The School of Psychology and Social Science represents three main discipline areas: Psychology, Social Science and Speech Pathology. The School offers courses in all levels, from bachelors to doctoral degrees, and provides service teaching within degrees in other schools at ECU. There are well developed collaborations in teaching and research across disciplines and with staff from other schools. Staff are engaged in research collaborations with external government and non-government agencies as well as commercial institutions.
Student testimonials
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"Studying at ECU has opened up a world of opportunity for me."
Matt Merema
Research activity
Many staff in the school focus their research activities through one of our two research centres, the Social Justice Research Centre and the Lifespan Resilience Research Group.
- The role of automaticity in the development and transfer of cognitive skills
- Reading the language of the body: A creative investigation of somatic symptoms in relation to trauma in women who have experienced childhood rape
- Re-evaluating self-reports of memory: Do affect and personality moderate the accuracy of subjective memory complaints?
News & events
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An exploration of people's perceptions on the acceptance of apologies
Doctoral student Katie Martin presents findings from stage one of this study.
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Participants needed for FIFO/DIDO workers’ accommodation project
Investigating workers’ perceptions of their on-site accommodation.
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How mean is the mean?
A seminar by Professor Craig Speelman on Tuesday, 4 June.
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