Undergraduate Course: Causes and Consequences of Personality (PSYL10064)
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 | The course will give you powerful frameworks to understand and human behaviour: We cover the major domains: What functions does personality serve?; Facets: What is buried inside the 5 domains?; Values as the immediate causes of behaviour; Well-being: How does being happy differ from living a good life?; How can individual differences help us understanding the world: education, relationships, work, abnormal psychology. |
Course description |
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Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | Degree major in Psychology and passes in Psychology courses at least to the equivalent of Junior Honours level in Edinburgh. Prior agreement with the 4th Year Honours Course Organiser |
Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
Course Start |
Block 1 (Sem 1) |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 10,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
86 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% exam
Visiting Student Variant Assessment (100%)
Essay (3000 words) to be set by course organiser and due 4pm, Thursday 11 December. |
Feedback |
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Exam Information |
Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 1:30 | |
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Academic year 2015/16, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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Quota: None |
Course Start |
Block 1 (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 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% exam
Visiting Student Variant Assessment (100%)
Essay (3000 words) to be set by course organiser and due 4pm, Thursday 11 December. |
Feedback |
Not entered |
No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course you should be able to discuss, critically and in depth, any findings in individual differences, within an integrative framework of expectations.
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Keywords | Normal personality; life outcomes; personality disorder; psychopathy; well-being |
Contacts
Course organiser | Prof Timothy Bates
Tel: (0131 6)51 1945
Email: |
Course secretary | Ms Fiona Graham
Tel: (0131 6)50 3440
Email: |
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