Personality Psychology - Psy 258
Course Textbook The PDF version of the text is more complete...I suggest you use that.
Course Syllabus
Course Outline
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Schedule of Readings
Lecture One - Introduction
The Definition(s) of Personality by Mayer
Martin Seligman's What you can change, and what you can't; A guide to self-improvement. Read Chapter One: What Changes? What Doesn't Change? and take the Human Plasticity Questionnaire.
Introduction chapter in online text.
Lecture Two - Trait/Dispositional Theories
Take the 16pf Personality Test and either the Five Factor Personality Test or Big Five Personality Test . Be sure to bring in a printed copy of your results.
Dan McAdams' What do we know when we know a person. Article about traits and the value and problems using traits to explain personality.
General Trait Theories chapter in online text.
Catell and Big 5 Trait Theories
Gordon Allport chapter in online text.
Lecture Three - Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud chapter in online text
Lecture Four - Carl Jung
Carl Jung chapter in online text
Lecture Five - Alfred Adler
Alfred Adler chapter in online text
Lecture Six - Erik Erikson
Erik Erikson chapter in online text
Lecture Seven - Karen Horney
Karen Horney chapter in online text
Lecture Eight - Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
Carl Rogers chapter in online text
Abraham Maslow chapter in online text
Lecture Eight - Behaviorism
B.F. Skinner chapter in online text
Lecture Nine - Cognitive Theories
Albert Bandura chapter in online text
Jullian Rotter from Fullerton.edu
Albert Bandura chapter in online text
Martin Seligman and Carol Dweck from wikiversity
Albert Ellis chapter in online text
The Definition(s) of Personality by Mayer
Martin Seligman's What you can change, and what you can't; A guide to self-improvement. Read Chapter One: What Changes? What Doesn't Change? and take the Human Plasticity Questionnaire.
Introduction chapter in online text.
Lecture Two - Trait/Dispositional Theories
Take the 16pf Personality Test and either the Five Factor Personality Test or Big Five Personality Test . Be sure to bring in a printed copy of your results.
Dan McAdams' What do we know when we know a person. Article about traits and the value and problems using traits to explain personality.
General Trait Theories chapter in online text.
Catell and Big 5 Trait Theories
Gordon Allport chapter in online text.
Lecture Three - Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud chapter in online text
Lecture Four - Carl Jung
Carl Jung chapter in online text
Lecture Five - Alfred Adler
Alfred Adler chapter in online text
Lecture Six - Erik Erikson
Erik Erikson chapter in online text
Lecture Seven - Karen Horney
Karen Horney chapter in online text
Lecture Eight - Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
Carl Rogers chapter in online text
Abraham Maslow chapter in online text
Lecture Eight - Behaviorism
B.F. Skinner chapter in online text
Lecture Nine - Cognitive Theories
Albert Bandura chapter in online text
Jullian Rotter from Fullerton.edu
Albert Bandura chapter in online text
Martin Seligman and Carol Dweck from wikiversity
Albert Ellis chapter in online text
Additional Course Materials
Biological/Physiological Perspective
Lectures related to Biological/Evolutionary Perspectives
AllPsych Online
Personality Psychology textbook outline
Theorists
Bandura, Albert A. Bandura, D. Ross, & S. A. Ross (1961). Transmission of Aggression Through Imitation of Aggressive Models. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 63, 575-582.
Freud, Anna (1952) Freud, A. (1952). The role of bodily illness in the mental life of children. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 7, 69-81
Freud, Sigmund: The Anatomy of the Mental Personality From LECTURE XXXI (1932). Source: New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-analysis (1933) originally published by Hogarth Press. Includes Freud's original drawing of the id, ego, and superego.
Lewin, K. (1935): A Dynamic Theory Of Personality From the site: The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.
Maslow, A. H. (1943). A Theory of Human Motivation.
Maslow, A. H. (1941). Deprivation, Threat and Frustration.
Rogers, Carl: Some Observations on the Organization of Personality Address of the retiring President of the American Psychological Association the September 1947 Annual Meeting. First published in American Psychologist, 2, 358-368.
Interesting Links
Personality Testing
TED Talk by Brian Little. Confessions of a passionate introvert.
Personality Test - This test is based on Jung's typology and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Take this test when you are in a normal, good mood and you have at least 30 minutes to spend on it. Print out results when you are done.
Type Descriptions - TypeLogic by J. Butt, Peronality Page, and 16 Types description. Go to these sites and find your type. Read the description and see if it matches your personality.
Big Five Personality Test - This test is based on Costa and McCrae's theory.
Application of MBTI personality types to Fictional Characters.
Poohsonality Tests - There are two poohsonality tests that I like. http://www.lavasurfer.com/poohsonality/poohsonality.html and http://winniethepooh.disney.co.uk/funtime/poohsonality_test/index.jsp
I am different characters on each. Have Fun!
How about an Oreo personality test??
Find your Animal Personality. (I was an Otter...really???)
Theorists
Listen to an NPR story on/with Albert Ellis
Carl Rogers therapy session with Gloria
Albert Ellis therapy session with Gloria
Other Links in Personality
Video - What is personality all about?
Consequences of Dispositional Attributions - Video with Elliot Aronson
Annotated Bibliography
The best way to find your articles is by using Ebscohost (a database program linked to the library website). Go to http://staff.bcc.edu/library and click on Databases. Click on EbscoHost, either on-campus or offcampus access. (You will need a library bar code to access the database from home. It is on the back of your ID card.). The best databases are Psych Articles and Academic Search Premiere. You will need to use the Advanced Search to find articles. Put in key words related to a topic you are interested in. Make sure it is related to Personality Psychology. I would suggest you also check “full text” and “scholarly (peer reviewed) journals” in the search criteria. Additionally, you should put in dates so that you are only searching through artices published since 2000.
An example of an Annotated Bibliography
Application of Theory
Application of Personality Theory with Fictional Characters
Here is an example of how personality theory is applied to the Grinch.
Disney Characters - Wikipedia information
Winnie-the-Pooh Characters - Wikipedia information
Other Resources
Handbook of Modern Personality Theory edited by Oliver P. John, Richard W. Robins, Lawrence A. Pervi
Personality Theories: An Introduction by Barbara Engler
Personality Theories: Critical Perspectives by Albert Ellis and colleagues
Theories of Personality by Richard Rychman
Introduction to Theories Personality by Robert B. Ewen
APA Formatting
APA Manual - APA Style
Purdue Owl - APA Format
A Guide for Psychology Undergraduate from University of Washington
Mastering APA Style powerpoint presentation
Example of a Reference page
Biological/Physiological Perspective
Lectures related to Biological/Evolutionary Perspectives
AllPsych Online
Personality Psychology textbook outline
Theorists
Bandura, Albert A. Bandura, D. Ross, & S. A. Ross (1961). Transmission of Aggression Through Imitation of Aggressive Models. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 63, 575-582.
Freud, Anna (1952) Freud, A. (1952). The role of bodily illness in the mental life of children. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 7, 69-81
Freud, Sigmund: The Anatomy of the Mental Personality From LECTURE XXXI (1932). Source: New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-analysis (1933) originally published by Hogarth Press. Includes Freud's original drawing of the id, ego, and superego.
Lewin, K. (1935): A Dynamic Theory Of Personality From the site: The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.
Maslow, A. H. (1943). A Theory of Human Motivation.
Maslow, A. H. (1941). Deprivation, Threat and Frustration.
Rogers, Carl: Some Observations on the Organization of Personality Address of the retiring President of the American Psychological Association the September 1947 Annual Meeting. First published in American Psychologist, 2, 358-368.
Interesting Links
Personality Testing
TED Talk by Brian Little. Confessions of a passionate introvert.
Personality Test - This test is based on Jung's typology and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Take this test when you are in a normal, good mood and you have at least 30 minutes to spend on it. Print out results when you are done.
Type Descriptions - TypeLogic by J. Butt, Peronality Page, and 16 Types description. Go to these sites and find your type. Read the description and see if it matches your personality.
Big Five Personality Test - This test is based on Costa and McCrae's theory.
Application of MBTI personality types to Fictional Characters.
Poohsonality Tests - There are two poohsonality tests that I like. http://www.lavasurfer.com/poohsonality/poohsonality.html and http://winniethepooh.disney.co.uk/funtime/poohsonality_test/index.jsp
I am different characters on each. Have Fun!
How about an Oreo personality test??
Find your Animal Personality. (I was an Otter...really???)
Theorists
Listen to an NPR story on/with Albert Ellis
Carl Rogers therapy session with Gloria
Albert Ellis therapy session with Gloria
Other Links in Personality
Video - What is personality all about?
Consequences of Dispositional Attributions - Video with Elliot Aronson
Annotated Bibliography
The best way to find your articles is by using Ebscohost (a database program linked to the library website). Go to http://staff.bcc.edu/library and click on Databases. Click on EbscoHost, either on-campus or offcampus access. (You will need a library bar code to access the database from home. It is on the back of your ID card.). The best databases are Psych Articles and Academic Search Premiere. You will need to use the Advanced Search to find articles. Put in key words related to a topic you are interested in. Make sure it is related to Personality Psychology. I would suggest you also check “full text” and “scholarly (peer reviewed) journals” in the search criteria. Additionally, you should put in dates so that you are only searching through artices published since 2000.
An example of an Annotated Bibliography
Application of Theory
Application of Personality Theory with Fictional Characters
Here is an example of how personality theory is applied to the Grinch.
Disney Characters - Wikipedia information
Winnie-the-Pooh Characters - Wikipedia information
Other Resources
Handbook of Modern Personality Theory edited by Oliver P. John, Richard W. Robins, Lawrence A. Pervi
Personality Theories: An Introduction by Barbara Engler
Personality Theories: Critical Perspectives by Albert Ellis and colleagues
Theories of Personality by Richard Rychman
Introduction to Theories Personality by Robert B. Ewen
APA Formatting
APA Manual - APA Style
Purdue Owl - APA Format
A Guide for Psychology Undergraduate from University of Washington
Mastering APA Style powerpoint presentation
Example of a Reference page
