Personality Theory & Human Behaviour
Subject PSYT90007 (2010)
Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.
Credit Points: | 18.75 | ||||||||||||
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Level: | 9 (Graduate/Postgraduate) | ||||||||||||
Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010: August, Parkville - Taught on campus.
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Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: 12 weeks x 3.5-hour seminars Total Time Commitment: Not available | ||||||||||||
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Contact
Ms Ros Hendy, roslynjh@unimelb.edu.auSubject Overview: |
The focus of this subject is the study of the theory of personality and of human behaviour and its clinical and therapeutic implications. The chief aim of the course is to consider the various theoretical approaches, which have been applied in order to understand an individual's intra and interpersonal psychological world. Topics covered include:
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Assessment: | A 4000-word essay |
Prescribed Texts: |
Bloch, S (Ed) (2007) An Introduction ofthe Psychotherapies, 4th edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford Engler, B (2007) Personality Theories: An Introduction, 7th edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston Gay, P (ed) The Freud Reader, NY: Vintage, 1995 Gabbard, G., Beck J., Holmes J. (eds) (2005) Oxford Textbook of Psychotherapy, Oxford University Press Monte, C. F. (1999) Beneath the Mask: An Introduction to Theories of Personality, Academic Press (6th edition) |
Breadth Options: | This subject is not available as a breadth subject. |
Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
Related Course(s): |
Master of Psychiatry |
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