PSYC459-08S1 (C) Semester One 2008

Special Topic: Psychology of the Self

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 25 February 2008
End Date: Sunday, 29 June 2008
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 9 March 2008
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 25 May 2008

Description

Special Topic: Psychology of the Self

This course examines how we come to know who we are and what motivates our thinking and behaviour.  This will entail exploring the limits of introspection, implications of self-awareness, fears about death and vulnerability, motives for meaning and self-esteem, cognitive dissonance, evolution, and the impact of other people on the self.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Andy Martens

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Weekly Reaction Papers 50%
Research Proposal 09 Jun 2008 40%
Research Presentation 5%
Class Participation 5%

Textbooks / Resources

No set text

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $612.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Psychology .

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