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Semester 1

Transition to Adulthood - Finding a Place in the World (PSYL10170)

Subject

Psychology

College

CAHSS

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

3

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Visiting students must be studying Psychology as their degree major, and have completed at least 3 Psychology courses at grade B or above, ideally including a course equivalent to Data Analysis for Psychology in R 2 (PSYL08015). We will only consider University/College level courses. **Please see Additional Restrictions below**

Course Summary

Encourages student understanding of developmental processes, stress and coping, puberty, brain development. Applies these to address primary psychological challenges facing young people as they move into adulthood, such as managing sexuality and romantic relationships, negotiating educational and occupational aspirations and goals, individuating from parents, and finding one's 'place in the world'. Addresses individual differences in all areas covered.

Course Description

This course is intended to further student understanding of and ability to articulate, reason about, and apply general developmental principles and processes relevant to all areas throughout the lifespan to psychological challenges particularly relevant to young people between the ages of about 15 and 25. Background material in areas such as development as an evolutionary process, stress and coping, puberty, and brain development will be covered. These will be used to address primary psychological challenges facing young people as they move into adulthood, such as managing sexuality and romantic relationships, negotiating educational and occupational aspirations and goals, individuating from parents, and finding one's identity and 'place in the world.' Throughout, ubiquitous presence of individual differences in all areas covered, and their tendencies to take systematic patterns, will be considered. Assessment will focus on conceptual understanding of and ability to work with the material to address related questions and material not specifically presented, through class discussion and debate, discursive essays, in-class short-answer quizzes, and examination.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 70%, Coursework 30%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Restrictions

Unless you are nominated on a Psychology exchange agreement, visiting students are only permitted to enrol in one 3rd year Psychology course each, per semester, before the start of the relevant semester’s welcome period – and spaces on each course are limited so cannot be guaranteed for any student. Enrolment in a second course from this group will depend on whether there are still spaces available in the September Welcome Period, and cannot be guaranteed. It is NOT appropriate for students to contact staff within this subject area to ask for an exception to be made; all enquiries to enrol in these courses must be made through the CAHSS Visiting Student Office. This is due to the extremely limited number of spaces available in this very popular subject area.

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