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PSYC
430: Theories of Personality Gary S. Gregg OU403-E people.kzoo.edu/ggregg/ Fall, 2018
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This seminar will study theories of
personality development and structure, focusing on three levels of
personality organization, and the genetic, social, and cultural factors that
shape them, and on stage models of life-span development. In addition to studying theories and
personality assessment methods, students will (1) create and evaluate a
measure of a personality trait, need, or motive, (2) synthesize their own
theory of personality, and (3) conduct an individual “case study” of
personality development. Core Reading McAdams, The Person (text) Hall, Lindsey, & Campbell, Theories of Personality
(text) Note: For McAdams the first page numbers are for the hardback 5th editiontext and the 2nd page numbers (in italics) are for the paperback (2006) text |
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Syllabus |
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Section
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Topic: Personality Theory |
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Topic |
Reading |
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Wk 1 Mon. |
Introduction |
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Wk 1 Wed. |
Levels of Personality Organization |
McAdams,
“What Do We Know…”
McAdams, Ch. 1 pp. 21-28 24 – 31
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Wk 1 Fri. |
Attachment and Aggression |
LeVine,
Culture, Behavior & Personality Chapt 8
excerpt
McAdams, pp. 50-66 52 - 69
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Section
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Personality
Traits |
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Wk 2 Mon. |
Traits: H. Eysenck |
McAdams, Ch. 4 pp. 106-142 112 – 138 Hall & Lindsey, Ch. 9 pp. 360 -
390 |
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Wk 2 Wed. |
Traits: theory and measurement |
McAdams,
Ch. 4 pp. 142-154 138 – 152
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Wk 2 Fri. |
Traits: The “Big Five” |
McAdams,
Ch. 5 pp. 155-203 153 – 199
Sulloway, Birth Order and Personality and "Family Niches"
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Wk 3 Mon. |
Traits: Continuity & Heritability |
McAdams, Ch. 6 pp. 205-235 201 – 230
Paper due: psychobiography topic & preliminary
bibliography |
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Wk 3 Wed. |
Needs & Motives |
McAdams, Ch. 6 pp. 235-251 230 – 245
McAdams, Ch. 7 pp. 279-300 275 - 297
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Wk 3
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Needs & Motives |
Hall & Lindsey, Ch. 6 pp. 221 -
267 |
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Section
II |
Psychodynamic Theories
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Wk 4 Mon. |
Introduction |
Paper
due: trait study |
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Wk 4 Wed. |
Freud |
Breuer
& Freud: “Anna O”
"Psychical Mechanism of Hysteria" McAdams,
Ch. 7 pp. 255-271 251 - 260
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Wk 4 Fri. |
Freud |
Hall
& Lindsey, Ch. 2 pp. 30 - 73
McAdams, Ch. 11 pp. 429-451 427- 451
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Wk 5 Mon. |
Jung
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Hall
& Lindsey, Ch. 3 pp. 78 - 121
McAdams,
Ch. 11 pp. 451-457 452 - 459
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Wk 5 Wed. |
Adler
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Hall & Lindsey, Ch 4
pp. 122 – 139
McAdams,
Ch. 11 pp. 458-462 450 - 464
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Wk 5 Fri. |
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Wk 6 Mon. |
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Erikson, Eight Ages of Man [sic] |
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Wk 6 Wed. |
Identity Statuses, Generativity Gender Development
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McAdams, Ch 9 pp. 350-371 346-370 Chodorow: “On the Reproduction of Mothering…”
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Gregg, “States and Selves” |
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Section
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The Study of Lives |
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Wk 7 Mon. |
Adult Development
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Lecture Paper
Due: theory |
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Wk 7
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Study of Lives
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McAdams, Ch. 12 pp. 480 - 510
Elms, "The Psychologist as Biographer" Schultz, "Introducing Psychobiography" |
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Wk 7
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Psychological Biography
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Runyan, "VanGogh's Ear" |
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Wk 8 Mon. |
Psychological Biography |
Ogilvie, "Margaret's Smile" McAdams, "Bush the Leader"
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Wk 8 Wed. |
Culture and Personality
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Wk 8 Fri. |
Culture and Personality |
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Wk 9 Mon. |
Culture
and Personality |
Chua, “Why Chinese Mothers are
Superior”
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Wk 9 Wed. |
Dialogical Self
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McAdams, Ch. 11 pp. 462-466 464 – 468
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Wk 9 Fri |
TBA |
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Wk 10 Mon. |
Presentations |
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Wk 10 Wed. |
Presentations |
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Wk 10 Fri. |
Presentations |
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Final time |
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The Seminar The
course will run as a graduate-style seminar with student-led discussion aimed
at: (1) understanding the theories and
research we read, (2) constructively criticizing them, and (3) evaluating
their applications, moral & political implications, and aesthetic
qualities. For
each reading, I’ll ask one student to prepare a brief commentary to lead off
our discussion. To help us have
high-quality discussions, I’ll ask all students to write and bring to class
“talking-point notes” for each reading, that can be
used to add points to those covered by the lead-off discussant, and raise
additional questions. (I occasionally
will collect the “talking-point” notes, to help track how students are understanding and reacting to the readings.) I
also will provide background information on many readings, concepts, and
studies, and we sometimes will break into small-group discussions or research
working-groups. Assignments The
course has three assignments. Please
regard each as a major project, in which you demonstrate your understanding
and mastery of the material we study and ability to critically synthesize and
apply it. 1. Trait research
project: define a
potentially-important personality trait, develop a measure of the trait, and
collect data to assess its reliability and validity. The group or individual paper will be an
APA-style research report with introduction / literature review, methods, results,
and discussion sections. 2. Personality
Theory: outline and argue
for a theory of personality based on selection from and/or synthesis of the
theories we study, and on additional reading about at least one theory. 3. Psychological
Biography: study an
individual life – an historical figure, writer, artist, celebrity, etc. --
using available sources, and analyze his/her personality development and
organization using theories we have studied. |