Social, Personality & Abnormal Psychology - PSY00005C
- Department: Psychology
- Credit value: 30 credits
- Credit level: C
- Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Autumn Term 2022-23 to Summer Term 2022-23 |
Module aims
Social, personality and abnormal psychology address questions fundamental to our experiences of self and relationships. These topics examine various influences on our attitudes, opinions, feelings, and behaviours. Responses to these influences can vary to the point of being maladaptive. Abnormal psychology is concerned with extreme ends of these responses. Therapeutic interventions are evaluated in the context of known causes of these problems. The overarching aim of this module is to provide an introduction to the broad issues, theories, and methods in social, personality and abnormal psychology. Topics covered will include attitudes, prejudice, stereotyping, conceptions of normality, dissociative identity disorder, addictive behaviours including social networking addiction, drug addiction, obesity, anorexia nervosa, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorders including hoarding and body dysmorphic disorder, depression, somatoform disorders, schizophrenia, the self, structure and origins of personality.
Module learning outcomes
- understand the basic concepts and theories of social behaviour
- outline and evaluate the problems of defining psychological abnormality
- examine the neurobiological and psychological underpinnings of mental disorders
- describe the therapeutic challenges of those facing mental distress
- to present important theories and empirical findings of personality psychology
Module content
Topics covered in Year 1 will include prejudice, stereotyping, conceptions of normality, dissociative identity disorder, addictive behaviours including social networking addiction, obesity, anorexia nervosa, anxiety disorders, depression, schizophrenia, the self, structure and origins of personality.
- TB1: Social Relationships
- TB2: Abnormal Psychology 1
- TB3: Abnormal Psychology 2
- TB4: Abnormal Psychology 3
- TB5: Self and Others
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled) | 25 |
| Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled) | 30 |
| Essay/coursework | 20 |
| Essay/coursework | 20 |
| Groupwork | 5 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled) | 25 |
| Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled) | 30 |
| Essay/coursework | 20 |
| Essay/coursework | 20 |
Module feedback
The marks on all assessed work will be provided on e-vision.
Students will meet supervisors in wk 6 in AuT, SpT and wk 9 in SuT to discuss their marks.
Indicative reading
These are two of the most useful textbooks for this strand:
Hogg, M. A., & Vaughan, G. M., (2011) Social Psychology (6th ed.). Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education Limited.
Kring, Ann M (2016). Abnormal Psychology (13th ed.). Chichester; Wiley.