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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences : Psychology

Undergraduate Course: Current Issues in Human Mental Ability Differences (PSYL10019)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryTo describe and evaluate research on important aspects of current research into human mental ability (intelligence) differences. The following topics are typical of those that are covered: the number, nature and relations among human cognitive abilities; the ageing of human cognitive abilities; the foundations (cognitive, biological, genetic, environmental) of mental ability differences; the influence of childhood intelligence on adult mortality.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Psychology Methodology 1 (PSYL10034)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
? Being able to examine the evidence for the claims that there are many separate mental abilities and/or a single 'general intelligence'.
? To understand the evidence concerning the ageing of different mental abilities and to inquire after the mechanisms of cognitive ageing.
? Being able to evaluate critically the evidence for associations between individual differences in psychometric ability test scores and cognitive and biological brain processes; and to discuss the possible mechanisms for these associations.
? Being able to evaluate critically the evidence for genetic and environmental contributions to individual differences in psychometric ability test scores; and to discuss how these vary with age.
? Understanding and being able critically to assess the evidence for and possible mechanisms of the association between early life intelligence and adult mortality.
? General learning outcomes are the ability to assimilate and critically evaluate evidence from recent research in differential psychology.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserProf Ian Deary
Tel: (0131 6)50 3452
Email: I.Deary@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Elizabeth Wright
Tel: (0131 6)51 7363
Email: E.Wright@ed.ac.uk
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