Institute of Education London

Personality and Social Psychology in Education

Course Code:MMAPSY_16

This module provides an opportunity to examine theoretical and research developments within the fields of personality and social psychology, with particular reference to their educational implications. The principal approaches to the study of personality will be considered: behaviourist, psychoanalytic, social cognitive and biological. In social psychology quantitative/experimental paradigms and, in particular, Bronfenbrenner's ecological paradigm will be drawn upon. Topics include: structural factors in attainment, process family-related and environmental influences on academic outcomes, values, aspirations, control beliefs, emotional and behavioural difficulties, prosocial and antisocial behaviour, self-image and academic achievement.

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