PSY4032 Abnormal psychology
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
PSY4032 Abnormal psychology is a level 4, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. It isn't offered in 2022. It needs PSY4051 and PSY4131.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2022
- Other periods
- Monash Online
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
This is the 2022 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before PSY4032
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After PSY4032
No unit lists PSY4032 as a prerequisite in the 2022 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
This unit covers all important aspects of abnormal behaviour: historical influences, theory, assessment, specific psychopathologies, treatment methods, and legal issues. Both the scientific and professional aspects of abnormal psychology are presented. Students will be provided with a broad and comprehensive review of abnormal behaviour, by studying and contrasting different theoretical perspectives.
Offerings in 2022
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching period 3 | Monash Online | Online |
| Teaching period 6 | Monash Online | Online |
Assessment
- Case Study Reports20%
- Reflective Clinical Commentary15%
- Lab Report35%
- 6 x Secure online tests30%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Apply detailed knowledge of personality, biological processes and human development to abnormal behaviour contrasting historical and current major theoretical perspectives.
- 2
Distinguish between and analyse the psychological, genetic, environmental and biological determinants of human behaviour.
- 3
Attain insight into the way the theoretical perspective adopted by a clinician can influence the manner of explaining how a psychological disorder develops and how it is treated.
- 4
Demonstrate applied knowledge in methods of assessing psychological disorders and the main systems of classifying disorders.
- 5
Identify and select suitable methods for assessing psychological disorders and examine and critique the advantages and disadvantages of classifying abnormal behaviour.
- 6
Demonstrate an advanced level of skill in critical evaluation of previous research and communication of findings to a broad audience.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials6 hours
Students should expect to spend a minimum of 20 hours per week on this unit to achieve the learning outcomes.
This time will cover:
a) video lecture materials;
b) synchronous & asynchronous discussion;
c) synchronous web-based 'class-time' for skills-based activities;
d) weekly readings;
e) weekly skills-based assessment tasks; and
f) content-based assessment, including revision and formative assessment.
Each week there will be a one hour ‘Live class’, facilitated by your instructor. This will be followed by a live office hour, where you can ask questions and chat with your classmates and instructor about anything to do with the unit or psychology in general. There is also a 1 hour live chat with the Senior Instructor that you can attend each week for additional discussion and guidance.
Learning resources
Required resources
See Moodle for details about required resources.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Emily Adam
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Tony Mowbray