Unit 8: Personality

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MPTUO1a: Introduction to Psychology – Fall 2020
Week 13 / Unit 8: Personality

Personality. “The characteristic sets of behaviors, cognitions, and emotional patterns that evolve from biological and environmental factors.” ^[1]

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Required Reading

• Chapter 3: Personality Development in Psychology 101 by Dr. Christopher L. Heffner ^[2]
  • Chapter 3: Introduction to Development, Personality, and Stage Theories
  • Chapter 3.2: Motor and Cognitive Development
  • Chapter 3.3: Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development
  • Chapter 3.4: Freud’s Stages of Psychosexual Development
  • Chapter 3.5: Freud’s Structural and Topographical Model
  • Chapter 3.6: Freud’s Ego Defense Mechanisms
  • Chapter 3.7: Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development
• Chapter 11: Personality, Part One: What is Personality? in Psychology: An Introduction by Russell A. Dewey, PhD ^[3]
  • What is Personality?
  • Traits and Types
  • The Big Five Traits
  • Genetic Influences on Personality?
  • Personality Tests
  • Multiple Personality
  • Summary: What is Personality?
• Chapter 11: Personality, Part Two: Freud’s Theory in Psychology: An Introduction by Russell A. Dewey, PhD ^[3]
  • Freudian Theory
  • Repression and Defense Mechanisms
  • Freud’s Sexual Theory
  • Summary: Freud’s Theory
• Chapter 11: Personality, Part Three: NeoFreudian Theories in Psychology: An Introduction by Russell A. Dewey, PhD ^[3]
  • Carl Jung
  • Jung’s Theory
  • Jung’s Personality Typology
  • Evaluating Jung
  • Alfred Adler’s Theory
  • Karen Horney’s Theory
  • Erikson and Ego Psychologies
  • Summary: NeoFreudian Theories

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Homework

Personality

Perspectives on personality

• • 1.1 Evaluate psychodynamic theories.
  • 1.2 Evaluate trait theories.
  • 1.3 Evaluate humanistic theories.
  • 1.4 Evaluate social-cognitive theories.

Assessment of personality

• • 2.1 Differentiate personality assessment techniques.
  • 2.2 Discuss the reliability and validity of personality assessment techniques.

Issues in personality

• • 3.1 Discuss biological and situational influences.
  • 3.2 Discuss stability and change.
  • 3.3 Discuss connections to health and work.
  • 3.4 Discuss self-concept.
  • 3.5 Analyze how individualistic and collectivistic cultural perspectives relate to personality.

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Major Assignments and Deadlines

• Participate. Make a minimum of 2 original comments or discussion posts and 2 responses to someone else.
• Watch the Unit 8 Videos.
• Study the Unit 7 Slides.
• Review the Unit 8 Resources.
• Review the Unit 8 Study Guide.
• Take Quiz 14: Personality Development

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Sources

1. Personality. (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved June 18, 2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality
2. Heffner, Dr. Christopher L. (2001, April 1). Psychology 101. All Psych. https://allpsych.com/psychology101/
3. Dewey, Dr. Russell A. (2017). Psychology: An Introduction. Psych Web. https://www.psywww.com/intropsych/
4. The American Psychological Association’s Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (APA TOPSS) course template.

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