PSY4151 Personality and social psychology
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
PSY4151 Personality and social psychology is a level 4, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. It isn't offered in 2021. It needs PSY4131 and PSY4051.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Other periods
- Monash Online
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
This is the 2021 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before PSY4151
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After PSY4151
No unit lists PSY4151 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
This unit covers the key themes of social psychology and personality. The history and the philosophy of the different schools of social psychology and personality are examined to highlight changes in our understanding of social identity, meaning and relationships. The first half of the unit will demonstrate how social psychology theories, such as behaviour in groups, aggression, attraction, dehumanisation and attitude change, are applied and critiqued in light of contemporary behaviour and new knowledge. In the second half of the unit, several different personality theories will be compared and contrasted including psychoanalytic, phenomenological, trait, and social learning approaches to personality.
Offerings in 2021
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching period 2 | Monash Online | Mo |
| Teaching period 5 | Monash Online | Mo |
Assessment
- Lab report (1,500 words)35%
- Critical essay (1,500 words)35%
- 6 x Secure online tests30%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Critically summarise, analyse and evaluate the major theoretical and research approaches within the field of social psychology.
- 2
Compare and contrast historical and current theory on social processes and relate these to both individual factors and interpersonal relationships.
- 3
Apply social psychology theories to a range of contemporary social questions, including belonging, identity, attraction, aggression, conflict and negotiation.
- 4
Critically evaluate, and explain the origins and underlying assumptions of the psychoanalytic, humanistic, cognitive, learning, trait and biological theories of personality.
- 5
Assess social psychology and personality theories and approaches in relation to gender, ethnicity and cultural diversity.
- 6
Review and evaluate the practical applications, experimental procedures and research directions and goals associated with the above social psychology and personality theories.
Workload and teaching
Students should expect to spend a minimum of 20 hours per week on this unit to achieve the learning outcomes.
This time will cover:
a) video lecture materials;
b) synchronous & asynchronous discussion;
c) synchronous web-based 'class-time' for skills-based activities;
d) weekly readings;
e) weekly skills-based assessment tasks; and
f) content-based assessment, including revision and formative assessment.
Learning resources
Required resources
See Moodle for details about required resources.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Miss Leah Braganza
- Unit Coordinators
- Ms Eloise Perini