Department of Counselling and Psychology Course Outline | |
Course Title
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Personality and Individual Differences
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Course Code | PSY204 |
Number of Credits | 3 |
Duration of Weeks | 15 |
Contact Hours Per Week | 2 hours Lecture; 1 hour Tutorial |
Pre-requisite Course(s) | PSY100 Introductory Psychology |
Course Aims |
This course will present major theories and research relevant to the study of personality. Students will learn different ways of conceiving individual differences and/or similarities, based on empirical research and grounded theories on human development, personality classifications, and a variety of innate and learning mechanisms involved in the formation of traits and characters. Students will also study various approaches in understanding the universality and cultural-specific aspects of personality.
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