Postgraduate Course: Advanced Personality (PSYL11061)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Psychology |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
The course will provide an advanced understanding of topics in personality and individual differences. Topics covered include the structure of personality, including topics such as dimensionality, higher order factors, and the nature of personality facets. We will critically analyze the causes of differences in well-being, and cognitive and biological/genetic theories of individual difference traits such as extraversion, and neuroticism.
The continuity of personality across different species is address, as is the relationship of ability and personality to Axis 1 and Axis II disorders. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Blocks 2-3 (Sem 1-2), Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | Appleton Tower Lecture Theatre 5 (BLOCK 2) | 7-11 | | 11:10 - 13:00 | | | | | Central | Lecture | David Hume Tower, Faculty Room North (BLOCK 3) | 2-6 | | 11:10 - 13:00 | | | |
| First Class |
Week 7, Tuesday, 11:10 - 13:00, Zone: Central. Appleton Tower Lecture Theatre 5 |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
1. Present a critical appraisal of recent papers in the field
2. Critically evaluate the assumptions of personality research
3. Be able to compare competing causal models of personality traits
4. Discuss evidence for a role played by normal personality in personality disorders |
Assessment Information
| One 3000 word essay |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Timothy Bates
Tel: (0131 6)51 1945
Email: tim.bates@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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