Description
This module examines human personality and individuality, along with its implications for all areas of human experience. Its focus is on how we are unique individuals but also connected to others. The personality section investigates the nature and structure of individual differences in personality, how these differences are assessed, and how they can be explained psychologically and biologically. The individual differences section will introduce students to current concepts in and research on individual differences in psychology. Material will include: 1) research methods and measurement of differences, 2) structure and distribution of the traits we use to describe individuals, 3) what is known about the cause of differences (鈥渘ature vs. nurture鈥), and 4) why we care about differences (ie. the associated outcome variables and applications of this knowledge).
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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