Title: Applied Psychology Topics
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Applied Psychology Topics
Credit Points: 12.00
Important Information:
Please check your Canvas course shell closer to when the course starts to see if this course requires mandatory in-person attendance. The delivery method of the course might have to change quickly in response to changes in the local state/national directive regarding in-person course attendance.
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
BESC1407 |
Bundoora Campus |
Undergraduate |
150H Health Sciences |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 2 2006, Sem 1 2007, Sem 2 2008, Sem 2 2009, Sem 2 2010, Sem 2 2011, Sem 1 2012, Sem 2 2012, Sem 2 2013, Sem 2 2014, Sem 2 2015, Sem 2 2016 |
BESC1407 |
Bundoora Campus |
Undergraduate |
173H School of Health and Biomed |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 2 2017, Sem 2 2018, Sem 2 2019, Sem 2 2020, Sem 2 2021, Sem 2 2022 |
BESC1408 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
173H School of Health and Biomed |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 2 2019, Sem 2 2020, Sem 2 2021, Sem 2 2022 |
BESC1410 |
Bundoora Campus |
Postgraduate |
150H Health Sciences |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 2 2006, Sem 1 2007, Sem 2 2008, Sem 2 2009, Sem 2 2010, Sem 2 2011, Sem 1 2012, Sem 2 2012, Sem 2 2013, Sem 2 2014, Sem 2 2015, Sem 2 2016 |
BESC1544 |
RMIT University Vietnam |
Undergraduate |
173H School of Health and Biomed |
Face-to-Face |
Viet3 2021 |
Course Coordinator: Dr Robin Laycock
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 7400
Course Coordinator Email: robin.laycock@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 202.04.035-3
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None.
Course Description
The course applied psychology topics provides you with an opportunity to investigate psychology components associated with health, exercise and sport. The health psychology component examines the nature of health psychology, its biopsychosocial approach and its relationship with behavioural health care. It will examine topical social issues such as stress, eating problems, substance abuse, and exercise and also examine issues of interest in professional psychology such as treatment adherence, the nature and management of pain and psychological contributions to management of chronic health problems. The exercise and sport psychology components examine personality and motivation; stress and arousal; substance abuse in sport; psychological factors in preventing and managing sports injury; exercise and psychological well-being; and exercise behaviour and adherence.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
This course contributes to the development of the following Program Learning Outcomes for BP154 Bachelor of Applied Science (Psychology):
- PLO 3: Applies knowledge to diagnose and solve problems in a wide range of diverse situations, with an ability to work independently or with others and incorporate the analysis of evidence based scientific literature to solve psychological problems.
- PLO 4: Engage in dialogue with a diverse range of people and communicate in a broad range of forms (written, electronic, graphic, oral) to meet the circumstances of the situation and the capabilities of the audience.
- PLO 6: develop collaborative partnerships with colleagues, other professionals and the community that build on the capacity of others and develop open and flexible relationships that adapt to evolving needs and aspirations.
On successful completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Recognise the concept of health and the related field of health psychology; apply these concepts in every-day life and in the practice of clinical psychology.
- Review major research findings in health psychology, and an appreciation of the difficulties in arriving at firm conclusions about relationships between health outcomes and particular behaviours.
- Critically analyse knowledge construction in sports and exercise psychology.
- Recognise the impact of individual differences on sports and exercise behaviour.
- Analyse the social environment of the sport/exercise domain
- Demonstrate an understanding of good communication skills in health and sport/exercise domains.
Overview of Learning Activities
This course will be delivered in an online environment. Your learning associated with this course will take the form of online lectures and tutorials consisting of virtual classroom discussions. The weekly lectures provide an opportunity to overview relevant knowledge and acquire an understanding of the underlying theoretical and conceptual framework. Classroom discussions enable you to gain an understanding of the relationship between the research design used and what can be asserted from the findings in terms of causal relationships.
The assessment associated with this course will comprise of formative and summative elements. It consists of weekly tasks, and written assessments.
These assessments may include use of online technology and are designed to require students to demonstrate a critical analysis of the core principles presented in the course.
Assessment completed in the first half of the semester will provide feedback on your progress. Ongoing feedback on your skills will be provided.
Overview of Learning Resources
The learning resources associated with this course will predominantly include the recommended textbook, but may comprise of targeted readings involving a range of primary and secondary sources. Selected material may be digitally available to you. RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.
Overview of Assessment
This course has no hurdle requirements.
Assessment Tasks
Early Assessment Task: Course content quizzes
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1-9
Assessment Task 2: Communication Skills
Weighting 35%
This assessment task supports CLO 10
Assessment Task 3: Applications of Health and Exercise/Sport Psychology
Weighting 45%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1-9