Undergraduate Course: Emotions and Emotional Intelligence (PSYL10098)
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 | This course will review the main topics in research on human emotions and some recent findings on individual differences in emotional dispositions and capabilities. The review of emotions research will include: definition and function of emotions, basic and complex emotions, dimensional and categorical models of emotion, emotion perception, models of emotion-processing, social aspects of emotions. The individual differences topics will centre on the relatively new construct of emotional intelligence (EI), but will also include other individual difference approaches, for example personality/affect relationships, emotion regulation, and coping. The coverage of EI will include controversies relating to its existence and measurement, for example whether it is more appropriate to view EI as part of the intelligence or the personality domain. |
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Available with the standard prerequisites for 4th year Psychology option courses: 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: 64 |
| Course Start |
Block 3 (Sem 2) |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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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) |
Essay (3000 words) to be set by the course organiser and due 4pm, Thursday 5 March 2015. |
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Learning Outcomes
- Understanding of the main theories of the nature and function of emotions, and of the criticisms that have been made of these theories.
- Understanding of the main models of emotion processing.
- Understanding of the current status of the theory and measurement of EI and of the controversies that have arisen during the development of this construct.
- Understanding of how research findings on EI can be linked to other approaches to individual differences in emotional dispositions and capabilities, and to results from research on emotions.
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Elizabeth Austin
Tel: (0131 6)51 1305
Email: |
Course secretary | Ms Fiona Graham
Tel: (0131 6)50 3440
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