Personality psychology
BT BW AW BB BS DT GA PA BC BP BDT BY BBS
Val Harvey
Subject value of 1.0 (6 points) * Two 1-hour lectures and one 2-hour laboratory per week * Second semester * Gippsland/Distance * Prerequisites: GAS1501, GAS1502 or equivalents
Topics covered in the subject will include a discussion of the dispositional and biological perspectives in personality; the major theories of personality and the learning and cognitive explanations of personality variables will also be highlighted. The subject will conclude with a discussion on the integrative approach to different perspectives in personality psychology. Distance education students are required to attend at least a one full day and one half-day at weekend schools. Students for whom attending more than once is difficult may request alternative work to the half-day program.
Assessment
Assignments: 40% * Examination: 60% * A pass on the examination is a requirement for successful completion of this subject
Prescribed texts
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