77850 Psychology and Dispute Resolution

Requisite(s): 79771c Dispute Resolution (PG) AND 60 credit points of completed study in C04148 Master of Law and Legal Practice

These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.

There are also course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.

This subject is an introduction to key concepts in psychology that have relevance for dispute resolution practice. It is presented in a program of three full-day sessions plus a day of seminar presentations. The format each day for the psychological concepts is to consider the theory, the research, the application of the concept to dispute resolution, as well as practice in exercises and role-plays. Accompanying this is discussion about application and future directions, and the implications for the practice of dispute resolution.

The subject includes such topics as:

• dispute resolution process and conflict informed by psychological theory and research
• current research in psychology pertaining to current dispute resolution/conflict processes and practice
• key psychological concepts in cognition, behaviour, and emotion
• issues arising from the application of psychological concepts to disputes and conflict
• professional and personal frameworks used in dispute and conflict
• knowledge of self in conflict
• personal and professional skills appropriate to resolving conflict.

Assessment: Assessment is based on research paper, seminar presentation, journal and completion of set exercises.