| Type: | Undergraduate Subject |
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| Code: | PSYC12-225 |
| EFTSL: | 0.125 |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Society and Design |
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| Credit: | 10 |
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Description
This subject's general objective is to help students understand how cultural factors shape and affect human behaviour. This subject covers broad spectrum cross-cultural issues. Topics include sex and the culture; who am I in this world; aggression and warfare; health, stress and coping across culture. At the end of the subject, students will have a better appreciation of cultural groups and learn how to consider cultural issues to interpret personal experiences and cultural diversity issues in various settings. Lectures and tutorials will feature experiential learning approaches and multimedia.
Subject details
Learning outcomes
- Explain key theories, empirical findings, and historical trends in cross-cultural psychology, including cultural variation in development, identity, cognition, emotion, and psychological disorders.
- Apply knowledge and skills of Psychology in a manner that is reflexive, culturally appropriate and sensitive to the diversity of individuals.
- Analyse theory and research when investigating psychological questions in cross-cultural psychology.
- Write a literature review on a cross-cultural psychology topic using APA conventions.
- Apply ethical principles and professional standards when evaluating cross-cultural psychology research.
- Apply culturally responsive principles when interpreting cross-cultural research findings, including with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Enrolment requirements
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Nil |
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| Assumed knowledge: |
Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge. All Psychology programs are accredited in the sequence presented and designed to provide students with learning and graduate outcomes in line with APAC accreditation standards. In order to meet these outcomes, students in the Undergraduate program should complete PSYC11, then PSYC12, and finally PSYC13 subjects in the order sequenced. |
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Subject outlines
- January 2026 [Standard - Cross-Cultural Psychology]
- January 2025 [Standard - Cross-Cultural Psychology]
- January 2024 [Standard - Cross-Cultural Psychology]
- January 2023 [Standard - Cross-Cultural Psychology]
- January 2022 [Standard - Cross-Cultural Psychology]
- January 2021 [Standard - Cross-Cultural Psychology]
- January 2020 [Standard - Cross-Cultural Psychology]
- January 2019 [Standard - Cross-Cultural Psychology]
- January 2018 [Standard - Cross-Cultural Psychology]
Subject dates
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January 2026
Standard Offering Enrolment opens: 16/11/2025 Semester start: 19/01/2026 Subject start: 19/01/2026 Last enrolment: 01/02/2026 Teaching census: 13/02/2026 Withdraw - Financial: 14/02/2026 Withdraw - Academic: 07/03/2026
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| Enrolment opens: | 16/11/2025 |
| Semester start: | 19/01/2026 |
| Subject start: | 19/01/2026 |
| Last enrolment: | 01/02/2026 |
| Teaching census: | 13/02/2026 |
| Withdraw - Financial: | 14/02/2026 |
| Withdraw - Academic: | 07/03/2026 |