2. Funder, D. C. & Ozer, D. J. (1997). Pieces of the Personality Puzzle: Readings in Theory and Research. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., Inc.
Texts should be in a shrink-wrapped set at the bookstore. There may be a few supplementary readings handed out in class or placed on reserve. Please keep track of announcements made in class.
COURSE OBJECTIVES: 1) To learn the assumptions, principles and research methods of the major paradigms of personality psychology. 2) To learn criteria for evaluating the adequacy of psychological theory. 3) To gain richer and more sophisticated understanding and appreciation of the complexity and diversity of human personality.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
1. Paper describing your initial theories about personality. Not graded, but required.
2. 2 short papers 20 pts each x 2 = 40 pts
3 Midterm ( 20 pts) & Final Exam (30 pts)--combination of short answer and essay.
4. Class participation, attitude, and conscientiousness and miscellaneous intangibles = 10 pts
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TOTAL 100 pts
5. Regular class attendance
is, of course, expected. Please note that there will material covered
in lectures that is not in the readings, and material in the readings
that is not in the lectures; you will be responsible for both lecture
and reading material.
CALENDAR
1/30 Introduction to Personality Psychology
2/2 NO CLASS - Instructor out of town. Work on Implicit Theory Exercise
2/6 TRAIT APPROACHES
2/9
2/13
2/16
2/20 NO CLASS--MONDAY SCHEDULE
2/23
FIRST PAPER DUE @ 4:30
2/27 BIOLOGICAL APPROACHES
3/2
3/6
3/9 PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACHES
3/13
3/16
3/20 SPRING BREAK
3/23 SPRING BREAK
3/27 MIDTERM EXAM
3/30
4/3
4/6 EXISTENTIAL/HUMANISTIC APPROACHES
4/10
4/13
SECOND PAPER DUE @ 4:30
4/17 BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES
4/20
4/24 COGNITIVE APPROACHES
4/27
5/1
5/4
5/8 LAST DAY OF CLASS-Next
in personality?
PAPER ASSIGNMENTS: There
will be a more detailed handout for the paper assignments. Note that papers
should either be handed to me personally, or handed in to Pat Paul in
SCI 466. DO NOT PUT YOUR PAPERS IN MY MAILBOX!
YOU MUST ALWAYS KEEP A COPY OF EACH OF YOUR PAPERS.Plagiarism is a violation of the College honor code, (as well as a serious ethical violation generally) and will be dealt with via the College Judiciary. No credit will be given for plagiarized work, and credit for the course will be in jeopardy if plagiarism is confirmed. Plagiarism is the use of another author’s words and/or ideas, without clear attribution to that author. If you have any doubt about what constitutes plagiarism (and many students do!), please talk to me.
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TOPICS |
ASSIGNMENTS |
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1/30 thru 2/2 |
Introduction to Personality Psychology |
TEXT: Preface READER: Preface, McAdams,
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2/6 thru 2/23 |
DISPOSITIONAL APPROACHES: TRAITS |
TEXT: Ch 2, Ch. 4, Ch. 7 READER: Allport, Mischel, Block, Kenrick & Funder |
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2/26 thru 3/6 |
BIOLOGICAL APPROACHES |
TEXT: Ch 8 & 9 READER: Dabbs, Bouchard, Plomin |
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3/9 thru 4/3 |
PSYCHOANALYTIC & NEO-ANALYTIC APPROACHES |
TEXT: Ch 10, 11, 12,13 READER: Freud 1 & 2, Steinem, Jung, Adler, Horney, Erikson, Silverman |
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4/6 thru 4/13 |
EXISTENTIAL & HUMANISTIC APPROACHES |
TEXT: Ch 14 READER: Sartre, Maslow( 2nd), Kelly, Rogers |
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| 4/17 thru 4/20 |
BEHAVIORISM -->SOCIAL LEARNING APPROACHES |
TEXT: Ch 16, 17 READER: Skinner (1st), Rotter, Bandura, Mischel |
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| 4/24 thru 5/8 |
COGNITIVE & CROSS CULTURAL APPROACHES |
TEXT: Ch 18 & 15 READER: Norem, Dweck, Allport (p. 326), Markus, Triandis |
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coming soon!
Created: July 10, 2001
Last Modified: July 26, 2001
Created by: Leslie Chang and Natalie Ng
Maintained by: Julie K. Norem