Bachelor of Psychology

Outcomes

1. Demonstrate an elementary understanding of the general principles and theories underpinning the scientific study of human and organizational behaviour and development within a multi-cultural context
2. Demonstrate an elementary understanding of the general theoretical underpinnings of psychological measurement and assessment, as applied to individuals, groups, organisations and communities, within a multi-cultural context
3. Demonstrate an elementary understanding of the general principles and theories underpinning individual, group, organizational, and community psychological intervention and development within a multi-cultural context
4. Demonstrate an elementary understanding of how behavioural research methods as well as data collection and analysis methods are systematically applied to generate answers to human and organizational behaviour questions in a scientific way
5. Demonstrate an elementary understanding of professional ethics in psychology.
6. Demonstrate elementary knowledge of the structuring of psychological and health-related services in South Africa as well as referral procedures. Practical competencies:
7. Demonstrate effective oral and written communication and presentation skills in culturally diverse contexts
8. Demonstrate appropriate listening, clarifying, probing, reflection and negotiation skills within group, individual and organizational intervention contexts.
9. Demonstrate ethically acceptable behaviour in interpersonal and research situations.
10. Describe, explain and predict human and organizational functioning by using appropriate techniques and theories
11. Identify when the functioning of an individual, group, organisation or community could be enhanced or remedied through psychological intervention.
12. Plan, conduct, and report on a research study of limited scope.
13. Work effectively in a culturally diverse team to evaluate, describe and facilitate human and organisational functioning.
14. Facilitate their personal and career development through increased self-knowledge and self-development, management and entrepreneurial skills. Reflexive Competencies:
15. Generate a critical evaluation of the current status of psychology within the multi-cultural South African context
16. Demonstrate a critical understanding of how the sub-disciplines of psychology synergistically interact with each other and with related disciplines. Critical Cross-field outcomes: The critical cross-field outcomes prescribed by SAQA are embedded in the specific programme outcomes outlined above in the following way:
17. Problem solving, critical and creative thinking: This outcome is embedded in all the specific programme outcomes through the process of critically evaluating theories and principles of human and organisational behaviour and development within the multi-cultural South African context.
18. Working effectively as a member of a team This outcome is specifically embedded in specific outcomes through providing activities where learners will have to work together when evaluating, describing, and facilitating human and organisational behaviour.
19. Self organisation and management: This outcome is embedded in outcomes, through and more specifically the process of developing interpersonal, facilitative and self management skills while participating in activities related to interacting with diverse individuals, groups, organisations and communities in an ethical and professional manner.
20. Information processing, evaluation and generation: This outcome is embedded in all the specific programme outcomes through the processes of gathering information to describe, evaluate, understand, and explain human and organisational behaviour and the written, oral, and electronic presentation of the information gathered.
21. Communicating effectively: This outcome is embedded in outcomes through the processes of describing, evaluating, understanding, explaining and facilitating human and organisational behaviour and the skills required to function effectively in a team.
22. Effective and critical use of science and technology: This outcome is embedded in all the specific programme outcomes through exposure to and the selection of appropriate methods and techniques for psychological evaluation, intervention, development and research within individual, group, organisational and community contexts.
23. Demonstrate a systematic understanding of the world: This outcome is embedded in all the specific programme outcomes through the acknowledgement that human and organisational behaviour can never be studied, described, explained and developed in isolation. From a meta-perspective, this outcome is specifically embedded in specific outcome, where critical reflection is used to evaluate the sub-disciplines of psychology in relation to each other and associated disciplines.
24. Reflecting on and exploring learning strategies: This outcome is embedded in specific outcomes through activities that will require learners to reflect on how to apply their growing understanding of human and organisational functioning to themselves and their development as well as to reflect on how to incorporate this learning into their personal and career development.
25. Citizenship: This outcome is embedded in all the specific programme outcomes through activities that facilitate the understanding and evaluation of effective human and organisational functioning and development
26. Cultural and aesthetic sensitivity: This outcome is embedded in all the specific programme outcomes through activities where learners will explore and identify cultural factors in understanding and facilitating human and organisational behaviour.
27. Exploring education and career opportunities: This outcomes is embedded in specific programme outcomes through which introduce learners to contexts in which their knowledge of human and organisational behaviour and its evaluation and development can be used in various work contexts or furthered in educational contexts.
28. Developing entrepreneurial opportunities: This outcome is embedded in specific programme outcomes through which provides learners with the applied skills necessary to functional effectively and independently in work environments that require knowledge and skills related to the evaluation and facilitation of human and organisational functioning.

Assessment Criteria