Undergraduate Course: Intelligence, Personality and Health (PSYL10101)

Course Outline
School	School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	To describe and evaluate research on the role that intelligence and personality traits may play in determining health across life. - to review research in the new field of cognitive epidemiology that shows that higher intelligence in youth is associated with a lower risk of death. - to consider evidence on various pathways through which higher intelligence might be linked to lower mortality, namely via socioeconomic advantage, improved disease or injury prevention, better disease or injury management, better mental health or 'body system integrity'. - to evaluate research on the links between major personality traits and specific health outcomes and consider by what means personality might influence health. Each session will include a lecture but time will also be set aside for discussion of issues raised in the lecture and course readings. No prior knowledge of epidemiology is assumed and the course will provide a brief introduction to relevant epidemiological concepts.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Block 2 (Sem 1)
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 88 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	100% examination Visiting Student Variant Assessment Essay (3000 words) provided by the course organiser and due by 4pm, Thursday 11 December.
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)	Eye Movement & Visual Cognition		1:30

Academic year 2014/15, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Block 2 (Sem 1)
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 88 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	100% examination Visiting Student Variant Assessment Essay (3000 words) provided by the course organiser and due by 4pm, Thursday 11 December.
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to: - demonstrate understanding of some basic epidemiological concepts, such as causation and confounding. - describe and appraise current evidence linking intelligence and risk of death. - describe and appraise current evidence linking major personality traits and risk of specific health outcomes. - evaluate some hypothesised mechanisms underlying these findings, drawing on relevant evidence.

Reading List
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Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiser	Dr Catharine Gale Tel: (0131 6)50 3348 Email: cgale@exseed.ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Ms Fiona Graham Tel: (0131 6)50 3440 Email: F.Graham@ed.ac.uk