| Unit name | Individual Differences and Developmental Psychology |
|---|---|
| Unit code | EDUCM5406 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
| Unit director | Dr. Meadows |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
yes. |
| School/department | School of Education |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
The unit enables students to examine research on the psychology of individual differences and developmental psychology. Topics include: The main approaches to emotion, motivation, the self and normal and abnormal personality development, including: psychoanalytic, behavioural, cultural, social learning, social cognitive, radical behaviourist, humanistic-existential-phenomenological, lexical-trait, neo Darwinist, biological and behavioural genetic. The critical psychological view of subject and subjectivity. Influence of genetic, environmental, development and cultural factors on individual differences. Temporal and situational consistency of individual differences. Influence of personality on other behaviours. The nature of intelligence, contemporary approaches to intelligence and their implications for educational and social policy. Individual differences and inclusion and exclusion. Theory and method in developmental psychology.
