Course Goals: To introduce students to the basic concepts and theories in the area of Personality Psychology.  To encourage students to develop their own understanding of human nature by considering a wide range of perspectives used to understand human functioning.

Course Objective: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to explain personality from the following seven perspectives at a basic level appropriate for undergraduate students: psychodynamic, cognitive, humanistic, trait, biological, evolutionary, and behavioral.

Textbook: Selected chapters from Personality Theories, an online E-textbook written by Dr. George Boeree (http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/perscontents.html), and various other readings will be assigned as reading for the course.  Please find detailed information in the "Content" area on D2L.  D2L can be accessed at https://d2l.ship.edu/ using your e-mail ID and password. 

Evaluation: Evaluation will be based on writing assignments and quizzes/exams.  

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