Module 4: Job Paths 3 Flashcards

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What are the main roles and job tasks of an academic?

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  • Preparing and writing programs of study: designing, validating, delivering programs
    • Working with the department
  • Teaching: lectures, tutorials and workshops.
    • Marking/grading assignments
    • Mentoring
  • Research: Generating ideas, testing hypotheses etc.
    • Applying for grant schemes
      • Australian Research Council = ‘pure’ research
      • National health and medical research council = clinical research
    • Influencing policy debates
    • Publishing and editing papers
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Give examples of special interest areas in psychology

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  • The APS lists 48 areas of special interest
  • Conservation/Environmental psychology: emphasis on people-environmental relationship
    • Effect of zoos on emotion, response to conservation messages
  • Comparative psychology: study of non-human species
  • Cross-cultural psychology: relationships between cultural context and behaviour
  • Positive psychology: approach seeking to understand what makes life good and meaningful
  • Military psychology
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What is Basow’s (2000) five factor model of teaching qualities?

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  • Scholarship/Knowledge; breadth of knowledge, course content, intellectual challenge
  • Organisation/Clarity; Clear expectations, preparation for lectures, presentation, lecturing skills
  • Instructor-group interaction; open-minded, encouraging, fairness, feedback, humble, interactive teaching style
  • Instructor-individual student interaction; Respectful, approachable, rapport and interest in student learning
  • Dynamism/Enthusiam; Innovative teaching style, made learning enjoyable, passionate, assertive, humourous
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What role did Basow find gender plays in ratings of best teachers?

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  • Demographic:
    • Male Students: More likely to rate male teachers as best
    • Female Students: Ratings reflected proportion of female teachers
  • Qualities
    • Top two factos were dynamism (more male) and instructor-individual interaction (more female, particular by male students)
    • Male teachers describes using Scholarship/knowledge and in course content
    • Male students more likely to praise openmindeded in women
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What roles did Basow find gender plays in ratings of worst teachers?

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  • Demographic: no student gender by teacher gender interaction. Twice as many male teachers nominated as worst
  • Characteristics:
    • Very low in both expressive-nuturant and active-instrumental traits
    • Male students rated worst women higher on nurturing traits than male
    • male students more likely to describe female as closeminded and male as arrogant
    • Female students rated teaching skills highest, then boring/unethusiastic
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What three non-traditional career paths are outlined by Davila et al?

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  • Academics are leaving academia for other research areas
  • Research in a Medical Center:
    • Preparation: Science-practitioner training, mentors, break down skills, be aware of each step
    • Tips: Choose mentors well, keep doors open, watch everyone, network, be flexible, notice when you are smiling, negotioate up front
  • Research in a NonProfit:
    • Preparation: science practioner, research experience, clinical training
    • Tips: Understand applied research, balance general and specialised knowledge
  • Research in a Tech Start-Up:
    • Preparation: think big and little, approaching problems, openness to ideas, overcoming challenges
    • Tips: see possibilities, dont be afraid, establish relationships
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What are some examples of how psychologists can reflect social responsibility?

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  • Social responsibility = sense of responsibility beyond individual clients
  1. Working within industry
  2. Honorary or pro-bono work
  3. Sitting on advisory panels and committees
  4. Supervising trainee psychologists
  5. Reseach that aims to be used by others
  6. Continuous professional development
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What are some alternative occupations in mental health and the community?

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  • Mental Health
    • Mental Health Worker: Provide specialist services to those suffering from mild to moderate disorders.
    • School Counsellor: Short and long term counselling for students
    • Occupational Therapist: Assist patients and carers with psychological, physical and social problems
  • Community
    • Social Worker: work with families and individuals in crisis or isolation
    • Youth Worker: Work with teenages across many difficulties
    • Police Officer: Work with witnesses, investigate, community outreach
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What are some alternative occupations in education and the private sector?

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  • Education
    • Special Needs Educator: Work in schoold with students with physical, cognitive or psychological problems
    • School Teacher:
    • Research Assistant: Aiding in research for academics, collect data, recruit etc
  • Private sector
    • HR officer:
    • Recruitment consultant
    • Events Manager
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What were the results of Maujean’s study on equine-facilitated psychotherapy (EFP)?

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  • 12 teenagers had a structured 12 week intervention based on natural horsemanship benefits from
    • Motivation and engagement
    • Transferable social skills
    • Psychological growth
    • A sense of mastery
  • Results:
    • Increased positive mood
    • Increased reporting of own skills and abilities (incl social skills)
    • Increased self worth/confidence
    • Incresed engagement with school
  • Mechanisms of change
    • Participant-horse connection
    • Rural environment
    • Structured format
    • Program staff
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What does Kostanski outline as key features of the three pathways of postgraduate psychology qualitifications?

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  • Masters by Coursework (MPsyc)
    • 2 year fulltime, coursework, placement and thesis components
    • Supervised placements are unpaid but cost money for the university
    • Not HECs funded, but HELP assisted
  • Professional Doctorate (DPsyc)
    • Extension of MPsyc - extended research project, placement, coursework
    • HELP only no HECS
    • No real difference in working life
  • Doctor of Philosophy
    • Independent long term research project (now limited to 3 years)
    • Scholarships available, or grants so it doesnt cost anything but no living expenses
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What postgraduate research courses are offered by Monash university?

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  • Research Degrees
    • PhD; PhD in Clinical Psychology or PhD in Clinical Neuropsychology
  • Required skills:
    • 15 places filled with 200 applicants
    • Aim for 4th year mark, publications and relevant volunteer work experiences
  • Specialist areas at Monash:
    • Addiction
    • Attention and Memory
    • Clinical Translation
    • Sleep
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What masters courses are offered through the department of education at monash university?

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  • All masters courses require proof of provisional registration as a psychologist
  • Master of professional psychology; Accredited 5th year for 5+1 pathway
  • Master of educational and developmental psychology: 2 year accredited course
  • Master of psychology (counselling); 2 year accredited course
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What are the CPD requirements for psychologists?

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  • General Registration; requires 30h p.a. of CPD points, 10 of whch are peer consultation.
    • Peer consultation = supervision and consultation in a group or individual format incl focus on own practice
    • Recommended 10hrs are “active CPD”; involves active oral, written activities
  • More than half CPD points must be relevant to endorsement area if you have one.
  • Types of CPD:
    • Workshops, seminars, lectures
    • Writing, assessing or analysing journals
    • Producing/analysis of scientific resources
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What are the advantages of peer support in professional contexts?

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  • Peer support is a form of psychosocial care
    • Peer= your equal, with common experience and expertise
  • Peer support groups: educte, socialise, counsel, share resources, solve problems
  • Peer-review feedback
    • Editorial feedback (structure, format, grammar)
    • Technical Feedback (terminology, methodology)
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What 6 principles does Bray outline are important to the future of psychology practices?

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  1. Expand focus of traditional practice: expand from mental health to business, industry and policy
  2. Provide Integrated Health Care: Increase collaborate with medical professionals (closer to Aus model)
  3. Integrate Technology into practice: providing services via the internte and other telehealth areas
  4. Apply Basic and Applied scientific evidence: development of clinical treatment guides and ensure therapeutic relationship is maintained
  5. Demonstrate accountability: America should follow Aus in using outcome assessments at routine intervals to justify rebates
  6. Meet needs of diverse society: Need to be able to understand and work with cultural differences
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What 10 growth areas are identified by Bray for psychology?

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  1. Translational/comparative research
  2. Behaviour and climate change research
  3. Behavioural aspects of genetic research
  4. Applications of human engineering
  5. Psych as a STEM discipline
  6. Behavioural economics
  7. Cognitive neuroscience
  8. Computational modeling
  9. Data Mining
  10. Non-linear methods
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What are some of the benefits of self-compassion?

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  • Self criticism; activates fight/flight circuits, makes it harder to focus, leads to rumination, avoidance behaviours
    • “Shoot yourself with a 2nd arrow”
  • Three elements of self-compassion
    • Self-kindness; caring and understanding
    • Common humanity; all humans are imperfect
    • Mindfullness; Be aware but not drawn in by shame and guilt
  • Self-compassion v Self-esteem:
    • self-esteem is a flawed model since we can’t all be the best
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What does Glomb et al identify as the key work-related benefits of mindfulness?

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  • Improved Social Relationships: mindfulness increases empathy and response flexibility by enhancing sensitivity without reactivity
  • Increased Resiliency: Through the processes of affective regulation and persistence, mindfulness reduces avoidance behaviours
  • Improved Task Performance: maintaining wide attentional breadth
    • Reduced cognitive failures and attunement to internal processes
    • Mechanism slightly different depending on emotional load of job