Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:

1. Knowledge and understanding of core topics in the discipline are acquired.
   • Range of Core Knowledge includes but is not limited to:
     • Abnormal Psychology.
     • Biological bases of behaviour.
     • Cognition, information processing, and language.
     • Individual differences in capacity and behaviour.
     • Testing assessment and personality.
     • Health psychology.
     • Lifespan development psychology.
     • Motivation and emotion.
     • Perception.
     • Social psychology.
     • History and philosophy of psychology.
     • Cross-cultural diversity.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:

1. Describe the basic characteristics of the science of psychology.
2. Describe, apply, and evaluate the different research methods set by psychologists.
3. Demonstrate practical skills in laboratory-based and other psychological research.
4. Design and conduct basic studies to address psychological questions.
5. Frame research questions, undertake literature searches, and critically analyze theoretical and empirical studies.
6. Formulate testable hypotheses, assess variables, and choose an appropriate methodology.
7. Make valid and reliable measurements, analyze data, interpret results, and write and present research reports.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:

1. Apply knowledge of the scientific method in thinking about problems related to behaviour and mental processes.
2. Question claims that arise from myth, stereotype, pseudoscience, or untested assumptions.
3. Recognise and defend against the major fallacies of human thinking.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:

1. Evaluate behaviour in psychological research and other professional contexts in relation to The Board of Psychology 'Code of Ethics'.
2. Use information in an ethical manner by acknowledging and respecting work and intellectual property rights of others through appropriate citations in oral and written communication.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:

1. Write a standard research report using the American Psychological Association (APA) structure and formatting conventions.
2. Demonstrate effective oral communication skills in various formats, such as debate, group discussion, presentation and for various other purposes.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 6:

1. Apply knowledge of legislative frameworks, including privacy and human rights.
2. Apply knowledge of community and carer participation in psychological intervention.
3. Apply knowledge of psychology, society, and the workplace/influencing systems.
4. Describe major areas of applied psychology, such as clinical or organizational.
5. Demonstrate a capacity for independent learning to sustain personal and professional development in the changing world of science and the practice of psychology.

Integrated Assessment:

• Assessment has two principal purposes - a formative purpose and a summative purpose.
• The overall balance of assessment tasks must facilitate the learning process.
• Formative purpose encourages an in-depth approach to learning through students' own activity and engagement with the subject.
• Summative purpose leads to the certification of achievement or ability of students for external audiences.
• Assessment should develop in students the ability to independently evaluate the quality of their work.