Advanced Topics in Personality and Individual Differences

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On successful completion, you will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate insight into central issues in contemporary personality research within a global context
  2. Learn of the variety of approaches to the study of personality, and their relevance to understanding psychopathology, everyday life, and research.
  3. Develop and communicate a personal viewpoint on an array of personality psychology issues through writing and peer discussion
  4. Critically evaluate and synthesise relevant personality literature in a written essay.

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• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Macquarie University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

• MAQ-PSY-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Psychology

Prior study

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

one of

• MAQ-PSYX2234-Social and Personality Psychology

• MAQ-PSYX234 (Not currently available)

Others

20cp at 2000 level including (PSYX234 or PSX2234) or (PSY234 or PSYU2234)
NCCW (pre-2020 units) PSY336
NCCW (2020 and onwards) PSYU3336 Personality and its Disorders

Additional requirements

• Other requirements -

  Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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