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Student Expectations Page
Hey guys! So it turns out lecturers are seeking ways to improve the way us students learn. To aid them in their efforts feel free to comment.


 * Student expectations of lecturers



Lecture and Tutorial Thoughts

 * Week 1 Lecture 1: Introduction, History and Research
 * Week 2 Lecture 2: The social self
 * Introductory Tutorial
 * Week 3 Lecture 3: Social Thinking
 * Week 3 Tutorial: Communication
 * Week 4 Lecture 4: Aggression
 * Week 5 Lecture: Prejudice
 * Week 6 Tutorial: Prejudice and Aggression
 * Week 10 Lecture 6: Relationships (or lack thereof)
 * Week 11 Lecture 7: Groups and Leadership
 * Week 12 Lecture 8: Prosocial Behaviour
 * Week 12 Tutorial: Prosocial Behaviour and Hugh Mackay
 * Week 13 Lecture 9: Environmental Psychology

The End is Nigh
So it's about midnight on Monday 3rd of November, I have about 8 hours to finish the assesment and I'm sitting here wondering why I took this course, what I have learned and what the point was/is. Social psychology has been extraordinarily interesting for me on a number of levels. First and foremost because I am a very social person. I am interested in why we all act as we do in certain situations and this course has explored some of the reasons out there. While I certaintly don't agree with all of them it is good to have the knowledge anyhow, it's also fun to give names to things happening and make people think I am knowledgable. The second use is because as psychology is one of my degree's its nice to have a fun interactive class and subject matter to motivate me to complete the assesment pieces and to engage in activities in tutorials. As my second degree is law and at the end of this exceptionally long road I am planing to spend a long part of my career working with victims of crime hopefully with the AFP then doing some prosecuting work with the DPP, the extra knowledge and theoretical background of social circumstances and ideals that may lead to crime and how people react to and in certain situations is something that is interesting to me now and hopefully useful in the future (ie: The bystander effect, Depersonalisation, Mob mentality etc). I have really enjoyed this course and even keeping this portfolio which I thought I was going to hate! Mainly I enjoyed reading other people's but I also hope I have made you think, giggle or something...

"“The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best”- Paul Valery"

"My psychology belongs to everyone.”- Alfred Adler"