This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop an understanding and critical appreciation of psychological approaches to conceptualising and measuring individual differences.

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1. Essay (100%). Students will submit an essay (2000 words) online. Students will answer an essay question and they will have to demonstrated reflective, critical and communication skills as well as knowledge and understanding of how an individual difference of their choice can be relevant in/for an assigned real-world issue.

This course aims to:

- Engage students in critical analysis of key concepts in individual differences, including topics such as personality, motivation and emotion, mental health issues (e.g., personality disorders), and intelligence

- Provide opportunities to evaluate the methodological approaches to measuring individual differences

- Critically examine different psychological approaches (e.g., behavioural psychology, positive psychology) that are used to explain how individual differences develop

- Promote an understanding about the complex role of biological, cognitive, and social factors in the psychology of individual differences

- Provide opportunities to engage with and critique empirical studies in individual differences

By the end of this course students will be able to:

- Demonstrate detailed knowledge of key concepts in the psychology of individual differences 

- Critically examine different psychological approaches to the study of individual differences

- Explain the complex role of biological, cognitive, and social factors in individual differences

- Understand and critique different approaches to the measurement of individual differences

- 3. Ability to reflect on how individual differences are related to real-life situations and contexts 

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.