Module ERPM007 for 2020/1
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
ERPM007: Personality and Individual Differences
This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary over time, it is envisaged that the syllabus will consider a range of issues that relate to the current and historical study of personality and individual differences, drawing on theory, assessment of personality and empirical research. The syllabus will likely include:
- A general introduction to personality and individual differences
- Psychoanalytic theory
- Personality trait theory
- Personality type theory
- The person-situation debate
- Biological and evolutionary approaches
- Behaviourist, social learning and cognitive approaches
- Phenomenological approaches
- Intelligence
- Personality disorders
- Psychological disorders and individual differences
- Social phobia
- Individual differences and psychosis
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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33 | 117 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 33 | Combined seminar and lecture sessions |
Guided Independent Learning | 25 | Reading (textbooks, journal articles, web resources and lecture slides) in preparation for taught sessions and for assessment |
Guided Independent Learning | 65 | Work on formative and summative assessment |
Guided Independent Learning | 10 | Collation and review of lecture and seminar materials |
Guided Independent Learning | 17 | Undertaking additional class tasks and activities (e.g. on ELE) and preparing for seminars |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Personality and Individual Differences
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
European Journal of Personality
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment
Intelligence
Other Learning Resources
Module ELE page