NZQA registered unit standard
Title
27690 version 1
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Analyse the application of theories in fields of psychological practice to scenarios
Level
Purpose
2 Credits 6
People credited with this unit standard are able to analyse the application of theories in fields of psychological practice to scenarios.
Classification
Available grade
Criteria for Merit
Social Science Studies > Psychology
Achieved, Merit, and Excellence
The analysis includes a comparison of the way that the theories explain behaviour in the given scenarios. The key points of similarity and difference between the theories within the fields of psychological practice, and their respective explanation of the behaviour, must be identified and discussed.
Criteria for Excellence The analysis includes a comprehensive comparison of the way that the theories explain behaviour and a justification of the theoretical position that explains behaviour in the given scenarios. A justified position must be argued for each of at least two different fields of psychological practice.
Explanatory notes
1 Definitions
Behaviour may include the mental processes that produce the observed behaviour.
Fields of psychological practice refer to human contexts in which psychological theory is applied.
Scenarios refer to situations that have occurred, or are likely to occur, in everyday life eg sporting situations where motivation theory can be applied; health situations such as smoking where theories of personal behaviour can be applied; or education situations such as teaching where learning theory can be applied.
Theories refer to organising ideas or concepts that describe, explain, or predict behaviour or mental processes. Theories may relate to areas of psychology such as abnormal, comparative, individual differences, developmental, social psychology.
2 This unit standard can be awarded with an Achieved, Merit, or Excellence grade. For the Achieved grade to be awarded , all outcomes must be achieved as specified in the outcome statement(s). For Merit or Excellence grades to be awarded, the candidate must meet the Merit or Excellence criteria specified above.
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NZQA registered unit standard 27690 version 1
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3 Students will be given scenarios relating to a psychological setting and/or from academic research. The scenarios must be based on an Aotearoa/New Zealand context and should be sensitive to safety, privacy, gender, cultural, and other individual needs.
4 Outcome of the analysis may be conveyed using written, oral, or audio-visual presentation in response to a given assignment.
5 Teaching and learning guidelines that inform Psychology as it is taught in
Aotearoa/New Zealand schools can be found at http://seniorsecondary.tki.org.nz/Social-sciences/Psychology . Assessment support material for these standards can be found at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz
.
6 Information on psychology as it is practiced in Aotearoa/New Zealand is available from the New Zealand Psychological Society, http://www.psychology.org.nz
, and The
New Zealand Psychologists Board, http://www.psychologistsboard.org.nz/ .
Outcome 1
Analyse the application of theories in fields of psychological practice to scenarios.
Evidence requirements
1.1 The analysis identifies and describes, with supporting evidence, the application of theories in fields of psychological practice in terms of how they explain behaviour in given scenarios.
Range a minimum of two theories for each of two fields of psychological practice; fields of psychological practice may include but are not limited to
– sport, forensic, health, education, environment, industrial and organisational, media, clinical and counselling, human development; supporting evidence includes but is not limited to
– identifying similarities and differences.
Replacement information This unit standard replaced unit standard 19271, unit standard 19272, unit standard 19273, unit standard 19274, and unit standard 19275.
Planned review date 31 December 2016
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SSB Code 130301
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NZQA registered unit standard 27690 version 1
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment
Registration 1 27 June 2012 N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0226
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do
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SSB Code 130301
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