2499 (v.5) Psychology 211 (Learning & Motivation)

Area:

School of Psychology

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

1916 (v.6) Research Methods 111 or any previous version
AND
1917 (v.6) Research Methods 112 or any previous version
AND
    13020 (v.2) Psychology 124 or any previous version
    OR
    1441 (v.4) Psychology 114 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Examination of the majors areas of learning such as classical and operant conditioning, complex learning and reviews models of human learning. The fundamentals of memory coding, storage and retrieval will be examined. The conceptual and methodological problems involved in studying motivation, and various theories of motivation.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

090701 Psychology

Funding Cluster:

05 - Behavioural Science, Social Studies

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Essential
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2005	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External