Undergraduate Course: Human Personality (PSYL10157)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course covers key topics in personality science including (but not limited to) its overarching goals and mission within psychology, measurement, development and prediction of real world outcomes. The course uses a combination of traditional lecture, video lectures, in class multiple choice quizzes and inverted classroom debates. |
| Course description |
The course will cover the following topics: the mission of personality science; assessment of personality and person perception; the units and structure of personality; associations of personality with life outcomes; age, gender, cultural and regional variation in personality; studying genetic and environmental influences on personality; main principles development; and maladaptive personality. The final lecture focuses on the main theories in the light of empirical findings. During the interim week in the middle of the semester, a series of student debates will be hosted.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should be studying Psychology as their degree major, and have completed at least 3 Psychology courses at grade B or above. These courses should include an introductory course on individual differences and/ or personality.
We will only consider University/College level courses. Applicants should note that, as with other popular courses, meeting the minimum does NOT guarantee admission. **Please note that upper level Psychology courses are high-demand, meaning that they have a very high number of students wishing to enrol in a very limited number of spaces.** These enrolments are managed strictly by the Visiting Student Office, in line with the quotas allocated by the department, and all enquiries to enrol in these courses must be made through the CAHSS Visiting Student Office. It is not appropriate for students to contact the department directly to request additional spaces. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2019/20, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 55 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 3,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
173 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
30% Presentation
70% Exam (40 MCQs and two short essays) |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Human Personality | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand and describe the main concepts and goals of personality psychology.
- Understand and describe the main ways of representing and measuring personality.
- Understand and describe the main relations between personality traits and other constructs and life outcomes.
- Understand and describe the main principles of personality development.
- Critically assess and debate the methods and findings of personality psychology.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Differential,Developmental,Biological-Behaviour Genetics,Methodology-Psychometrics |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Rene Mottus
Tel: (0131 6)50 3410
Email: rene.mottus@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Alex MacAndrew
Tel: (0131 6)51 3733
Email: alexandra.macandrew@ed.ac.uk |
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