PSYCH
540
Personality Theory
Hours
3.0 Credit, 3 Lecture, 0 Lab
Contemporary theories of personality developed within the framework of major psychological systems.
1. Identify and distinguish the major personality theories
Students will identify and distinguish the major personality theories of psychology and their specific features and content.
Measurement: Multiple choice/critical analytic essays.
2. Identify, compare, contrast, and evaluate assumptions
Students will identify, compare and contrast, and critically evaluate the philosophical and theoretical assumptions that underlie these personality theories.
Measurement: Multiple choice/critical analytic essays.
3. Conceptual tools of theory construction and evaluation
Students will develop and demonstrate understanding of the conceptual tools of theory construction, analysis and evaluation.
Measurement: Critical analytic essays.
4. Articulate their own position on major issues
Students will articulate their own position on some of the major issues of personality theory, theory construction, and application of theory.
Measurement: Essay assignment.