PY 301 - Personality Theory

• Assignments: Varied throughout the term
• Interactivity: Discussion Boards
• Final Assessment: None

• Describe the basic philosophical assumptions that lie behind the formation of personality theories.
• Apply your understanding of the psychoanalytic and neopsychoanalytic theoretical views to a case study.
• Explain the concepts of Erik Erikson, Anna Freud, and Dan McAdams.
• Describe the influences of the object relation theorists on understanding personality development.
• Distinguish between the various aspects of experimental analysis of behavior and the key theorists behind experimental psychology, such as classical and operant conditioning.
• Describe the strengths and weaknesses and apply the social theories of Albert Bandura, Julian Rotter, and Walter Mischel.
• Apply your understanding of dispositional and learning theories through interaction with a genogram.
• Develop a working understanding of the humanistic and existential theories and how these can and cannot aid in human development.
• Apply your understanding of George Kelly’s cognitive behavioral theories and the REP Test.
• Identify the strengths and weaknesses of cognitive behavioral theories with application to a real-life situation.