Factors Influencing Human Behaviour

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.