Overview
This Factors Influencing Human Behaviour course explores the elements that shape your social attitudes and values. Dive into areas such as sensation, perception, how good your memory is, and why memory is important in navigating life’s choices.
In this 8-week micro-credential, you will examine your habits and why you have them. Discover how effective your problem-solving skills are, and how much your feelings impact your actions.
Learn how your personal sense of self shapes your outlook on life and understand how this has a knock-on effect on how well or how poorly you connect with others to achieve your personal and professional goals.
Course Outcomes
By the end of this course you will have:
- Differentiated key constructs of human cognition.
- Analysed social cognition as a key factor of human development.
- Defined the influence of environmental and cultural factors upon social attitudes.
- Described how key emotional experiences influence our actions.
- Examined wellbeing and a wellness perspective.
- Explained the formation of gender.
- Examined various views of human sexuality.
Accreditation
Credential Type
This course has been reviewed by the OpenLearning team to ensure quality academic content within the Malaysian and Australian credentialing framework.
An OpenLearning OpenCred is a type of credential that can stand-alone, or interact with a formal qualification. OpenCred courses are market-leading online courses that prepare learners for the future of work.
Programme Structure
- Week 1: Key constructs of human cognition. The role and importance of attention, sensation, perception and memory in navigating life’s opportunities and challenges.
- Week 2: The development of social cognition. The strategies and processes we employ in how we think of others and behave towards them.
- Week 3: How social attitudes and values are shaped. How social attitudes are influenced by your environment and culture in shaping the way you think about yourself and others.
- Week 4: How key emotional experiences influence our actions. The beauty and complexity of human feelings and how they influence the way you experience and make sense of the world.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 56 days
- Flexible
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Delivered
- Self-paced
- No Attendance
- Only feedback on assignments and exams, Continuous support with feedback on request
- Individual work/assignments (with online group discussions)
Disciplines
Psychology Sociology Organisational Behaviour View 25 other Short Courses in Psychology in South AfricaAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
Technological requirements
- Access to Microsoft Word
- Google Chrome (recommended)
- Stable internet connection
Tuition Fee
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International
3500 ZAR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 3500 ZAR for the full programme during 56 days. -
National
3500 ZAR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 3500 ZAR for the full programme during 56 days.