理学硕士-个人差异心理学

该计划提供了一个令人兴奋的机会，可以由一大批世界一流的研究人员进行深入的个体差异心理学培训。它提供了个人差异心理学和心理学研究技能领域的高级研究生水平的学习，并为进一步的学习（通常是博士学位）奠定了坚实的基础。在研究人类个体差异时，有两个主要细分：人格和心理能力。爱丁堡的心理学在这两个部门中都有大量的世界一流研究人员。该计划涵盖心理测量研究方法，人类个体差异的基础和相关性（包括涉及信息处理，脑成像，分子遗传学和生物特征识别模型的方法）以及人格差异在健康中的应用。没有任何个人差异心理学的经验被假定。
This unique programme offers an opportunity for advanced training in the psychology of individual differences. Students will gain knowledge and skills in two of the key subdivisions in the field, namely personality and cognitive abilities (intelligence), and will learn how to conduct research that addresses how and why people differ from one another psychologically, and how these differences matter in their lives. Key research areas Building on training in research methods and statistics, you will take courses on the theoretical and methodological aspects of individual differences research, and the findings in these areas. Your MSc culminates in a research dissertation: an original, publication-quality piece of research, undertaken in close collaboration with an academic working on the area, or an adjacent area, of your dissertation topic. The University of Edinburgh is uniquely positioned to offer this programme because of its long history of world-class researchers on individual differences. Staff involved in teaching and supervision include internationally recognised researchers whose expertise covers topics, such as: Measurement and psychometrics Personality Intelligence Life satisfaction and other aspects of well-being Life outcomes (health, education, employment) Organisational psychology Psychopathology Cognitive ageing Behavioural Genetics Staff within the Individual Differences Research Group As reported in the Times Higher Education Supplement, the most recent (2021) Research Exercise Framework rated Psychology at the University of Edinburgh 3rd in the UK for the quality and breadth of its research. What will I learn In addition to being immersed in the history, theory, and findings in individual differences research, you will receive training in research methods within psychology, including research design and how to conduct advanced statistical modelling using the R statistical language. You are also encouraged to take a course on how psychological assessment is used in the real world, which is one of the most practical applications of psychology. This knowledge and these skills are highly transferable, including to areas outside of psychology and academic research more generally.