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Lecture 8: Psychological Literacy - Coggle Diagram
Lecture 8: Psychological Literacy
Psychologically Literate Citizen
(McGovern, 2010)
Psychological literacy
Using psychology knowledge that used adaptively
Adaptive = use their psychological literacy to problem solve in an ethical and socially responsible way to directly benefits they communities
Encapsulates the common graduate attributes that students should acquire when studying psychology at an undergraduate level
Teach people to write well & reason logically
Identify connections amongst diverse sets of information
Recognise what they know and what they need to learn
Engage in critical thinking and rely on research to reach conclusions
Psychology students
75% will not work in Psychology
Need to take what you know about psychology and apply it to life
Most important graduate skills
Cultural alignment and fit
Soft skills: emotional intelligence, problem solving
Interpersonal communication skills
Least desirable characteristics
Poor communication
Poor cultural fit
Arrogance
Lack of passion
Poor motivation
Poor teamwork
Importance of ethics
Must have an ethical and moral dimension; wasted if it doesn't have a positive impact
Lecture Examples
Cognitive Reflections Task
f it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?
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minutes
Intuitive Answer vs Analytic answer
Blue/Gold Dress
Colour constancy theory
to individual differences in the interpretation of illumination cues to achieve colour constancy