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Psychopathology of Everyday Life
PSYC30014
2023 Student Manual
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences
The University of Melbourne
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1. PSYC30014 – WHO’S WHO AND WHAT’S WHAT
1.1 Introduction and Welcome from the Coordinator
Welcome to PSYC30014 - Psychopathology of Everyday Life. This manual provides important information
about the structure, content and organisation of this subject. In addition to this manual, you should make
yourself familiar with either the Years 1-3 Undergraduate or Graduate Diploma Psychology Student
Manual. This manual provides details of general administrative matters that span all undergraduate
psychology subjects, such as assignment late penalty and word count policies.
The subject matter presented in PSYC30014 touches on sensitive real-life issues in the areas of mental
health problems, psychological distress and dysfunction, and diagnosable psychological disorders. We are
mindful that some students may experience discomfort in learning about topics in psychopathology that
hold personal signficance. Rest assured, however, that our approach to delivering this subject focusses on
safety and accessibility, and is informed by evidence and significant experience. Here are some important
points to know about this subject’s teaching and learning framework:
- Our approach will be purely pedagogical. Our core aim for this subject is for you to learn about and
consider a range of ways to think about mental ill-health. We will explore psychological theories,
models, empirical evidence, and lived-experience perspectives, and in an exclusively academic way.
- Our approach is not intended to be therapeutic. The subject’s content and activities are not aimed
at understanding students’ own experiences of mental ill-health. You will not be asked to disclose
or to reflect on your personal history as part of this subject.
- Trigger warnings are not provided throughout the subject’s content. While such warnings are
commonplace in modern media, recent empirical evidence suggests that repeated trigger warnings
are unlikely to be helpful and may in fact be harmful. Dr Groot will speak more to this issue in the
introductory lecture.
- The subject does not involve clinical training. That is, you will not be trained to assess or treat
psychological disorders as a psychologist would in this subject. This type of training is provided at a
later stage in postgraduate study.
- The lecturers and tutors working on this subject have significant experience in the area of clinical
psychology and psychopathology through either professional training, practice, research, or all of
the above. Here, however, we will exclusively adopt the role of teachers. This means that a tutor,
for example, will not enter into a counselling relationship with a student as part of this subject.
- There are sources of support available should you be experiencing mental health difficulties. You
will find some useful links to easily accessible services in the rear of this manual. In particular, I
recommend visiting the University’s Counselling and Psychological Services team or website for
access to a range of useful supports and information.
We wish you every success in this subject.
Dr Chris Groot and the PSYC30014 teaching team.
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1.2 Department Contact Details
The Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne is part of the Faculty of
Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (MDHS). At the current time the best way to contact the School is
via email: enquiries@psych.unimelb.edu.au.
1.3 PSYC30014 Academic Staff
Position Staff Member Email
Academic Coordinator and
Lecturer Dr Chris Groot grootc@unimelb.edu.au
Lecturer Prof. Lisa Phillips lisajp@unimelb.edu.au
Lecturer A/Prof. Michelle Jongelis michelle.jongenelis@unimelb.edu.au
Lecturer A/Prof. Isabel Krug isabel.krug@unimelb.edu.au
Head/Senior Tutor Alsa Wu alsa.wu@unimelb.edu.au
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1.4 Timetable
The PSYC30014 program includes both lectures and lab classes. Lectures will take place on Thursday
mornings in the Asia Myer Centre Carillo Gantner Theatre. In Weeks 1-5, lectures will commence at 9:30am.
In Weeks 6-12, lectures will commence at 9am. All lectures will be supplemented with a recorded Q&A
session which will also be uploaded to Canvas.
Lab classes commence in Week 2 and are held roughly every second week throughout semester. These
classes will be conducted in person for 2023.
PSYC30014 Psychopathology of Everyday Life 2023 Timetable
Week # -
Commencing Lecturer Lecture Topic Labs Notes
1 – 27 Feb CG Introduction, History, and Diagnosis/HV
2 – 6 March CG Models of Psychopathology/HV Lab 1: Models of Psychopathology
3 – 13 March CG Anxiety Disorders/HV
4 – 20 March CG Mood Disorders/HV Lab 2: Mood and Anxiety Disorders
5 – 27 March CG Cultural Considerations in Psychopathology/HV
Mid-Semester
Exam. Available
9am Monday 27/3
and due 5pm
Friday 31/3.
6 – 3 April MJ Lifestyle Factors and Mental Health
Group Perusall
Task.
April 7th is Good
Friday holiday.
10 April Non-Teaching Week
7 – 17 April LP Psychotic Disorders Lab 3: Psychotic Disorders
8 – 24 April LP OCD and Related Disorders
Essay Due 8am
Friday 28/4.
April 25th is Anzac
Day holiday.
9 – 1 May LP Trauma and Related Disorders Lab 4: Hearing Voices
10 – 8 May LP Addictive Disorders
11 – 15 May IK Personality Disorders Lab 5: Personality Disorders
12 – 22 May IK Eating Disorders
Key: CG = Dr Chris Groot, MJ = A/Prof. Michelle Jongelis, LP = Prof. Lisa Phillips, IK = A/Prof. Isabel Krug.
HV = ‘Hearing Voices’. This is the name given to Dr Groot’s curriculum project focussing on embedding the
perspectives of marginalised persons into coursework and training. In this subject, a 30 minute ‘Hearing
Voices’ online video discussion will accompany each of Dr Groot’s 1.5 hour lectures during Weeks 1-5.
These discussions will effectively form part of the lecture and will be examined. Discussants will include
individuals living with mental ill-health and a First Nations mental health leader.
1.5 Information Sources – Who to See and Where to Find Things Out
Learning Management System (LMS) - http://www.lms.unimelb.edu.au/
LMS/Canvas is an on-line resource for class material posting and communicating important course-related
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information throughout the university. We recommend you check Canvas every day since announcements
and other useful information will be regularly posted at this site.
Email
The University provides email accounts to all students. You must check your University-provided email on
regular basis as this is used by the School to communicate with you.
The School of Psychology Office
Staff members in the Psychology Office are responsible for the administration of this subject, and it should
be your first point of call for information. At the current time the best way to contact the office is via email:
enquiries@psych.unimelb.edu.au. Enquiry staff will either respond directly to your queries or will forward your
email to someone who can. Please give them reasonable time to respond if you do contact them and note
that the email is not monitored after office hours, on weekends or holidays.
The Coordinator
The Coordinator, Dr Chris Groot, is the academic staff member responsible for the teaching of this subject. If
you are having difficulties with the subject, or problems with assessment, you should consult him by email
at grootc@unimelb.edu.au.
Lecturers and the Head Tutor
Lecturers are experts on the areas they teach. All lecturers and the Head Tutor, Alsa Wu, will be active on
the Discussion Board and will respond to any questions left on the discussion board each week via a recorded
video response. Dr Groot and Alsa will work together to govern the tutorial class program and all matters
pertaining to your semester essay, and will hold regular consultations regarding the latter.
Tutors
Most of the Tutors teaching the lab classes are graduate students of the department. They have an honours
degree in psychology and are usually studying for either a clinical master’s degree, or a PhD. A list of tutors
can be found in the Staff Information section on Canvas. They will usually be able to answer questions
concerning your lab classes (although they are not the authors of the material they are teaching).
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Most student queries are already answered by information provided in the Undergraduate Student
Manual, the Psychological Sciences website, our Canvas site, and this subject guide. The Canvas Discussion
Board is a great place to ask questions. For general administrative questions, Dr Groot and other staff will
respond in the discussion board. For questions on weekly lecture topics, lecturers will respond by
uploading a video response. Questions specific to your tutorial or tutorial attendance can be e-mailed
directly to your tutor. Please contact Dr Groot if, after searching these fora, your question has not yet been
answered. Importantly, the discussion board is primarily used to facilitate respectful discussion between
students on questions and thoughts about the subject. Please feel welcome to answer questions that your
classmates pose.
1.6 Consultation Times – Getting Extra Help from Lecturers and the Principal Tutor
Consulting Lecturers and Q&A Sessions
If you have any questions related to lecture content, you should post them on the Discussion Board in the
relevant thread no later than 5pm of the Monday following the lecture. Questions posted to the Discussion
Board will be addressed in a weekly Q&A session- this recorded session will be posted to Canvas no later
than 5pm on the Wednesday following each lecture. For example, the Q&A video response to Week 1
lecture questions posted before the 5pm on the Monday of Week 2 will be posted to Canvas no later than
5pm on the Wednesday of Week 2. Again, please post any questions you have to the weekly discussion
board thread no later than 5pm on the Monday following each lecture. We hope that this gives students
sufficient time to ask questions and lecturers sufficient time to record and upload responses.
Separate Q&A sessions will be scheduled with Dr Groot and Alsa Wu to address queries about the essay and
the exam.
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2. COURSE STRUCTURE
Lectures commence in week 1. In contrast, Laboratory classes commence in week 2. Please refer to the
timetable near the front of this manual for weekly topics and more details.
2.1 Subject Structure
PSYC30014 Psychopathology of Everyday Life consists of:
- 1 x 2-hour lecture each teaching week during semester. Please note that Dr Groot’s lectures will be
presented in two segments: 1) A lecture of no more than 1.5 hours in duration presented on
campus and online; and 2) a pre-recorded live discussion about the lecture of no more than 30
minutes in duration with a lived experience ambassador from mental health organisation, Flourish
Australia. To accompany our Week 5 lecture on Cultural Consideration in Psychopathology, Dr Groot
will record a conversation with Australian First Nations mental health leader and CEO of Dardi
Munwurro, Mr Alan Thorpe. The total lecture commitment for these weeks is therefore two hours,
which is the same as the remaining weeks in this subject. This is a trial expansion of Dr Groot’s
‘Hearing Voices’ program, which focusses on embedding lived experience perspectives in the
curriculum, and we will welcome feedback on your experience of this should you wish to give it.
- 1 x 1.5-hour laboratory class occurring roughly every second week (Weeks 2, 4, 7, 9, and 11) - there
are FIVE lab classes in total.
- In lieu of holding a 6th lab class in the busy time that is Week 6, we will ask you to undertake an
online ‘Group Perusall Task’ at a time of your choosing in this week. This activity is intended to
connect you with your classmates while helping you prepare for writing your assignment. A research
article that is central to your assignment will be presented in ‘Perusall’, which is in Canvas and allows
collaborative markup and discussion on documents. You will discuss the paper online with a group
of classmates by leaving comments in response to some prompting questions.
- Recorded Q&A sessions during which the lecturers will respond to questions about lecture content
that have been posted to the Discussion Board will also be held weekly.
2.2 Subject Description
PSYC30014 covers a range of phenomena such as hallucinations and delusions, anxiety, somatisation,
psychosis, depression, dissociation, addition, and more. Issues as regards the diagnosis and classification of
mental disorder will be considered, and theoretical accounts of both categorical and dimensional
approaches to understanding mental disorder will be presented. Particular attention will be paid to a
foundational comparison of the clinical staging approach to phenomena and a normalising model which sees
putatively 'abnormal' experiences as not necessarily representing psychopathology per se. These
approaches to mental disorder will be outlined early in semester so that students may apply them to their
subsequent exploration of mental disorders and associated psychopathology topics presented in this
subject.
2.3 Lecture Recordings
Lectures will be recorded and either published on the ’Lecture Capture’ section of Canvas, as a link in the
relevant module, or saved as a Zoom recording. Each lecturer will provide information relevant to their
lectures. We also understand that lectures will be streamed automatically and with only a brief delay.
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2.4 Lab Classes
The primary purpose of lab classes is to provide opportunity for consideration and discussion of the core
PSYC30014 topic areas. These classes provide students with the opportunity to participate in small class
activities and group discussions on selected topics. Lab classes are designed to complement and extend
concepts introduced in lectures but will not specifically cover the same material.
Important note: 80% attendance at lab classes is mandatory to pass the PSYC30014 course. Specifically,
students must attend a minimum of 4 of the 5 lab classes held during semester to complete this hurdle
requirement. Students may be assigned additional work to be eligible to pass the PSCY30014 course should
this hurdle requirement not be met.
3 Prescribed Textbook and Readings
A number of readings will be assigned in association with each lecture and will be made available on the LMS.
These are the primary supporting texts for the subject.
The suggested optional supporting textbook for PSYC30014 is Elizabeth Rieger (Ed.) Abnormal Psychology, 4th
Edition. (2016). McGraw-Hill Education. The fourth edition is ideal, however, earlier additions will suffice if you
cannot find it. Copies are also available in the Biomed and Bailleau Libraries. However….
The curated readings that we will provide (like journal articles) and lecture materials are substantially more
important than the textbook and you may find you do not need to purchase the textbook at all. Note that no
assessment questions will come from this textbook.
The DSM5 is referenced throughout the subject, but YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY IT. You can access the DSM-
5 via the library and the link will be provided on our Canvas page.
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4. ASSESSMENT AND COURSE REQUIREMENTS
You must complete ALL assessment components to be eligible to pass the PSYC30014 subject.
4.1 Assessment Details
The assessment requirements for PSYC30014 Psychopathology of Everyday Life are:
1. Mid-Semester Exam. This mid-semester exam will comprise 30 questions in open book, multiple-
choice format and lasting no more than 30 minutes in duration (plus 15 minutes reading time). The
exam will be presented in the form of an online Canvas quiz. The exam will be available in Week 5
from 9am, Monday March 27th and must be completed before 5pm Friday, March 31st. The exam can be
completed at a time of your choosing between these dates but must be completed in a single session. The
exam timer will start upon your commencement. The exam will-autosubmit once the total
45 minute reading time + exam completion time period has elapsed if you have not already
submitted. This exam will cover the content presented in the first 4 weeks of class and is intended to: a)
provide timely feedback on your progress in PSYC30014; b) to provide an assessment that is
similar to the final exam to help guide your study throughout the subject; and c) reduce the
burden of the final exam. (12.5% subject weighting).
2. Written Assignment. An essay of no more than 2000 words, due Friday April 28th at 8:00am (50% subject
weighting).
3. Final Exam. This examination will be of no more than 1.5 hours (plus 15 minutes reading time), and
will comprise multiple choice questions, covering content presented in Weeks 5-12
(37.5% subject weighting). This exam will be held in-person. It will not be open book. It will be
scheduled centrally by the University during the standard exam period of 5 June – 23 June 2023.
Successful completion of PSYC30014 also involves:
Students must complete all components of the assessment, attend a minimum of 80% of lab classes (i.e. 4
of 5 classes) and achieve an aggregate score of 50% in the subject to pass the subject. If the Attendance
Hurdle is not met, additional work may be required before a passing mark can be awarded.
The final result for the subject is determined by the School’s Board of Examiners on the basis of your marks
for all pieces of assessment. This is the official result and it will appear on your transcript. You should refer
to your student portal (my.unimelb.edu.au) for University regulations covering examinations. In particular,
until the final exam timetable has been published, you are expected to be available to sit exams at any
time during the examination period. It is your responsibility to ensure you know the date, time, and venue
for examinations. No examination timetable information will be provided by academic staff.
4.2 Hurdle requirements
Hurdle requirements do not contribute to your final mark but they must be completed in order to obtain a
passing grade. For PSYC30014, this refers to laboratory attendance and submission of all pieces of
assessment (essay and exam/tests).
4.2.1 Laboratory Attendance
While the University expects that students will attend all classes, in order to be eligible for a pass in
PSYC30014 you must attend at least 80% of the lab classes. In other words, you must miss no more than one
lab class during semester to pass the attendance hurdle requirement.
Tutors record laboratory attendance during the class. If you arrive late or leave early you should ensure that
your attendance has been recorded. However, if you have missed too much of the class, the tutor may not
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record you as having attended and you will be required to attend another class during the same week. You
will need to complete a Temporary Lab Transfer Form (see section 4.2.1.2 below) to have your attendance
for that class recorded.
If you do miss your normal laboratory class due to illness or other reason you should try to attend another
class. If you are unable to do so, you should make sure that you catch up on the required work.
4.2.1.1 Requests for Permanent Changes in Lab Class Allocation
All queries relating to class allocation are handled via the Timetabling Assistance Form (TAF), which you
can read more about and access here: https://students.unimelb.edu.au/your-course/manage-your-
course/class-timetable/timetable-help/timetabling-assistance-form.
If you are making a request with regard to your Practical class (i.e. “lab class” or “tutorial” – all the same
thing), please list at least four alternative class times in order of preference (where possible), specifying
the day and time for each. You can expect to receive a response informing you of the outcome of your
request, or at least providing an update, within three working days (not including weekends).
Requests for changes to allocations via the TAF can only be considered for the particular circumstances
outlined in the link above; the form should not be used for timetabling changes on the basis of preference
alone. While you can most likely be allocated to a Practical class that creates a non-clashing University
timetable, keep in mind that your preferences cannot always be accommodated as activities do become
full.
You can view the details of classes in MyTimetable (log in here: https://students.unimelb.edu.au/your-
course/manage-your-course/class-timetable). It is strongly recommended that you check the “Message”
that is attached to activities within subjects in MyTimetable; important information and updates about
class allocation for the subject are posted there.
Finally, please be aware that changes to allocations in psychology subjects will close at the end of Week 2
of semester (i.e. 5pm on Friday 10 March), after which point you will then be expected to attend your
officially allocated class for the remainder of semester.
4.2.1.2 Requests for Temporary Tutorial Changes
If you are unable to attend your normal laboratory class you may request a "temporary transfer." This allows
you to attend a different class in the same week for that week only. Here are some important points to
know about temporary lab class changes:
• Temporary transfer request forms are managed via an online form. Here is the link:
o Temporary Lab Transfer form (Semester 1).
• You cannot transfer to the temporary lab class requested unless you've received formal written
approval from the receiving tutor.
• You will normally be required to provide documentation explaining your reason for wanting to
transfer (e.g. a medical certificate).
• It is the tutor’s responsibility to ensure the number of students in the class is not above the official
limit (>25). You may only attend the class if there are empty places above the permanent number
of students already registered to that class.
• You must then forward the email containing your lab transfer approval to your regular tutor.
• Students are allowed one temporary lab transfer without a medical certificate per semester.
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4.3 Notes on the Written Assignment, Academic Integrity, Submission Deadline, and Marking
One of your three core assessments in this subject is a 2000 word written assignment in the form of an
essay. Dr Groot will brief you on the assignment topic in the first week of semester and so, you will be able
to start work straight away. You will be provided with instructions, marking criteria, some starting
readings to prime your thoughts, and links to resources that will help you learn how to write a psychology
essay. This first thing that you should do is review these resources and take notes about your thoughts
and preliminary questions. You will be able to bring these questions to one of the assignment consultation
sessions that will be live streamed early in semester. The recordings of these sessions will also be provided
online. We will provide further information about these sessions via Canvas announcements.
Planning, and then enacting your plan, is the key to success with any written assignment. You are going to
be busy during semester. You will have competing demands of lectures, tutorials, assessments across
multiple subjects, and of course, your life outside of study. Planning your time, then, is important to
complete this subject’s essay and to help keep your stress levels manageable. If done effectively, you
might even find yourself deriving a sense of mastery and/or enjoyment from the process of writing the
assignment. Look at your semester timetable. The PSYC30014 assignment is due before 8am on Friday,
April 28. This means that there is roughly 8 weeks to complete your assignment from the point at which
you will receive it, which is more than sufficient. Ask yourself, ‘given my commitments and circumstances,
how should I pace my work on this assignment?’. You might choose, for example, to spend 2 hours each
week working on the assignment. Put that in your schedule. Work to it each week. Rehearsing working to
a schedule like this will pay off. Just imagine how good it will feel to not be rushing at the last minute to
beat the deadline!
The deadline is concrete. You should refer to the Years 1-3 Undergraduate and Graduate Diploma
Psychology Student Manual for the details of late submission penalties. These penalties will be applied to
work submitted as little as one second after the deadline! Why? Student equity is an important
consideration and deadlines are one way to promote that. Having said that, we understand that
unexpected and exceptional circumstances sometimes impact timely assignment completion for students.
In these situations, you may be eligible for an extension. The eligibility criteria are also provided in the
Years 1-3 Undergraduate and Graduate Diploma Psychology Student Manual. The circumstances which do
not qualify for extension are also described here. Please, feed your dogs. The last thing we want is hungry
puppies eating your assignment, because there ain’t no extensions for that! If you have an Academic
Adjustment Plan (AAP), then you will be eligible for an extension. However, Dr Groot encourages all
students, with and without AAPs alike, to work towards completing your assignment by the original
deadline. The preparation time of 8 weeks is a generous amount of time to complete the task.
Some students may expect that lengthy assignment extensions lasting until the end of semester or beyond
will be granted. This will not be the case in PSYC30014 for numerous reasons. An important one is that Dr
Groot and your tutors will provide interpretive feedback on assignment submissions in classes and in
consultations after the marking process has been completed. It would of course, not be fair to accept
assignment submissions after this point, given that they may be influenced by published feedback. If an
application for Special Consideration is made at this late point, the outcome that Dr Groot is most likely to
offer is an opportunity to withdraw from PSYC30014 without penalty and with the possibility of a remission
of fees.
The use of plagiarism and Artificial Intelligence (AI) services such as ChatGPT in preparing your assignment
is strictly prohibited and is considered by the University of Melbourne to constitute academic misconduct.
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Canvas and Turnitin have detectors for text that has been wholly or partly plagiarised or written by AI.
Academic misconduct is treated seriously at the University. You can and should read more about this and
how to avoid academic misconduct here: https://academicintegrity.unimelb.edu.au/. Please also review
Dr Groot’s Canvas video on writing with integrity before you start working on your assignment.
Lastly, some words on the marking process. You will be given the exact marking criteria that your tutors
will use to assess your work. You will be able to use this information to guide your writing and to assess
the quality of your own assignment prior to submitting it. The marking process will be led by Dr Groot and
Alsa Wu, and involves considerable expense, time, and effort dedicated to the concept of reliability. This
means that we undertake an exhaustive process that ensures that tutors assess and score assignments in
the same way. This process involves:
1. Dr Groot and Alsa Wu initially marking a small number of assignments to calibrate benchmark
standards and interpretive comments that are in turn shared with the tutor cohort.
2. Tutors are briefed on the marking and feedback processes.
3. Tutors engaging in a cross-marking and reflective practice exercise. A small number of assignments
is cross marked by tutors, marks are compared and analysed, and an in-depth discussion exploring
assessment of each criterion is held. By the end of this session, tutors are well prepared to mark
consistently.
4. Tutors mark all assignments submitted. Ongoing monitoring and discussion occurs via MS Teams,
email, and meetings.
5. All assignments deemed to receive a failing grade are double marked by Alsa Wu.
6. The distribution of marks for each criterion and the assignment overall are statistically analysed
across the tutor cohort by Dr Groot and Alsa Wu. In rare instances where a tutor is observed to
mark divergently, this will be addressed with the tutor and the necessary corrections made to
ensure consistency to Dr Groot’s satisfaction.
7. The quality of feedback provided by all tutors is assessed by Alsa Wu to ensure that comments are
appropriate and accurate.
8. Themes in responses are identified and incorporated into feedback to be delivered in tutorial
classes and via announcements or a consultation video.
9. Assignment marks and comments are released to the student cohort.
We hope that you find the assignment interesting, challenging, and rewarding to complete. It is not an easy
assignment, and nor should it be. After all, what is learning if not an exercise in challenging ourselves to grow.
5. SERVICES FOR STUDENTS – Other Sources of Help
The University provides a number of services for students free of charge, and some of them are listed below.
There are numerous services provided to help your study by providing training in study and writing skills,
language support, and counselling for general problems and mental health issues. You can also use the
https://ask.unimelb.edu.au webpage to find additional resources available in the University beyond those listed
below.
Academic Skill Unit
The Academic Skill Unit provides a range of valuable resources to students of the University. These resources
are delivered both online and face-to-face, with drop in, group sessions, and booked individual lab classes
available. These services are particularly useful for international students who are learning to write
academically in English. To find out more about the services offered or to book a tutorial, please visit the
Academic Skills Unit website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/academicskills
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Student Administration
Student Administration for the University is handled at a central location: Stop 1, which can be found at the
corner of Grattan and Swanston streets.
Stop 1 website: https://students.unimelb.edu.au/stop1
Stop 1 phone: 13 63 52 (13MELB)
Computer Facilities
The University provides a large number of computer facilities for students. A list of the computer facilities
available for students of the University can be found at http://studentit.unimelb.edu.au/findconnect/find-
computers
Wellbeing Services
Studying at the University is a great opportunity for personal development and enhancement of wellbeing.
Wellbeing is not only the absence of illness or discomfort, but also the experience of satisfaction and
pleasure in life. University life provides opportunities for a range of physical and social activities. See the
range of services offered by the Sport Centre or the activities of the numerous clubs and societies at
http://www.sports.unimelb.edu.au/
The University also recognises that life transitions like coming to study can be associated with increased
stress, anxiety and other emotional difficulties. If you find that you are feeling stressed or down, or
experiencing something that you would like to speak with a counsellor about, there are University
counselling services that are freely available for students. Free 24/7 counselling services like Lifeline can also
provide valuable additional support. Below are the details of the university counselling services and some
other sources of support and mental health information.
On the Phone
Lifeline: 131114
University of Melbourne Counselling Services tel: 8344 6927 or 8344 6928
University of Melbourne Psychology Clinic tel: 9035 5180
Australian Psychological Society Referral Service: 1800 333 497
Or find these services on the internet
http://services.unimelb.edu.au/counsel
http://www.psych.unimelb.edu.au/clinic/MHterms.html
http://www.beyondblue.org.au/
http://www.lifeline.org.au/
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Appendix I ETHICAL ISSUES
A.1 Ethical Questions In Relation to Lab Classes
From time to time you may be asked to participate in class exercises, demonstrations or laboratory procedures
as part of your coursework. You will be briefed on the nature of such activities. If, for personal reasons, you do
not wish to be involved in such an activity, you have the right to decline to participate or to withdraw. If this is
the case, you should contact the PSYC30014 Subject Coordinator – Dr Chris Groot. Alternative work will be
arranged to meet the subject requirements.
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2023 Student Manual
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
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1. PSYC30014 – WHO’S WHO AND WHAT’S WHAT
1.1 Introduction and Welcome from the Coordinator
Welcome to PSYC30014 - Psychopathology of Everyday Life. This manual provides important information
about the structure, content and organisation of this subject. In addition to this manual, you should make
yourself familiar with either the Years 1-3 Undergraduate or Graduate Diploma Psychology Student
Manual. This manual provides details of general administrative matters that span all undergraduate
psychology subjects, such as assignment late penalty and word count policies.
The subject matter presented in PSYC30014 touches on sensitive real-life issues in the areas of mental
health problems, psychological distress and dysfunction, and diagnosable psychological disorders. We are
mindful that some students may experience discomfort in learning about topics in psychopathology that
hold personal signficance. Rest assured, however, that our approach to delivering this subject focusses on
safety and accessibility, and is informed by evidence and significant experience. Here are some important
points to know about this subject’s teaching and learning framework:
- Our approach will be purely pedagogical. Our core aim for this subject is for you to learn about and
consider a range of ways to think about mental ill-health. We will explore psychological theories,
models, empirical evidence, and lived-experience perspectives, and in an exclusively academic way.
- Our approach is not intended to be therapeutic. The subject’s content and activities are not aimed
at understanding students’ own experiences of mental ill-health. You will not be asked to disclose
or to reflect on your personal history as part of this subject.
- Trigger warnings are not provided throughout the subject’s content. While such warnings are
commonplace in modern media, recent empirical evidence suggests that repeated trigger warnings
are unlikely to be helpful and may in fact be harmful. Dr Groot will speak more to this issue in the
introductory lecture.
- The subject does not involve clinical training. That is, you will not be trained to assess or treat
psychological disorders as a psychologist would in this subject. This type of training is provided at a
later stage in postgraduate study.
- The lecturers and tutors working on this subject have significant experience in the area of clinical
psychology and psychopathology through either professional training, practice, research, or all of
the above. Here, however, we will exclusively adopt the role of teachers. This means that a tutor,
for example, will not enter into a counselling relationship with a student as part of this subject.
- There are sources of support available should you be experiencing mental health difficulties. You
will find some useful links to easily accessible services in the rear of this manual. In particular, I
recommend visiting the University’s Counselling and Psychological Services team or website for
access to a range of useful supports and information.
We wish you every success in this subject.
Dr Chris Groot and the PSYC30014 teaching team.
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1.2 Department Contact Details
The Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne is part of the Faculty of
Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (MDHS). At the current time the best way to contact the School is
via email: enquiries@psych.unimelb.edu.au.
1.3 PSYC30014 Academic Staff
Position Staff Member Email
Academic Coordinator and
Lecturer Dr Chris Groot grootc@unimelb.edu.au
Lecturer Prof. Lisa Phillips lisajp@unimelb.edu.au
Lecturer A/Prof. Michelle Jongelis michelle.jongenelis@unimelb.edu.au
Lecturer A/Prof. Isabel Krug isabel.krug@unimelb.edu.au
Head/Senior Tutor Alsa Wu alsa.wu@unimelb.edu.au
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1.4 Timetable
The PSYC30014 program includes both lectures and lab classes. Lectures will take place on Thursday
mornings in the Asia Myer Centre Carillo Gantner Theatre. In Weeks 1-5, lectures will commence at 9:30am.
In Weeks 6-12, lectures will commence at 9am. All lectures will be supplemented with a recorded Q&A
session which will also be uploaded to Canvas.
Lab classes commence in Week 2 and are held roughly every second week throughout semester. These
classes will be conducted in person for 2023.
PSYC30014 Psychopathology of Everyday Life 2023 Timetable
Week # -
Commencing Lecturer Lecture Topic Labs Notes
1 – 27 Feb CG Introduction, History, and Diagnosis/HV
2 – 6 March CG Models of Psychopathology/HV Lab 1: Models of Psychopathology
3 – 13 March CG Anxiety Disorders/HV
4 – 20 March CG Mood Disorders/HV Lab 2: Mood and Anxiety Disorders
5 – 27 March CG Cultural Considerations in Psychopathology/HV
Mid-Semester
Exam. Available
9am Monday 27/3
and due 5pm
Friday 31/3.
6 – 3 April MJ Lifestyle Factors and Mental Health
Group Perusall
Task.
April 7th is Good
Friday holiday.
10 April Non-Teaching Week
7 – 17 April LP Psychotic Disorders Lab 3: Psychotic Disorders
8 – 24 April LP OCD and Related Disorders
Essay Due 8am
Friday 28/4.
April 25th is Anzac
Day holiday.
9 – 1 May LP Trauma and Related Disorders Lab 4: Hearing Voices
10 – 8 May LP Addictive Disorders
11 – 15 May IK Personality Disorders Lab 5: Personality Disorders
12 – 22 May IK Eating Disorders
Key: CG = Dr Chris Groot, MJ = A/Prof. Michelle Jongelis, LP = Prof. Lisa Phillips, IK = A/Prof. Isabel Krug.
HV = ‘Hearing Voices’. This is the name given to Dr Groot’s curriculum project focussing on embedding the
perspectives of marginalised persons into coursework and training. In this subject, a 30 minute ‘Hearing
Voices’ online video discussion will accompany each of Dr Groot’s 1.5 hour lectures during Weeks 1-5.
These discussions will effectively form part of the lecture and will be examined. Discussants will include
individuals living with mental ill-health and a First Nations mental health leader.
1.5 Information Sources – Who to See and Where to Find Things Out
Learning Management System (LMS) - http://www.lms.unimelb.edu.au/
LMS/Canvas is an on-line resource for class material posting and communicating important course-related
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information throughout the university. We recommend you check Canvas every day since announcements
and other useful information will be regularly posted at this site.
The University provides email accounts to all students. You must check your University-provided email on
regular basis as this is used by the School to communicate with you.
The School of Psychology Office
Staff members in the Psychology Office are responsible for the administration of this subject, and it should
be your first point of call for information. At the current time the best way to contact the office is via email:
enquiries@psych.unimelb.edu.au. Enquiry staff will either respond directly to your queries or will forward your
email to someone who can. Please give them reasonable time to respond if you do contact them and note
that the email is not monitored after office hours, on weekends or holidays.
The Coordinator
The Coordinator, Dr Chris Groot, is the academic staff member responsible for the teaching of this subject. If
you are having difficulties with the subject, or problems with assessment, you should consult him by email
at grootc@unimelb.edu.au.
Lecturers and the Head Tutor
Lecturers are experts on the areas they teach. All lecturers and the Head Tutor, Alsa Wu, will be active on
the Discussion Board and will respond to any questions left on the discussion board each week via a recorded
video response. Dr Groot and Alsa will work together to govern the tutorial class program and all matters
pertaining to your semester essay, and will hold regular consultations regarding the latter.
Tutors
Most of the Tutors teaching the lab classes are graduate students of the department. They have an honours
degree in psychology and are usually studying for either a clinical master’s degree, or a PhD. A list of tutors
can be found in the Staff Information section on Canvas. They will usually be able to answer questions
concerning your lab classes (although they are not the authors of the material they are teaching).
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Most student queries are already answered by information provided in the Undergraduate Student
Manual, the Psychological Sciences website, our Canvas site, and this subject guide. The Canvas Discussion
Board is a great place to ask questions. For general administrative questions, Dr Groot and other staff will
respond in the discussion board. For questions on weekly lecture topics, lecturers will respond by
uploading a video response. Questions specific to your tutorial or tutorial attendance can be e-mailed
directly to your tutor. Please contact Dr Groot if, after searching these fora, your question has not yet been
answered. Importantly, the discussion board is primarily used to facilitate respectful discussion between
students on questions and thoughts about the subject. Please feel welcome to answer questions that your
classmates pose.
1.6 Consultation Times – Getting Extra Help from Lecturers and the Principal Tutor
Consulting Lecturers and Q&A Sessions
If you have any questions related to lecture content, you should post them on the Discussion Board in the
relevant thread no later than 5pm of the Monday following the lecture. Questions posted to the Discussion
Board will be addressed in a weekly Q&A session- this recorded session will be posted to Canvas no later
than 5pm on the Wednesday following each lecture. For example, the Q&A video response to Week 1
lecture questions posted before the 5pm on the Monday of Week 2 will be posted to Canvas no later than
5pm on the Wednesday of Week 2. Again, please post any questions you have to the weekly discussion
board thread no later than 5pm on the Monday following each lecture. We hope that this gives students
sufficient time to ask questions and lecturers sufficient time to record and upload responses.
Separate Q&A sessions will be scheduled with Dr Groot and Alsa Wu to address queries about the essay and
the exam.
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2. COURSE STRUCTURE
Lectures commence in week 1. In contrast, Laboratory classes commence in week 2. Please refer to the
timetable near the front of this manual for weekly topics and more details.
2.1 Subject Structure
PSYC30014 Psychopathology of Everyday Life consists of:
- 1 x 2-hour lecture each teaching week during semester. Please note that Dr Groot’s lectures will be
presented in two segments: 1) A lecture of no more than 1.5 hours in duration presented on
campus and online; and 2) a pre-recorded live discussion about the lecture of no more than 30
minutes in duration with a lived experience ambassador from mental health organisation, Flourish
Australia. To accompany our Week 5 lecture on Cultural Consideration in Psychopathology, Dr Groot
will record a conversation with Australian First Nations mental health leader and CEO of Dardi
Munwurro, Mr Alan Thorpe. The total lecture commitment for these weeks is therefore two hours,
which is the same as the remaining weeks in this subject. This is a trial expansion of Dr Groot’s
‘Hearing Voices’ program, which focusses on embedding lived experience perspectives in the
curriculum, and we will welcome feedback on your experience of this should you wish to give it.
- 1 x 1.5-hour laboratory class occurring roughly every second week (Weeks 2, 4, 7, 9, and 11) - there
are FIVE lab classes in total.
- In lieu of holding a 6th lab class in the busy time that is Week 6, we will ask you to undertake an
online ‘Group Perusall Task’ at a time of your choosing in this week. This activity is intended to
connect you with your classmates while helping you prepare for writing your assignment. A research
article that is central to your assignment will be presented in ‘Perusall’, which is in Canvas and allows
collaborative markup and discussion on documents. You will discuss the paper online with a group
of classmates by leaving comments in response to some prompting questions.
- Recorded Q&A sessions during which the lecturers will respond to questions about lecture content
that have been posted to the Discussion Board will also be held weekly.
2.2 Subject Description
PSYC30014 covers a range of phenomena such as hallucinations and delusions, anxiety, somatisation,
psychosis, depression, dissociation, addition, and more. Issues as regards the diagnosis and classification of
mental disorder will be considered, and theoretical accounts of both categorical and dimensional
approaches to understanding mental disorder will be presented. Particular attention will be paid to a
foundational comparison of the clinical staging approach to phenomena and a normalising model which sees
putatively 'abnormal' experiences as not necessarily representing psychopathology per se. These
approaches to mental disorder will be outlined early in semester so that students may apply them to their
subsequent exploration of mental disorders and associated psychopathology topics presented in this
subject.
2.3 Lecture Recordings
Lectures will be recorded and either published on the ’Lecture Capture’ section of Canvas, as a link in the
relevant module, or saved as a Zoom recording. Each lecturer will provide information relevant to their
lectures. We also understand that lectures will be streamed automatically and with only a brief delay.
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2.4 Lab Classes
The primary purpose of lab classes is to provide opportunity for consideration and discussion of the core
PSYC30014 topic areas. These classes provide students with the opportunity to participate in small class
activities and group discussions on selected topics. Lab classes are designed to complement and extend
concepts introduced in lectures but will not specifically cover the same material.
Important note: 80% attendance at lab classes is mandatory to pass the PSYC30014 course. Specifically,
students must attend a minimum of 4 of the 5 lab classes held during semester to complete this hurdle
requirement. Students may be assigned additional work to be eligible to pass the PSCY30014 course should
this hurdle requirement not be met.
3 Prescribed Textbook and Readings
A number of readings will be assigned in association with each lecture and will be made available on the LMS.
These are the primary supporting texts for the subject.
The suggested optional supporting textbook for PSYC30014 is Elizabeth Rieger (Ed.) Abnormal Psychology, 4th
Edition. (2016). McGraw-Hill Education. The fourth edition is ideal, however, earlier additions will suffice if you
cannot find it. Copies are also available in the Biomed and Bailleau Libraries. However….
The curated readings that we will provide (like journal articles) and lecture materials are substantially more
important than the textbook and you may find you do not need to purchase the textbook at all. Note that no
assessment questions will come from this textbook.
The DSM5 is referenced throughout the subject, but YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY IT. You can access the DSM-
5 via the library and the link will be provided on our Canvas page.
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4. ASSESSMENT AND COURSE REQUIREMENTS
You must complete ALL assessment components to be eligible to pass the PSYC30014 subject.
4.1 Assessment Details
The assessment requirements for PSYC30014 Psychopathology of Everyday Life are:
1. Mid-Semester Exam. This mid-semester exam will comprise 30 questions in open book, multiple-
choice format and lasting no more than 30 minutes in duration (plus 15 minutes reading time). The
exam will be presented in the form of an online Canvas quiz. The exam will be available in Week 5
from 9am, Monday March 27th and must be completed before 5pm Friday, March 31st. The exam can be
completed at a time of your choosing between these dates but must be completed in a single session. The
exam timer will start upon your commencement. The exam will-autosubmit once the total
45 minute reading time + exam completion time period has elapsed if you have not already
submitted. This exam will cover the content presented in the first 4 weeks of class and is intended to: a)
provide timely feedback on your progress in PSYC30014; b) to provide an assessment that is
similar to the final exam to help guide your study throughout the subject; and c) reduce the
burden of the final exam. (12.5% subject weighting).
2. Written Assignment. An essay of no more than 2000 words, due Friday April 28th at 8:00am (50% subject
weighting).
3. Final Exam. This examination will be of no more than 1.5 hours (plus 15 minutes reading time), and
will comprise multiple choice questions, covering content presented in Weeks 5-12
(37.5% subject weighting). This exam will be held in-person. It will not be open book. It will be
scheduled centrally by the University during the standard exam period of 5 June – 23 June 2023.
Successful completion of PSYC30014 also involves:
Students must complete all components of the assessment, attend a minimum of 80% of lab classes (i.e. 4
of 5 classes) and achieve an aggregate score of 50% in the subject to pass the subject. If the Attendance
Hurdle is not met, additional work may be required before a passing mark can be awarded.
The final result for the subject is determined by the School’s Board of Examiners on the basis of your marks
for all pieces of assessment. This is the official result and it will appear on your transcript. You should refer
to your student portal (my.unimelb.edu.au) for University regulations covering examinations. In particular,
until the final exam timetable has been published, you are expected to be available to sit exams at any
time during the examination period. It is your responsibility to ensure you know the date, time, and venue
for examinations. No examination timetable information will be provided by academic staff.
4.2 Hurdle requirements
Hurdle requirements do not contribute to your final mark but they must be completed in order to obtain a
passing grade. For PSYC30014, this refers to laboratory attendance and submission of all pieces of
assessment (essay and exam/tests).
4.2.1 Laboratory Attendance
While the University expects that students will attend all classes, in order to be eligible for a pass in
PSYC30014 you must attend at least 80% of the lab classes. In other words, you must miss no more than one
lab class during semester to pass the attendance hurdle requirement.
Tutors record laboratory attendance during the class. If you arrive late or leave early you should ensure that
your attendance has been recorded. However, if you have missed too much of the class, the tutor may not
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record you as having attended and you will be required to attend another class during the same week. You
will need to complete a Temporary Lab Transfer Form (see section 4.2.1.2 below) to have your attendance
for that class recorded.
If you do miss your normal laboratory class due to illness or other reason you should try to attend another
class. If you are unable to do so, you should make sure that you catch up on the required work.
4.2.1.1 Requests for Permanent Changes in Lab Class Allocation
All queries relating to class allocation are handled via the Timetabling Assistance Form (TAF), which you
can read more about and access here: https://students.unimelb.edu.au/your-course/manage-your-
course/class-timetable/timetable-help/timetabling-assistance-form.
If you are making a request with regard to your Practical class (i.e. “lab class” or “tutorial” – all the same
thing), please list at least four alternative class times in order of preference (where possible), specifying
the day and time for each. You can expect to receive a response informing you of the outcome of your
request, or at least providing an update, within three working days (not including weekends).
Requests for changes to allocations via the TAF can only be considered for the particular circumstances
outlined in the link above; the form should not be used for timetabling changes on the basis of preference
alone. While you can most likely be allocated to a Practical class that creates a non-clashing University
timetable, keep in mind that your preferences cannot always be accommodated as activities do become
full.
You can view the details of classes in MyTimetable (log in here: https://students.unimelb.edu.au/your-
course/manage-your-course/class-timetable). It is strongly recommended that you check the “Message”
that is attached to activities within subjects in MyTimetable; important information and updates about
class allocation for the subject are posted there.
Finally, please be aware that changes to allocations in psychology subjects will close at the end of Week 2
of semester (i.e. 5pm on Friday 10 March), after which point you will then be expected to attend your
officially allocated class for the remainder of semester.
4.2.1.2 Requests for Temporary Tutorial Changes
If you are unable to attend your normal laboratory class you may request a "temporary transfer." This allows
you to attend a different class in the same week for that week only. Here are some important points to
know about temporary lab class changes:
• Temporary transfer request forms are managed via an online form. Here is the link:
o Temporary Lab Transfer form (Semester 1).
• You cannot transfer to the temporary lab class requested unless you've received formal written
approval from the receiving tutor.
• You will normally be required to provide documentation explaining your reason for wanting to
transfer (e.g. a medical certificate).
• It is the tutor’s responsibility to ensure the number of students in the class is not above the official
limit (>25). You may only attend the class if there are empty places above the permanent number
of students already registered to that class.
• You must then forward the email containing your lab transfer approval to your regular tutor.
• Students are allowed one temporary lab transfer without a medical certificate per semester.
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4.3 Notes on the Written Assignment, Academic Integrity, Submission Deadline, and Marking
One of your three core assessments in this subject is a 2000 word written assignment in the form of an
essay. Dr Groot will brief you on the assignment topic in the first week of semester and so, you will be able
to start work straight away. You will be provided with instructions, marking criteria, some starting
readings to prime your thoughts, and links to resources that will help you learn how to write a psychology
essay. This first thing that you should do is review these resources and take notes about your thoughts
and preliminary questions. You will be able to bring these questions to one of the assignment consultation
sessions that will be live streamed early in semester. The recordings of these sessions will also be provided
online. We will provide further information about these sessions via Canvas announcements.
Planning, and then enacting your plan, is the key to success with any written assignment. You are going to
be busy during semester. You will have competing demands of lectures, tutorials, assessments across
multiple subjects, and of course, your life outside of study. Planning your time, then, is important to
complete this subject’s essay and to help keep your stress levels manageable. If done effectively, you
might even find yourself deriving a sense of mastery and/or enjoyment from the process of writing the
assignment. Look at your semester timetable. The PSYC30014 assignment is due before 8am on Friday,
April 28. This means that there is roughly 8 weeks to complete your assignment from the point at which
you will receive it, which is more than sufficient. Ask yourself, ‘given my commitments and circumstances,
how should I pace my work on this assignment?’. You might choose, for example, to spend 2 hours each
week working on the assignment. Put that in your schedule. Work to it each week. Rehearsing working to
a schedule like this will pay off. Just imagine how good it will feel to not be rushing at the last minute to
beat the deadline!
The deadline is concrete. You should refer to the Years 1-3 Undergraduate and Graduate Diploma
Psychology Student Manual for the details of late submission penalties. These penalties will be applied to
work submitted as little as one second after the deadline! Why? Student equity is an important
consideration and deadlines are one way to promote that. Having said that, we understand that
unexpected and exceptional circumstances sometimes impact timely assignment completion for students.
In these situations, you may be eligible for an extension. The eligibility criteria are also provided in the
Years 1-3 Undergraduate and Graduate Diploma Psychology Student Manual. The circumstances which do
not qualify for extension are also described here. Please, feed your dogs. The last thing we want is hungry
puppies eating your assignment, because there ain’t no extensions for that! If you have an Academic
Adjustment Plan (AAP), then you will be eligible for an extension. However, Dr Groot encourages all
students, with and without AAPs alike, to work towards completing your assignment by the original
deadline. The preparation time of 8 weeks is a generous amount of time to complete the task.
Some students may expect that lengthy assignment extensions lasting until the end of semester or beyond
will be granted. This will not be the case in PSYC30014 for numerous reasons. An important one is that Dr
Groot and your tutors will provide interpretive feedback on assignment submissions in classes and in
consultations after the marking process has been completed. It would of course, not be fair to accept
assignment submissions after this point, given that they may be influenced by published feedback. If an
application for Special Consideration is made at this late point, the outcome that Dr Groot is most likely to
offer is an opportunity to withdraw from PSYC30014 without penalty and with the possibility of a remission
of fees.
The use of plagiarism and Artificial Intelligence (AI) services such as ChatGPT in preparing your assignment
is strictly prohibited and is considered by the University of Melbourne to constitute academic misconduct.
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Canvas and Turnitin have detectors for text that has been wholly or partly plagiarised or written by AI.
Academic misconduct is treated seriously at the University. You can and should read more about this and
how to avoid academic misconduct here: https://academicintegrity.unimelb.edu.au/. Please also review
Dr Groot’s Canvas video on writing with integrity before you start working on your assignment.
Lastly, some words on the marking process. You will be given the exact marking criteria that your tutors
will use to assess your work. You will be able to use this information to guide your writing and to assess
the quality of your own assignment prior to submitting it. The marking process will be led by Dr Groot and
Alsa Wu, and involves considerable expense, time, and effort dedicated to the concept of reliability. This
means that we undertake an exhaustive process that ensures that tutors assess and score assignments in
the same way. This process involves:
1. Dr Groot and Alsa Wu initially marking a small number of assignments to calibrate benchmark
standards and interpretive comments that are in turn shared with the tutor cohort.
2. Tutors are briefed on the marking and feedback processes.
3. Tutors engaging in a cross-marking and reflective practice exercise. A small number of assignments
is cross marked by tutors, marks are compared and analysed, and an in-depth discussion exploring
assessment of each criterion is held. By the end of this session, tutors are well prepared to mark
consistently.
4. Tutors mark all assignments submitted. Ongoing monitoring and discussion occurs via MS Teams,
email, and meetings.
5. All assignments deemed to receive a failing grade are double marked by Alsa Wu.
6. The distribution of marks for each criterion and the assignment overall are statistically analysed
across the tutor cohort by Dr Groot and Alsa Wu. In rare instances where a tutor is observed to
mark divergently, this will be addressed with the tutor and the necessary corrections made to
ensure consistency to Dr Groot’s satisfaction.
7. The quality of feedback provided by all tutors is assessed by Alsa Wu to ensure that comments are
appropriate and accurate.
8. Themes in responses are identified and incorporated into feedback to be delivered in tutorial
classes and via announcements or a consultation video.
9. Assignment marks and comments are released to the student cohort.
We hope that you find the assignment interesting, challenging, and rewarding to complete. It is not an easy
assignment, and nor should it be. After all, what is learning if not an exercise in challenging ourselves to grow.
5. SERVICES FOR STUDENTS – Other Sources of Help
The University provides a number of services for students free of charge, and some of them are listed below.
There are numerous services provided to help your study by providing training in study and writing skills,
language support, and counselling for general problems and mental health issues. You can also use the
https://ask.unimelb.edu.au webpage to find additional resources available in the University beyond those listed
below.
Academic Skill Unit
The Academic Skill Unit provides a range of valuable resources to students of the University. These resources
are delivered both online and face-to-face, with drop in, group sessions, and booked individual lab classes
available. These services are particularly useful for international students who are learning to write
academically in English. To find out more about the services offered or to book a tutorial, please visit the
Academic Skills Unit website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/academicskills
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Student Administration
Student Administration for the University is handled at a central location: Stop 1, which can be found at the
corner of Grattan and Swanston streets.
Stop 1 website: https://students.unimelb.edu.au/stop1
Stop 1 phone: 13 63 52 (13MELB)
Computer Facilities
The University provides a large number of computer facilities for students. A list of the computer facilities
available for students of the University can be found at http://studentit.unimelb.edu.au/findconnect/find-
computers
Wellbeing Services
Studying at the University is a great opportunity for personal development and enhancement of wellbeing.
Wellbeing is not only the absence of illness or discomfort, but also the experience of satisfaction and
pleasure in life. University life provides opportunities for a range of physical and social activities. See the
range of services offered by the Sport Centre or the activities of the numerous clubs and societies at
http://www.sports.unimelb.edu.au/
The University also recognises that life transitions like coming to study can be associated with increased
stress, anxiety and other emotional difficulties. If you find that you are feeling stressed or down, or
experiencing something that you would like to speak with a counsellor about, there are University
counselling services that are freely available for students. Free 24/7 counselling services like Lifeline can also
provide valuable additional support. Below are the details of the university counselling services and some
other sources of support and mental health information.
On the Phone
Lifeline: 131114
University of Melbourne Counselling Services tel: 8344 6927 or 8344 6928
University of Melbourne Psychology Clinic tel: 9035 5180
Australian Psychological Society Referral Service: 1800 333 497
Or find these services on the internet
http://services.unimelb.edu.au/counsel
http://www.psych.unimelb.edu.au/clinic/MHterms.html
http://www.beyondblue.org.au/
http://www.lifeline.org.au/
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Appendix I ETHICAL ISSUES
A.1 Ethical Questions In Relation to Lab Classes
From time to time you may be asked to participate in class exercises, demonstrations or laboratory procedures
as part of your coursework. You will be briefed on the nature of such activities. If, for personal reasons, you do
not wish to be involved in such an activity, you have the right to decline to participate or to withdraw. If this is
the case, you should contact the PSYC30014 Subject Coordinator – Dr Chris Groot. Alternative work will be
arranged to meet the subject requirements.
