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Stage 2 Psychology 2016
Transition Lecture 2015
Subject requirements
SACE Stage 2 Psychology 2016
1. Course structure:
Topics
Assessment
Term Introduction to Psychology
1
Social Cognition
Group Investigation (10%)
Term Personality
2
Learning
Individual Investigation (20%)
Term Psychobiology of Altered States of Awareness
3
Healthy Minds
Skills & applications tasks (40%)
(across all terms)
Term
Revision
4
External Exam (30%)
2. Learning cycle (every topic):
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Lecture notes
Reading, research & homework
(Extension work)
Tutorial
Flash cards
Practice test
Test
 Final revision
 Revision guides each term
 External Exam
3. What you can do to prepare for 2016:
1. Buy your stationery:
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Lecture pad or booklet
Ring binder with plastic inserts
File cards for flash cards (76 x 127 mm)
Different coloured pens
Highlighters
2. Textbook:
Spencer, P. & Hartstone, M. (2007). Psychology for South Australia: Stage 2. John
Wiley & Sons: Brisbane.
You will also require:
o 2016 SASTA Psychology Study Guide.
o Workshop materials.***
***DO NOT BUY
o Other reading may be required from time to time.
*** These resources will be distributed to you and charged to your school account.
3. Focus on keywords (optional):
Read 1st year Uni textbooks (look in Barr Smith for any basic text)
or Internet searches (set them up in your Favourites)
Topic
Keyword list
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Introduction to Psychology
Social Cognition
Personality
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Learning
Psychobiology of altered states of
awareness
Healthy minds
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Experimental, quantitative observational, and
qualitative research designs
Focus groups
Delphi technique
Ethical issues in psychological research
Attitudes & attitude change
Impression formation & management
Social comparison
Psychodynamic
o Freud
Humanistic
o Maslow
Trait
o Big 5 (Five factor) model
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Observational learning
Psychological & physiological arousal
Stress
Sleep
Coping strategies
Resilience
Anxiety
Depression