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UoM: PSYC10460 Applying Psychology to Wicked Problems
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## Welcome to the unit
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- course expand and format
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### Definition of “Wicked Problem”
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A wicked problem is a complex, ill-defined challenge with no single correct solution.
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Rittle & Webber (1973)
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- No clear definition or end point
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- Solutions are better or worse, not right or wrong
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- Attempts to have lasting, unpredicable consequences
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- Each problem is unique and interconnected with others
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- Framing depends on values and perspectives.
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### Why Psychology?
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- Understanding human behaviour
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- Expertise in complexity
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- Skills in collaboration
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- Focus on change
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- Evidence-based approaches
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### Problems focused & Course Design
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1. building community (s1w1-5)
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2. Artificial Intelligence (s1w7-11)
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3. Climate Change (s2w1-5)
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4. Resilience (s2w7-11)
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## Assessment
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- Essay
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- Block 2 750-word essay 40% course unit
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- Block 4 1250-word Reflective essay 60% of course unit
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- Skills badges (Participation)
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- Student Experiment Participation Scheme
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## Block 1: Building Community
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Human also have a **fundamental** need to belong.
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Evolutionary reason.
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### Loneliness and being alone
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The quality of the relationship.
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Social Media & Silent epidemic?
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### Is loneliness really increasing?
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Measurement? Evidence?
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- What Measurement: Systematic research started late: Loneliness not comparable.
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- How we measure: **App Based measures, not cross platform**
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- Population: People discuss more loneliness more than before.
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### Health
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mortality of loneliness = 15 cigarettes per
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day
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### Sense of community
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Seymour Sarason definition: The perception that one is part of a larger, dependable, stable group. |