Postgraduate Module Descriptor


ERPM007: Personality and Individual Differences

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

  • Burger, J. M. (2019). Personality (10th Ed). Cengage Learning.
  • Caspi, A., Roberts, B. W., & Shiner, R. L. (2005). Personality development: Stability and change. Annu. Rev. Psychol.56, 453-484.
  • Deary, I. J. (2020). Intelligence: A very short introduction. Oxford University Press.
  • Funder, D. C. (2001). Personality.Annual Review of Psychology, 52, 197-221.
  • Funder, D. C. (2019). The Personality Puzzle (8th Ed). W.W. Norton and Company.
  • Luborsky, L., & Barrett, M. S. (2006). The History and Empirical Status of key psychoanalytic concepts. Annual Review Clinical Psychology, 2, 1–19.
  • Maltby, J., Day, L., & Macaskill, A. (2017). Personality, individual differences and intelligence (4th Ed). Pearson Education.