Undergraduate Course: Individual Differences in Intelligence and Related Constructs (PSYL10115)
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 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Psychology |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | To provide an understanding of the current status of research on intelligence and related traits such as creativity, interests, and motivation: their structures, how they develop and are genetically influenced, and their associations with life outcomes. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Psychology 2 (PSYL08002)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Psychology courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Block 3 (Sem 2), Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
12/01/2015 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 12,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
86 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| By the end of the course, you should be able to discuss critically the differential approach to the study of intelligence and related constructs. You should understand and be able to discuss the structures of cognitive abilities, putative causes of individual differences, the evolution and biological underpinnings of these individual differences, their stability and development over the lifespan, and their relations with life outcomes. |
Assessment Information
At the end of each of the first four classes, students will be presented with a question related to the lecture material and related reading. They will be offered practice opportunity to turn in a 250-word response to the question in class the next week.
At the beginning of each class after the first one, the instructor will shuffle the papers received and students will mark the papers of other students and offer feedback comments on them. To help them do this, the instructor will spend 15-20 minutes explaining what to look for in a good answer.
The actual course mark will be based on a 1000-word essay, marked by the instructor, in response to a question posed at the end of the last class period.
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Detterman, D.K. (2008). The Science of Human Intelligence. Unpublished draft, available on Learn.
Chamorro-Premuzic, T., von Stumm, S., & Furnham, A. (Eds., 2011). The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Individual Differences. Wiley-Blackwell.
New York: Guilford Press.
Deary, I.J. (2000). Looking Down on Human Intelligence: From Psychometrics to the Brain. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Flynn, J.R. (2007). What Is Intelligence? Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Hunt, E. (2011). Human Intelligence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Plomin, R., DeFries, J., McClearn, G., & McGuffin, P. (2008). Behavioral Genetics. 5th Edition. New York: Worth.
Recommended journal readings will be presented in lectures.
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Wendy Johnson
Tel: (0131 6)51 1304
Email: wendy.johnson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Simon Cann
Tel: 0131 650 9870
Email: Simon.Cann@ed.ac.uk |
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