PN4101 Selves and Identities

Academic year

2025 to 2026 Semester 2

Further information on which modules are specific to your programme.

Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

15

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 10

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

Available only to students in the second year of the Honours programme.

Planned timetable

TBD

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr K I Mavor

Dr K I Mavor
This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Dr K Mavor

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

The central theme of the module is the balance between fluidity and stability in the way we define ourselves and others, personally and socially. This framing allows the possibility of exploring a range of important phenomena in personality and social psychology that are linked by that broad theme. The module is also intended to balance theoretical models of the self and social perception with practical outcomes like personal wellbeing and social change.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST ( PASS PN2002 OR PASS PS2002 )

Assessment pattern

2-hour Written Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%

Re-assessment

Exam = 50%, Coursework=50%, Re-assessment applies to failed components only

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 hr lecture, 1 seminar plus office hour

Scheduled learning hours

38

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

112

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • describe and discuss several theories of the personal self, the underlying cognitive mechanisms, and implications for self-perception. These include theories of personality, self-aspect-complexity models, attribution and self-categorisation
  • describe and discuss several dual process models of stereotyping and group perception, the underlying cognitive mechanisms, and implications for social perception. These include impression formation, entitativity, out-group homogeneity and covariation, impression of faces, models of collective action, and self-categorisation
  • describe and discuss the conceptual and empirical links between several phenomena at the person level and the social level of analysis. Be able to use this conceptual and empirical analysis to recognise potential confounds in some existing research
  • analyse published research on group and person level phenomena and identify possible confounds in the analysis. Be able to design a study to test possible confounds