Psyc122

FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY B, 2021

WEEK 2, TUTORIAL 1
Your Tutor
PSYC122: FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY B

Name
Email
Contact Hours

When to Contact?
• When you have a question about tutorial work or assessments and have
already asked your via the drop-in sessions
• If you require any additional feedback or remarking of an assignment
Subject Coordinators
PSYC122: FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY B

DR STEWART VELLA
• stvella@uow.edu.au
DR SAM MORETON
• smoreton@uow.edu.au

WHEN TO CONTACT?
• Academic Consideration requests
– absences, illness, etc
• Reasonable Adjustments
Some other things
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• Academic Consideration applications via UoW

webpage
https://www.uow.edu.au/student/central/academiccons
ideration/index.html
• Eligible circumstances – medical, compassionate or extenuating
• Non-eligible – clashes with work or recreational activities, family
commitments, computer failures, transport issue, moving house,
etc.
• Check your SOLs email regularly
• Late penalties for submission of assignments – 5% per
day
Key Learning Outcomes
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LEARNING OUTCOMES
• Describe, explain, and apply broad-based knowledge of
key concepts, issues and psychological theories
covered in this subject
• TOPICS: Sports Psyc, Social Psyc, Learning, Cognition,
Perception, Abnormal Psyc
• Critically evaluate research issues and methods
relevant to writing a psychological research article
Important Information
PSYC122: FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY B

ALL CLASSES ONLINE UNTIL 28 AUGUST

Assessment Tasks
PSYC122: FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY B

ASSESSMENT 1
• Report writing quiz
• 10% of final grade
• Complete on Moodle during Week 4
• Qs based on content in:
• Kaufmann, L., & Findlay, B. (2020). How to write psychology
research reports and assignments (9th ed.). Melbourne, VIC:
Pearson Australia
• Chapters 3, 4, 5
• 20 MC questions
• 20 minutes max once you start the quiz
• Will be open all week – complete at any time during the
week
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ASSESSMENT 2
• Lab Report 1: Introduction and references
• 15% of final grade
• Due by 5pm Friday of Week 6 – September 3rd
• Upload via Moodle
• Sport participation and wellbeing
• 1000 words not including reference list

• Correct format for in-text citations 2%

• Correct format for reference list 2%
• Logical organisation of material 4%
• Appropriateness of material to hypotheses 4%
• Hypotheses justified and in correct format 3%
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ASSESSMENT 3
• Lab Report 2: Revised Introduction, Abstract, Results,
Discussion, and Reflection
• 25% of final grade
• Due by 5pm Friday of Week 11 – October 15th
• Upload via Moodle
• 1000 words (not including revised introduction), plus
150 word abstract, and 200 word reflection.
• Use Kaufmann and Findlay for reference
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ASSESSMENT 3
• For Part 2 you will provide a full report, including your
revised introduction (part 1).
• You will be provided with the method and results of the
data collection in week 6, and the class will discuss the
results
• Make sure your final submission includes all changes
made to your intro highlighted in YELLOW, and a
section at the end of your paper (before references)
entitled “Reflection”.
• “Reflection” section should include info about changes
you have made/things you have learned from feedback
on your initial submission (part 1)
• In addition to this, your reflection section should be
submitted as part of your Portfolio for PSYC122
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ASSESSMENT 3
• 1. Revised introduction, incorporating all corrections
suggested by the tutor (ensure all changes are
highlighted in YELLOW) 4%
• 2. Abstract 5%
• 3. Appropriate organisation of results and
discussion section 5%
• 4. Appropriate material included in discussion 5%
• 5. Adequate understanding of results and their
implications 4%
• 6. Reflection (as a separate paragraph with heading
“Reflection”) 2%
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ASSESSMENT 4
• Individual Presentation – Critical review
• 15% of final grade
• Presented in Class in Week 11, 12, or 13
• 5 minute individual presentation

• Present the main findings, and a brief critical review

(strengths and weaknesses) of the study.
• Background/aims
• Methods
• Main findings
• Strengths and limitations
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ASSESSMENT 4
• Strict 5 minute limit – you will be stopped (so we can
get through everybody)

• 1. Description of background and aims (1%)

• 2. Description of method (2%)
• 3. Summary of results and main findings (2%)
• 4. Strengths of the study (3%)
• 5. Weaknesses of study (3%)
• 6. Quality of presentation (e.g., audibility) (2%)
• 7. Adherence to time limit (2%)
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ASSESSMENT 4
• PAPER A
• PAPER B
• PAPER C
• PAPER D
• PAPER E
• PAPER F
• PAPER G
• PAPER H
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ASSESSMENT 4
• PAPER A:
• PAPER B:
• PAPER C:
• PAPER D:
• PAPER E:
• PAPER F:
• PAPER G:
• PAPER H:
• PAPER I:
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ASSESSMENT 5
• Research Participation (or journal article reviews)
• Up to 5% of final grade
• 3 credit points needed – approx. 3 hours of participation
• Access via the SONA system
• Complete research participation by end of Week 12
• Submit reflection by 5pm Friday 29th Oct – Week 13
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ASSESSMENT 5
• Sign up for research on SONA
• Turn up for/complete research, and accrue credit points
• Take note of details of the study for your reflective
journal
• NOTE: the number of credit points for each available
research project will differ – e.g., 0.5 cps, 1 cp, 2 or 3 cps.
It is your choice how you make up the 3 credit points!
• Complete a reflective journal on ONE of your research
participation experiences…
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ASSESSMENT 5
• Reflection:
• Submit via Moodle page – 750 words across all
questions

• DATE PARTICIPATION WAS COMPLETED:

• a) What was the URL (web address) for the study?
• b) What was the title of the study?
• c) Which institution carried out the study?
• d) What was the main research question?
• e) What did you do?
• f) How could this research be improved?
• g) How long did your participation take?
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ASSESSMENT 5
• Alternative to research participation:

• Research participation is ALWAYS a choice!

• Students can accrue up to 3 Research Participation
credit points by completing a reflective RESEARCH
journal consisting of THREE separate summaries of
journal articles.
• Students will choose from a pool of research articles
that have been selected to represent the different areas
of psychology covered in the subject.
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ASSESSMENT 5
• Alternative to research participation:

• This summary should include

• a) the problem under investigation;
• b) participants and their characteristics;
• c) what experimental method was used;
• d) key findings; and
• e) conclusions and implications.
• Students will also complete a reflection on their
experience reading each article, for instance, the
knowledge gained relevant to understanding human
behaviour in everyday life.
Data collection for your lab reports
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https://uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_doief1
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Additional Exercise
PSYC122: FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY B

• Using the search function on UOW Library website

(https://www.uow.edu.au/library/), find and read one
journal article that is loosely related to sport
participation and mental health. You should look for an
empirical article. That is, the article should contain an
Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion section,
and report on original data.
Additional Exercise
PSYC122: FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY B

• 1) Using the journal article which you have found, provide a summary of the
type of information provided in the Introduction. What do you think the
primary purpose of the Introduction section in a journal article is?
• 2) Using the journal article which you have found, provide a summary of the
type of information provided in the Methods. What do you think the primary
purpose of the Methods section in a journal article is?
• 3) Using the journal article which you have found, provide a summary of the
type of information provided in the Results. What do you think the primary
purpose of the Results section in a journal article is?
• 4)Using the journal article which you have found, provide a summary of the
type of information provided in the Discussion. What do you think the primary
purpose of the Discussion section in a journal article is?
THANK YOU!
See you next week