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    This course covers major theories of personality psychology. It will examine theories from psychodynamic, humanistic/existential, dispositional, biological, and learning-cognitive perspectives. Key topics include Freud's psychosexual stages, Jung's concepts of archetypes and personality typology, Adler's ideas of inferiority and superiority complexes, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, and learning theories like social learning theory. Students will learn to articulate the major concepts, assessment techniques, and applications to treatment of each theory discussed. Upon successful completion, students will be able to compare theories and understand human personality through different perspectives.

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    This course covers major theories of personality psychology. It will examine theories from psychodynamic, humanistic/existential, dispositional, biological, and learning-cognitive perspectives. Key topics include Freud's psychosexual stages, Jung's concepts of archetypes and personality typology, Adler's ideas of inferiority and superiority complexes, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, and learning theories like social learning theory. Students will learn to articulate the major concepts, assessment techniques, and applications to treatment of each theory discussed. Upon successful completion, students will be able to compare theories and understand human personality through different perspectives.

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    This course covers major theories of personality psychology. It will examine theories from psychodynamic, humanistic/existential, dispositional, biological, and learning-cognitive perspectives. Key topics include Freud's psychosexual stages, Jung's concepts of archetypes and personality typology, Adler's ideas of inferiority and superiority complexes, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, and learning theories like social learning theory. Students will learn to articulate the major concepts, assessment techniques, and applications to treatment of each theory discussed. Upon successful completion, students will be able to compare theories and understand human personality through different perspectives.

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    This course covers major theories of personality psychology. It will examine theories from psychodynamic, humanistic/existential, dispositional, biological, and learning-cognitive perspectives. Key topics include Freud's psychosexual stages, Jung's concepts of archetypes and personality typology, Adler's ideas of inferiority and superiority complexes, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, and learning theories like social learning theory. Students will learn to articulate the major concepts, assessment techniques, and applications to treatment of each theory discussed. Upon successful completion, students will be able to compare theories and understand human personality through different perspectives.

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    Personality

    Defining personality

    Theories of personality

    Personality assessment

    Social Thinking and Social Influence

    Social facilitation

    Attribution theory

    Crowd behavior

    Conformity, Obedience

    Helping behavior

    Course Objectives

    To cover different perspectives and theories explaining personality. Main concepts and
    principles,
    explanation of personality development, assessment, and proposed interventions will be
    covered in this course.

    Course Outcome

    Upon successful completion of this course, the students are expected to:

    Comprehend classical theories, their major postulates, concepts, assessment and


    interventions
    to make comparison between different theories and be able to comprehend human
    personality in the light of different perspectives.

    Course Contents

    Introduction to Personality

    Definition and meanings of personality

    Characteristics of personality

    Components of a personality theory


    The Psychoanalytic Perspective

    Basic Assumptions and main Proponents

    Sigmund Freud

    Basic concepts

    Personality structure: Three interacting systems

    Personality development: Stages of Development

    Personality dynamics and Defense mechanisms

    Application of psychoanalytic theory: Assessment and Intervention

    Critical evaluation

    Carl Jung

    Basic concepts: Conscious and unconscious; Archetypes, personality typology, personality

    development

    Assessment and Intervention

    Critical evaluation

    Alfred Adler

    Basic concepts

    Assessment and Intervention

    Critical evaluation

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    Karen Horney

    Basic concepts

    Assessment and Intervention

    Critical evaluation

    Erik Erikson

    Basic Concepts
    Psycho-social stages of personality development

    Assessment and Intervention

    Identity crises

    Object Relation Theory

    Cognitive Perspective

    Major assumptions and main Proponents

    Aaron Beck

    Basic concepts

    Assessment and Intervention

    Critical evaluation

    Albert Ellis

    Basic concepts

    Assessment and Intervention

    Critical evaluation

    George Kelly

    Basic concepts

    Personality as a system of constructs

    Personality Development

    Critical evaluation

    Dispositional and Trait Theories

    Major Assumptions and main Proponents

    Gordon Allport

    Basic Concepts

    Personality traits

    Assessment and Intervention


    Critical evaluation

    Raymond Cattell

    Basic concepts

    Assessment and Intervention

    Critical evaluation

    Humanistic and Existentialist Theories

    Major Assumptions and main Proponents

    Abraham Maslow

    Basic concepts

    Five basic human needs

    Assessment and Intervention

    Critical evaluation

    Carl Rogers

    Basic concepts

    Personality development

    Assessment and Intervention

    Critical evaluation

    Recommended Books

    Allen, B. P. (1997). Personality theories: Development, growth and diversity. (2nd ed.).

    Boston:

    Allyn& Bacon.

    Buss, D. M. (2004).Evolutionary psychology: The science of mind (2nd ed.). Boston: Allyn&

    Bacon.

    Edi, P. R. S. (2011). Human aggression and violence. Washington: American Psychological

    Association.
    Ewen, R. B. (1998). An introduction of theories of personality. (5th ed.). New Jersey: Lawrence

    Erlbaum Associate Publishers.

    Feist, J. (1985).Theories of personality. Sydney: Holt Rinehart & Winston, Inc.

    Guindon, M. H. (2010). Self esteem. NY: Routledge.

    Larsen, R. J. (2008). Personality psychology (3rd ed.). Boston: McGraw Hill.

    Pervin, L. A., Cervone, D., & John, O. P. (2005).Personality theory and research (9th ed.). New

    York: John Wiley & Sons.

    Outline
     Unit 1: Introduction
     Unit 2: Psychodynamic Theories
    o Freud, Adler, Jung, Klein, Horney, Erikson, Fromm
     Unit 3: Humanistic/Existential Theories
    o Maslow, Rogers,
     Unit 4: Dispositional Theories
    o Allport, McCrae and Costa
     Unit 5: Biological/Evolutionary Theories
    o Eysenck, Buss
     Unit 6: Learning-Cognitive Theories
    o Skinner, Bandura, Rotter and Mischel, Kelly

    SEMESTER – III

    Psy – 302 Personality Theories-I

    Course Objectives
    To examine, in depth, specific theories under each of the major psychological
    models of personality and examine each theories concepts and principles, their
    explanation of personality development, their assessment techniques, and their
    application to treatment of psychopathology. Students will be able to articulate the
    major concepts and principles of each personality theory discussed in the class
    and in the text. Students will be able to articulate each theories assessment
    techniques and the theories approach to the treatment and understanding of
    psychopathology.

    Course Contents

    1. Psychology of personality
    a. Introduction to the Discipline
    b. Meaning of personality
    c. Meaning of theory
    d. Components of personality theory

    2. The Psychoanalytic Legacy; Sigmund Freud


    a. Biographical sketch
    b. Basic concepts
    c. Personality structure
    i. Three interacting systems.
    ii. Personality development
    iii. Five sequential stages.
    iv. Personality dynamics
    v. instincts / anxiety / catharsis and anti-catharsis
    vi. Defense mechanisms
    d. Application of psychoanalytic theory; Dream analysis paraphrases
    e. Psychotherapy
    f. Critical evaluation

    3. Personality’s ancestral foundations: Carl Jung:


    a. Biographical sketch
    b. Basic concepts: Conscious and unconscious; Archetypes, Personality
    typology Personality development
    c. Further applications: Dream analysis; Psychopathology;
    Psychotherapy
    d. Critical evaluation

    4. Overcoming inferiority and striving for superiority: Alfred Adler

    a. Biographical sketch
    b. Basic concepts:
    I. Developing social feelings: society; work and love
    II. Style of life; future goals vs. past events; overcoming inferiority
    Striving for superiority and superiority complex; Family
    influences on personality development
    c. Further applications: Dream analysis; Psychopathology Psychotherapy
    d. Critical evaluation

    5. Neo Freudians

    a. Karen Horney
    i. Basic anxiety
    ii. Coping by way of 10 neurotic needs moving towards, or against,
    or away from people
    iii. Development of an idealized vs. a real image of self
    iv. Claims, should and Defense mechanisms.

    b. Harry Stack Sullivan


    v. Empathy
    vi. Anxiety and security
    vii. 3 modes of experience
    viii. 6 stages of Development

    c. Henry A. Murray
    ix. Definition of need
    x. variety of needs
    xi. Strength of needs and interactions Environmental press
    xii. Thema
    d. Erik Erikson
    xiii. Psycho-social stages of personality development
    xiv. Identity crises

    e. Erich Fromm
    xv. Existential needs
    xvi. Individual and social characters

    f. Evolutionary Psychology

    RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

    1. Buss, D. M. (2004). Evolutionary psychology: The science of mind (2nd ed.)


    Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
    2. Ewen, R. B. (1998). An introduction of theories of personality. (5th ed.).
    New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaun Associate Publishers.
    3. Feist, J. (1985). Theories of personality. Sydney: Holt Rinehart & Winston, Inc.
    4. Pervin, L. A., Cervone, D., & John, O. P. (2005). Personality theory and
    research (9th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

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