Individual differences

Pre-requisites: The same conditions as for the course Psychology of individual differences: a higher course

Course objectives: The adoption of advanced terms, information, method and academic skills, as well as their practical application. Ability of qualified synthesis of knowledge from this and related disciplines. Creating critical consciousness about the powers and limitations of theories and methods.

Course description: Retrospective of material; taxonomies of personality dispositions; taxonomies of cognitive dispositions; biological bases personality dispositions; biological bases of cognitive dispositions; Endofenotypes and their significance for psychology of individual differences;software design; Individual assessmentof personality / intelligence using some of the assessment techniques; Advanced statistical methods in the psychology of individual differences, presentation of results, argued oral and written discussion; Practical work: advanced use of psychological measuring instruments, data processing, student presentations, research work (drawings construction, field work, writing a scientific paper), the construction of psychological measuring instruments (tests, inventories, scales), writing project proposals and participation in scientific research projects

Learning Outcomes: Adopted advanced terms, information and methodical means ability of critical evaluation of theories, methods and professional and scientific production. Capability for scientific research, multidisciplinary collaboration, writing papers and projects

Individual differences

Pre-requisites: The same conditions as for the course Psychology of individual differences: a higher course

Course objectives: The adoption of advanced terms, information, method and academic skills, as well as their practical application. Ability of qualified synthesis of knowledge from this and related disciplines. Creating critical consciousness about the powers and limitations of theories and methods.

Course description: Retrospective of material; taxonomies of personality dispositions; taxonomies of cognitive dispositions; biological bases personality dispositions; biological bases of cognitive dispositions; Endofenotypes and their significance for psychology of individual differences;software design; Individual assessmentof personality / intelligence using some of the assessment techniques; Advanced statistical methods in the psychology of individual differences, presentation of results, argued oral and written discussion; Practical work: advanced use of psychological measuring instruments, data processing, student presentations, research work (drawings construction, field work, writing a scientific paper), the construction of psychological measuring instruments (tests, inventories, scales), writing project proposals and participation in scientific research projects

Learning Outcomes: Adopted advanced terms, information and methodical means ability of critical evaluation of theories, methods and professional and scientific production. Capability for scientific research, multidisciplinary collaboration, writing papers and projects

Literature/Reading:

• Grigsby, J & Stevens, D. (2000). Neurodynamics of personality. New York/London: The Guilford Press. (odabrana poglavlja)
• Tooby, J. & Cosmides, L. (1990). On the Universality of Human Nature and the Uniqueness of the Individual: The Role of Genetics and Adaptation. Journal of Personality, 58: 18-67.
• Dienstbier, R. A. (1989). Arousal and Physiological Toughness: Implications for Mental and Physical Health. Psychological Review, 96, 84-100.
• Schmidt, F. L. & Hunter, J. E. (1998). The Validity and Utility of Selection Methods in Personnel Psychology: Practical and Theoretical Implications of 85 Years of Research Findings. Psychological Bulletin, 124: 262-274.
• Saucier, G. (2008).  Measures of the personality factors found recurrently in human lexicons.  Invited chapter for G. J. Boyle, G. Matthews, and D. Saklofske (Eds.), Handbook of personality theory and testing: Vol. 2 – Personality measurement and assessment.  London: 
• Ackerman, P. L., Beier, M. E. & Boyle, M. O. (2005). Working Memory and Intelligence: The Same or Different Constructs? Psychological Bulletin, 131, 30-60
• Nezlek, J. B. (2001). Multilevel Random Coefficient Analyses of Event- and Interval-Contingent Data in Social and Personality Psychology Research. PSPB, 27, 771-785
• Steffens, M. C. & König, S.S. (2006). Predicting Spontaneous Big Five Behavior with Implicit Association Tests. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 22:13–20
• Piedmont, R. L., McCrae, R. R., Reimann, R. & Angleitner, A. (2000). On the validity of validity scales:Evidence from self-reports and opserver ratings in volunteer samples. Journal of Perosnality and Social Psychology, 78, 582-593.
• Bouchard, T.J & Loehlin, J.C. (2001). Genes, evolution, and personality. Behavioural Genetics, 31, 243–273
• Savic, D., Knezevic, G., Damjanovic, S., Spiric, Z., & Matic, G. (2012). The role of personality and traumatic events in cortisol levels — Where does PTSD fit in? Psychoneuroendocrinology, 37 (7), 937-947.
• Bechara, A., Damasio, A.R., Damasio, H. & Anderson S.W. (1994). Insensitivity to future consequences following damage to human prefrontal cortex. Cognition 50, 7–15.
• Ashton, M. C., & Lee, K. (2008). The HEXACO model of personality structure and the importance of the H factor. Social Psychology & Personality Compass, 2, 1952-1962.
• Stankov, L., Saucier, G. & Knežević, G. (2010). Militant Extremist Mind-Set: Proviolence, Vile World, and Divine Power. Psychological Assessment, 22, 70-86
• Stankov, L. & Lee, J. (2009). Dimensions of cultural differences: Pancultural, ETIC/EMIC,and ecological approaches. Learning and Individual Differences, 19 339–354