PSY 3442 Psychology of Personality

Lecture: Course Introduction and Welcome

Lecture: Introduction to Personality Theory

Outcomes

• Explain the study of personality in terms of psychotherapy and research
• Define personality
• Understand the personality differences and similarities between and among people
• Explain the biological influences on personality
• Discuss the experiential influences on personality and its development
• Discuss personality and personality development through the many perspectives, including classical psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic-social, psychosocial, interpersonal, trait, learning, cognitive social, biological, and humanistic
• Differentiate among the theorists behind the development and modification of these perspectives

Lecture: Freud's Theory

Lecture: Carl Jung’s Theory

• Differentiate between Freud’s concepts of conscious and unconscious
• Explain the key elements of Freud’s theory
• Describe the effects of unconscious motivation
• Discuss his ideas on the structures of the personality, intrapsychic conflict, personality development and psychoanalytic treatment
• Discuss the underlying theory of psychoanalysis
• Describe Jung’s theory of personality and explain his concept of the structure of personality
• Discuss key elements of his theory including the Psyche, the Self, the Ego, the Persona, the Shadow, the Animal, and the Animus
• Explain the concept of personal unconscious
• Describe the collective unconscious
• Discuss symbolism
• Explain Freud's ideas on effective therapy
• Describe psychological types, their measurement, and their application

Lecture: Individual Psychology: Alfred Adler

Lecture: Psychosocial Development: Erik Erikson

Lecture: Cultural and Interpersonal Factors: Karen Danielson Horney

Outcomes

• Examine the styles of life as proposed by individual psychology
• Discuss the influence of family constellation
• Describe how social interest influences personality development
• Discuss the three tasks of life as proposed by Individual Psychology
• Explain the applicability of individual psychology
• Discuss the eight psychosocial stages of the life as proposed by Erikson
• Describe the crises associated with the psychosocial stages
• Compare Horney’s psychoanalytic theory to that of Freud’s
• Describe Horney’s interpersonal orientations
• Discuss neurotic orientations and the parental role
• Compare neurotic to healthy orientations
• Discuss the strategies used to adjust to anxiety
• Describe Horney’s therapeutic approach

Lecture: Personological Trait Theory: Gordon Allport 

Lecture: Factor Analytic Trait Theory: Raymond Cattell

Lecture: Evolution and Temperament: Biological Theories

Outcomes

• Explain Allport’s Trait Theory
• Contrast his ideas with those of psychoanalysis
• Define personality in light of his theory
• Discuss personality and traits in terms of consistency and variability
• Discuss the application of Trait Theory
• Describe Cattell’s  Factor Analytic Theory
• Discuss the model Cattell proposed to measure personality
• Provide examples of the applicability of Cattell’s model
• Explain personality from an evolutionary perspective
• Describe how genes contribute to personality
• Discuss the interaction between our genes and our environment
• Identify specific areas of the brain relevant to personality

Lecture: Behaviorism: B. F. Skinner

Lecture: Psychoanalytic Learning Theory

Outcomes

• Discuss the goal of behaviorism
• Identify the major theorists  in the development of behaviorism
• Outline Skinnerian principles
• Discuss the application of Skinnerian Psychology
• Identify the contributions of behaviorism to personality theory
• Discuss Psychoanalytic Learning Theory as set forth by Dollard and Miller
• Explain how learning theory can be applied to psychoanalytic theory
• Outline key components of psychoanalytic learning theory
• Evaluate psychoanalytic learning theory’s contributions to the study of personality theory

Lecture: Cognitive Social Learning Theory: Mischel and Bandura

Lecture: Personal Construct Theory: Kelly

Outcomes

• Discuss the Cognitive Social Learning Theory
• Explain Mischel’s ideas
• Describe Social Learning Theory from the perspective of Bandura
• Describe key elements of Bandurian Theory including reciprocal determinism, perceived self-efficacy, and observational learning
• Explain how these key elements contribute to the development of personality
• Explain Kelly’s Personal Construct Theory
• Discuss the key elements of Kelly’s theory
• Evaluate Kelly’s theory in terms of limitations and contributions

Lecture: Person- Centered Theory: Rogers

Lecture: Self-Actualization Theory: Abraham Maslow

Outcomes

• Discuss Carl Rogers and his Person-Centered Theory
• Discuss some key figures in the development of the Humanistic Perspective
• Describe  key elements of Rogerian Theory
• Discuss the ideas Rogers proposed with regard to the basic nature of humans
• Explain his vision of the structure of personality
• Describe his model for effective therapeutic intervention
• Evaluate Rogers’s  theory in terms of limitations and contributions
• Discuss Maslow’s Self-Actualization Theory
• Describe the key elements of Maslow’s theory
• Discuss key elements of Maslow’s theory
• Explain the ideas Maslow proposed to explain the basic nature of humans
• Explain Maslow’s vision of the structure of personality
• Describe his model for effective therapeutic intervention
• Evaluate Maslow’s theory in terms of limitations and contributions

Lecture: Conclusion

Outcomes

• Generally discuss the dominant theories of personality
• Address the different personality issues of the past and present, from different theoretical perspectives
• Discuss the status of personality theory today
• Discuss the merits of eclecticism
• Differentiate eclecticism vs. pluralism