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	Individual differences are now understood as major predictors of life outcomes, social relations, well-being, work. and health. The methods for investigating how personality affects behaviour have also advanced. This course will explore what personality is, what its major dimensions are, and how it impacts on personal and national outcomes.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Psychology Methodology 1 (PSYL10034) AND Psychology Methodology 2 (PSYL10035)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

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
High Demand Course?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 50
Course Start	Block 1 (Sem 1)
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 10, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 86 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Visiting Student Assessment 100% Essay (maximum length 3000 words). A choice of topics to be set by course organiser.
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			1:30

Academic year 2015/16, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)		Quota: 5
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 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Visiting Student Assessment 100% Essay (maximum length 3000 words). A choice of topics to be set by course organiser.
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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.

Reading List
Journals in which a lot of important material is covered are: � Psychological Science � Journal of Personality � Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JPSP) � Personality and Individual Differences (PAID) � Intelligence � European Journal of Personality � Journal of Research in Personality � Personality and Social Psychology Review � Journal of Personality Assessment