Psychology - personality and interpersonal behaviour
Mr Peter Macris
8 points * Three 1-hour lectures, one 2-hour workshop per week * Second semester * Caulfield/Peninsula * Prerequisites: APY2010
Objectives On the completion of this subject students will understand the personality theories of Adler, Jung, Eysenck, Kelly, Maslow and Rogers with criticisms of these theories; understand the processes of group formation, the nature of formal and informal leadership, attitude formation and attitude change, aggression and assertive behaviour; choose and apply competently statistical techniques for social research, including meta-analysis, single subject designs, experimental designs, survey sampling, including random, stratified, cluster and two-stage sampling.
Synopsis Personality - comparative study of the following theories: Adler, Jung, Eysenck, Kelly, Maslow, Rogers. Interpersonal behaviour: small group formation, leadership and performance. Attitude formation and change. Person perception. Attribution theory. Aggression and assertive behaviour. Organisational behaviour. Research design and analysis. The nature of measurement, meta analysis, single subject designs, experimental research designs, survey sampling, random and stratified sampling, cluster and two-stage sampling. An introduction to SPSS.
Assessment Examinations: 60% * Two laboratory reports: 30% * Seminar presentation: 10%
Prescribed texts
McKnight J and Sutton J Social psychology Prentice-Hall, 1994
Monte C Beneath the mask Harcourt Brace, 1995
Schweigert W A Research methods and statistics for psychology Brooks-Cole, 1994
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