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Yr 11 Psychology General Student Outline
Transition
Name: ___________________________
Wk
6
Hedland SHS
Learning Objectives
Assessments
Unit 1
Self
Personality

introduction to personality theories
 Psychodynamic – Freud
 Trait theories – Eysenck
 Humanistic theories – Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
 Type theory – Meyer-Friedman
7

nature of personality
 continuity over time
 consistency across situations
8
Cognition
9

introduction to theories of intelligence
 measuring mental age and intelligence quotient – Binet and Simon, Terman
 empirical approaches to intelligence – Wechsler
 multiple intelligences – Gardner
 emotional intelligence – Goleman

cultural bias in intelligence testing
Revision Week
Test 1
Term 1
Wk
1
Learning Objectives
Assessments
Unit 1
Introduction to psychology
 course structure
 school assessment policy
Cognition
 introduction to theories of intelligence
 measuring mental age and intelligence quotient – Binet and Simon, Terman
 empirical approaches to intelligence – Wechsler
2
 multiple intelligences – Gardner
 emotional intelligence – Goleman
 cultural bias in intelligence testing
Task 1: Project – Poster – Cognition (Intelligence)
3
Task 1 due
Research methods
 psychology as a scientific endeavour to describe and explain how we think, feel and act
 terminology – psychologist and psychiatrist
 ethics in psychology research:
 informed consent
 confidentiality
voluntary participation
 psychological research
 cross-sectional and longitudinal research designs – uses and limitations
 data collection
 qualitative methods
 quantitative methods
4
Research methods
 displaying quantitative data – tables, graphs, diagrams
 data interpretation
 mode
 mean
 median
 range
 conclusions related to patterns in the data
Task 2 due
Practice investigation: Are adolescents more likely to be early birds or night owls?
Task 2: Investigation – Data interpretation
5
Personality
 introduction to personality theories
 Psychodynamic – Freud
 Trait theories – Eysenck
 Humanistic theories – Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
 Type theory – Meyer-Friedman
6

7
Task 4: Investigation – The influence of birth order on personality
nature of personality
 continuity over time
 consistency across situations
Task 3: Response – Topic test – Personality
8
Task 3 due
Task 4 due
Relational influences
 agents of socialisation
 family – attachment and parenting styles
 peers
9
10
Task 5 due
 media
 cultural differences in child rearing
Task 5: Response – Research task (Relational influences)
Complete outstanding content and assessment
Term 2
1
Communication
 types of non-verbal communication
 body language
 gestures
 physical distance
 facial expressions
 touch and smell
2


3
4
effective communication
 listener/receiver attributes
role of language in initiating, maintaining and regulating interpersonal relationships – peer, family, work
Task 6 : Project – Oral presentation (Communication)
Task 6 due
Complete outstanding content and assessment. Review
5
Complete outstanding content and assessment. Review
6
Unit 2
Biological influences/bases of behaviour
 identify major parts of the brain
 hindbrain
 midbrain
7
8
 forebrain
 left and right hemispheres and their influence on behaviour
 corpus callosum

factors that affect behaviour, emotion and thought
 heredity – the role of genetics in determining behaviour
 hormones – the effects of adrenaline and noradrenaline
 physical activity – the effects of exercise on mood
9
Task 7 due
 recreational drugs – the effects of cannabis, alcohol, and amphetamine
Task 7: Response – Topic test – Biological influences
10
Complete outstanding content and assessment. Review
Term 3
1
Developmental psychology
 types of development – cognitive, physical, social, emotional
 changes with age
2

role of nature and nurture
3

Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development
4
Task 8: Response – Review of Seven Up series
5
Social psychology
 definition of a group
 group behaviour
 cooperation
6

Task 8 due
 competition
 impact of group size
diffusion of responsibility
7
Task 9 due
Task 9: Project – Leadership training guide
8
Review and complete outstanding content and assessment
9
Research methods
Revise content from Unit 1 with a focus on:
 ethics in psychology research
 informed consent
10
 confidentiality
 voluntary participation
Term 4
1
2

data collection
 qualitative methods
 quantitative methods
Task 10: Investigation – Examining group influences on behaviour OR The influence of the group on joke telling

displaying quantitative data – tables, graphs, diagrams
3
 data interpretation
 mode
 mean
 median
 range
 conclusions related to patterns in the data
Task 10: Investigation – Examining group influences on behaviour OR The influence of the group on joke telling
4
Culture and values
 definition of attitudes
 social categorisation
 formation of stereotypes and consequences
 ways to reduce stereotypes
Task 11: Project – Publication (Culture and values)
5

6
Task 10 due
cultural differences in attitudes towards
 disability
 ageing
 mental illness
Complete outstanding content, assessment and Review
Reports to Admin
Task 11 due
Assessment outline
Hedland SHS 2016
Psychology – General Year 11
Unit 1 and Unit 2
Assessment type
(from syllabus)
Assessment type
weighting
(from syllabus)
Assessment
task
weighting
5%
Investigation
30%
10%
15%
10%
10%
Response
40%
10%
10%
7.5%
7.5%
Project
30%
7.5%
7.5%
Total
100%
100%
When/due
date/start and
submission date
Term 1
Week 4
Term 1
Week 7
Term 4
Week 1
Term 1
Week 6
Term 1
Week 9
Term 2
Week 9
Term 3
Week 4
Term 1
Week 3
Term 2
Week 3
Term 3
Week 7
Term 4
Week 4
Assessment task
Task 2: Investigation – Data interpretation
Task 4: Investigation – The influence of birth order on personality
Task 10: Investigation – Examining group influences on behaviour OR The influence of the group on joke telling
Task 3: Topic test – Personality
Task 5: Research task – Relational influences
Task 7: Topic test – Biological influences
Task 8: Review – Seven Up series
Task 1: Poster – Cognition (Intelligence)
Task 6: Oral presentation – Communication
Task 9: Project – Leadership training guide
Task 11: Publication – Culture and values