PYB302 Lecture 1:

Advanced Social
Unit Introduction
and and Assessment
Organisational
Psychology Overview

Dr Nadine Brayley: PYB302@qut.edu.au

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 Welcome

General overview of Unit

Today’s
Agenda
Assessments

Quick Review – Stereotypes

and Prejudice
 • Dr Nadine Brayley (Unit Coordinator)
• Assoc Prof Ioni Lewis
Your friendly &
• Dr Kate Murray
helpful teaching
team • Dr Stephanie Tobin
• Dr Zoe Hazelwood

• Tutor: Rebecca Langdon

 All communication
PYB302@qut.edu.au

(Thank you )

O Block, B Wing, 514

Please email for appointment
 Lecture
Tuesday
3:00pm – 5pm
BUT LECTURE ROOM IS BOOKED UNTIL 6:00PM
Work on team project or catch up with Nadine
Learning Outcomes
1. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of social and organisational
psychology;

2. Synthesise and apply different areas of psychological theories and

research to real world social and workplace issues;

3. Understand the distinct contributions social and organisational

psychology can make in real world contexts.
 Week 2: Stereotypes & prejudice (& changing
them)
Week 3: Organisations, teams and teamwork
Week 4: Attitudes and attitudinal change
Week 5: Social change: beyond the individual
Week 6: Organisational development and change
Lecture Week 7: Diversity, culture and climate
Schedule Week 8: Leadership, power and influence
Week 9: Mental health in the workplace
Week 10: Online social behaviour
Week 11: Interpersonal attraction and close
relationships
Week 12: Prosocial behaviour
Week 13: Review and exam advice
 Week 4 Week 5
Intro to assessment 2 Optimising team
Team and project outcomes
allocation Begin Project Plan

TUTORIAL
PROGRAM Week 6 Week 8
Initial team consult 2nd Team consult with
with tutor tutor
Only 6 tutorials – Understanding your Second round of
1.5 hours duration topic partner questions
Initial partner
questions

Week 9 Week 12
Report writing and Presentation week
presentation tips
9:00am – 12:30am
Or
1:30pm – 5:00pm
NO textbook for this semester

Weekly readings
Weekly Readings

QUT Readings Assessed in

BB Site Final Exam

Focus questions
to guide your
exam study
 Assignment 1 (20%)
Issue analysis
Individual Essay
Assignment 2 (45%)
Assessment Let’s Get Real Team Consultancy
Team consultancy report (project plan, progress
Overview report)
Group presentation
Logan City Council and Picabeen

Final Exam (35%)

During exam week – Date TBA
Assignment 1 – Issue Analysis

• Individual assignment
• 1200 words
• 20% of overall unit mark
Assignment 1
• Due WEEK 5 (Thurs. 26th
March by 11:59pm)
• Turnitin upload BB site
Assignment 1 (see task sheet on Bb)
Task:
Identify a contemporary issue (or phenomenon/event) within a
reputable source that can be understood or addressed using
principles/concepts or theories based in social and/or organisational
psychology.
Doesn’t have to be negative J
Reputable Must have relevance to
sources: Australian context.
• Newspapers Include a copy of the article
• Magazines with your assignment or a
• Websites link to the article if website.
Assignment 1- Components
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ISSUE/phenomenon
(brief – only 2/20!!)
• Provide a brief description of the issue/problem/phenomenon/event
(doesn’t have to be negative J)
• Provide sufficient information that the reader understands the focus
• You can define the issue/phenomenon/event and reference (e.g., Gender
pay gap refers to….. (ref).

IDENTIFY TWO principles/concepts/theories based in

social and/or organisational psychology that provide understanding of the
issue or which may help to address the issue.
For EACH principle/concept/theory…

1. Use scholarly sources to define/describe the principle/concept/theory.

◦ For the description/definition, scholarly sources can be books or scholarly articles

2. Use scholarly research to explain/demonstrate the link between the

concept/theory and our understanding of the issue or its value in addressing
the issue.

◦ Find studies that have examined the relationship between the

concept/theory and the issue and use these to demonstrate how the social
or org. psych concept/theory provides understanding or can be used to
address the issue.
• Provide details of the studies (sample, method, results)
• Don’t just say… Smith (2012) and Jones (2018) found stereotypes to
be a major antecedent to the gender pay gap.

• No set number of articles/studies

 Structuring the Issue Analysis
Description of the problem:
The gender pay gap is the term used to describe ( ). It is an ongoing issue in
Australia where the average pay for women is reported to be X% lower than for
men, generally. Stereotype and Stereotype threat are two psychological concepts
that can help us to understand why the gender pay gap continues to be an issue.
Concept 1 – Stereotypes
Stereotypes are….. (ref)
Review literature
Make sure you draw connections between the literature you report and, based on
this, how the concept helps us to understand (or address) the gender pay gap).

Concept 2 – Stereotype threat

When individuals do X, this is referred to as stereotype threat ( ref).
Review literature
Make sure you draw connections between the literature you report and, based on
this, how the concept helps us to understand (or address) the gender pay gap).

No conclusion needed – just end the paper after the

• Issue/event/phenomenon must have relevance
to the Australian context
• But.. you don’t have to use Australian research
• No need to compare/contrast the two
concepts/theories

• Include a copy of the article with upload (as one

file) or provide a link to webpage.
• Place the article before your title page
General
guidelines
• No abstract required
• Include a title page
• Full sentences and paragraphs
• APA 6th or 7th (be consistent)
• No minimum/maximum of references
• No need for formal conclusion

• Equal marks for each concept/theory – keep in

mind for distribution of words.
How do I find a suitable topic?
§ Read the national or local newspapers
(even local papers will highlight social or org. issues)
§ Google J
§ Community and Australian org. websites
_________________________________________________________
Once you’ve identified a topic – search scholarly databases (e.g., psych info)
Or… Search within social psych or org psych journals
◦ What social/org. concepts/theories have been used in research to study the
issue?

E.g., journal of applied social psychology, journal of organizational

psychology
 Brainstorm
In groups of 2-3 brainstorm a list of
current issues (relevant to Australia)
that may be suitable to consider for
Assignment 1.
Issues/problems/phenomenon/events
that can be understood or addressed
using concepts/theories of social or
organisational psychology.

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Examples
Please don’t be restricted to these topics!!
Read and find something that interests you J

Pay discrimination in women’s sporting teams

Lack of women in politics
Perceptions around the neglect of aboriginal children in their own homes
The immigration debate
Sense of belonging in young refugees
Bullying in the workplace
Supporting mental health in the workplace
Unfair treatment of incarcerated Indigenous Australians
 Assignment 2
◦ Team Consultancy Project
◦ Work Integrated Learning

◦ Partner organisations
◦ 45% of overall mark for the unit
a) Team consultancy report (2500 words): 60%
◦ Team project plan (5%)
◦ Team progress report (5%)
◦ Actual written business report (50%)
b) Group presentation: 40%
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 Assignment 2: Task Overview
Logan City Council (CityStudios) and Picabeen
§ Supporting personnel with lived experience in the workplace (volunteers and/or paid)

§ Changing workplace environmental behaviour (e.g., printing)

§ Building sense of belonging and cohesiveness in global based networks

§ Performance management: best practice

§ Optimizing safety behaviour through leadership

§Comprehensive critical literature review

§Evidence based recommendations/best practice
Due Dates
Team project plan: Tuesday 7th April
Team progress report: Tuesday 5th May
Team consultancy report: Thursday 21st May

One mark for all team members

More information – Week 4 tutorial

Assignment 2: Group Presentation
Total 15 minutes (inc. question time)

Monday 18th May 9:00am – 12:30pm

OR
Monday 18th May 1:30pm – 5:00pm

WHERE…..IHBI CONFERENCE ROOM

The group presents the key elements of the report in an ENGAGING

and convincing presentation to the student group and partner
organisation.
Assignment 2: Group Presentation
ALL group members must contribute to the development of the
presentation and must be there for the presentation BUT…
You may chose which group members deliver your
presentation/pitch.
◦ More information and support in tutorials (2
consults with tutor)
◦ PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT PARTNERS DIRECTLY
◦ Lecture theatre free from 5-6pm each week if
you need somewhere to work

CONTACT PYB302@qut.edu.au
• Team and topic allocations – Week 4
tutorial
• Start early on Assignment 2
• Devise a comprehensive project plan Advice for
• Make use of the consults with your
Assignment
tutor 2
• Videos outlining topics available on Bb
from Week 4
• One or two virtual teams?
 60 M/C questions
(70%)
Lectures and Readings

3 short answer
FINAL Exam Based on lecture
(35% overall grade) content (30%)

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Organisational v Social
Psychology
Social psychology

The scientific investigation of how the thoughts, feelings and

behaviour of individuals are influenced by the actual imagined or
implied presence of others.

The scientific study of the effects of social and cognitive

processes on the way individuals perceive, influence, and relate
to others.
Organisational Psychology
Organisational psychology

◦ The scientific study of psychological processes and

behaviours of individuals and groups in the workplace

◦ Typically focuses on large companies

◦ Includes interface between work and other areas of life
(e.g., “work-life balance”)
 Organisational v Social
Psychology
Organisational psychology = applied social psychology?

Feature Organisational psychology Social psychology

Theoretical focus Applied Basic, applied

Goals -Productivity/performance -Reduce prejudice/
discrimination
-Overcome organisational -Overcome other social
problems problems
-Basic understanding of humans
in social contexts

Inter-disciplinarity Relatively high Relatively low

Thinking back to PYB202

…Stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination

Definitions??
 Definitions
Stereotypes: generalized beliefs about a group
◦ often their characteristics e.g., traits, intelligence

Prejudice: biased evaluations (good-bad) of a group and its members (“pre-

judging”)

Discrimination: differential behaviour towards a group and its members

◦ usually refers to negative behaviour
Thinking back to PYB202…..

Brainstorm types of What is the impact of

prejudice prejudice on individuals
Think of the ‘isms’
What are some examples
of discrimination?
Explanations of
prejudice/Discrimination?
Innate reaction (fear of unfamiliar/different)
Mere exposure (importance of initial exposure)
Learned reactions (e.g., modelling, operant/classical
conditioning)
Frustration aggression (scapegoat)
Authoritarian personality (autocratic/punitive parenting)
Dogmatism (really strong views – difficult to change)
See you next week J
More detailed look at stereotypes and prejudice

Remember – 1st Tutorial Week 4