Undergraduate Course: Current Issues in Human Mental Ability Differences (PSYL10019)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Psychology |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | To 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. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Psychology Methodology 1 (PSYL10034)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended 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.
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Assessment Information
| 100% exam |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Ian Deary
Tel: (0131 6)50 3452
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Course secretary | Mrs Elizabeth Wright
Tel: (0131 6)50 9870
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