- Department: Psychology
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: C
- Academic year of delivery: 2024-25
- See module specification for other years: 2023-24
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Semester 1 2024-25 |
Social Psychology & Individual Differences 1 addresses questions fundamental to our experiences of self and relationships. The overarching aim of this module is to provide an introduction to the broad issues, theories, and methods in social psychology and individual differences.
The module will comprise blocks of teaching as follows:
Social Relationships: Topics in this block will include belonging and ostracism, intergroup behaviours, prosocial behaviour.
Mental Health Issues (2 blocks): Topics in this block will include conceptions of normality, dissociative identity disorder, addictive behaviours, drug addiction, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive & related disorders, somatic symptom disorders and schizophrenia.
Self and Others: Topics include how we arrive at a sense of self, self-objectification and self-presentation, and self-esteem. The block will also start with a historical perspective of the self
Task | % of module mark |
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Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled) | 50 |
Essay/coursework | 30 |
Essay/coursework | 20 |
None
Task | % of module mark |
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Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled) | 62.5 |
Essay/coursework | 37.5 |
The marks on all assessed work will be provided on e-vision.
These are two of the most useful textbooks for this strand:
Hogg, M. A., & Vaughan, G. M., (2011) Social Psychology (6th ed.). Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education Limited.
Kring, Ann M (2016). Abnormal Psychology (13th ed.). Chichester; Wiley.