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Level 5
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20 Credits
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0.1667 EFTS
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Course duration: 16 weeks
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Workload - Approximately 13 hours per week
This online course will give you an introduction to the fields of psychology that consider how the individual operates and is part of different social contexts.
It emphasises the importance of recognising culture, including indigenous cultures and especially Māori culture, as a significant social context for understanding the meaning of human behaviour.
For more information watch the course introduction video below.
Social and individual factors like personality, emotion, motivation, as well as social, cognitive and human development are key aspects influencing our behaviour within social contexts. The dynamic influence of others on behaviour are addressed through topics such as:
- prejudice
- interpersonal attraction
- altruism
- aggression
- social influence and attitudes.
This course complements 73195 General & Applied Psychology, which teaches the remaining introductory psychology topics.
Learn more about 73195 General & Applied Psychology
Topics covered
Topics covered include:
- cross-cultural and indigenous psychologies; An Aotearoa / New Zealand perspective
- motivation
- emotion
- personality
- physical, cognitive and social development
- health, stress and coping
- psychological disorders
- psychological treatments
- attitudes and stereotypes
- interpersonal relationships.
Assessment
Assessment for this course is:
- 60% internally assessed
- 40% examination.
For more information about exams, including a full list of exam times see our examinations page.
Exam dates and venue information
Textbooks
No textbooks are needed for this course.
How to enrol
Before enrolling in this course you need to:
- choose the qualification you will study the course under
- check the order that courses in the qualification should be studied in the Qualification Structure table. This is in the Choose courses and apply tab on the qualification page.