Maricopa Community Colleges  PSY260   19952-20035

Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 11/22/94

PSY260  1999 Fall - 2003 Summer II

LEC

3 Credit(s)

3 Period(s)

Personality Development

Introduction to theories of personality with emphasis upon application of specific theories towards the understanding of individuals.

Prerequisites: PSY101 with a grade of "C" or better or permission of Instructor.

 

Course Attribute(s):

General Education Designation: Social and Behavioral Sciences - [SB]

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

 

PSY260  1999 Fall - 2003 Summer II

Personality Development

 

1.

Describe the roles of assessment, research, and theory in the study of personality. (I)

2.

Describe Freud's theory of personality, including the development of the psychosexual stages of personality and defenses against anxiety. (II)

3.

Describe Jung's theory of personality, including the development of personality and the interaction among its parts. (III)

4.

Describe Erikson's theory of personality, including ways of coping with conflicts. (IV)

5.

Describe Horney's theory of personality, including the development of neurosis. (V)

6.

Describe Skinner's theory of personality, including the roles of reinforcement and successive approximation in shaping behavior. (VI)

7.

Describe Bandura's theory of personality, including the process of observational learning. (VII)

8.

Describe Adler's theory of personality, including the roles of inferiority and superiority feelings. (VIII)

9.

Describe Maslow's theory of personality, including the development of the self-actualizing person. (IX)

10.

Describe Rogers' theory of personality, including the characteristics of the fully functioning person. (X)

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:

 

PSY260  1999 Fall - 2003 Summer II

Personality Development

 

I. The study of personality: assessment, research, and theory

A. Why study theories of personality

B. Role of assessment in the study of personality

C. Role of research in the study of personality

D. Role of theory in the study of personality

II. Sigmund Freud

A. Life of Freud

B. Instincts: the propelling force of personality

C. Structure of personality: id, ego, and superego

D. Psychosexual stages of personality development

E. Freud's image of human nature

F. Assessment in Freud's theory

G. Research in Freud's theory

III. Carl Jung

A. Life of Jung

B. Psychic energy

C. Systems of personality

D. Development of the personality

E. Interaction among parts of the personality

F. Jung's image of human nature

G. Assessment in Jung's theory

IV. Erik Erikson

A. Life of Erikson

B. Psychosocial development: ways of coping with conflicts

C. Basic strengths

D. Erikson's image of human nature

E. Assessment in Erikson's theory

F. Research in Erikson's theory

G. Stages: positive and negative crises at each stage

V. Karen Horney

A. Life of Horney

B. Safety and satisfaction: the needs of childhood

C. Basic anxiety: the foundation of neurosis

D. Neurotic needs

E. Neurotic trends

F. The idealized self-image

G. The flight from womanhood: feminine psychology

H. Horney's image of human nature

I. Assessment in Horney's theory

VI. B. F. Skinner

A. Life of Skinner

B. Reinforcement: the basis of behavior

C. Schedules of reinforcement

D. Successive approximation: the shaping of behavior

E. Superstitious behavior

F. The self-control of behavior

G. Applications of operant conditioning

H. Skinner's image of human nature

I. Assessment in Skinner's theory

J. Research in Skinner's theory

VII. Albert Bandura

A. Life of Bandura

B. Modeling: the basis of observational learning

C. The process of observational learning

D. The self

E. The developmental stages of modeling

F. Modifying learned behavior

G. Ethical issues in behavior modification

H. Bandura's image of human nature

I. Assessment in Bandura's theory

J. Research in Bandura's theory

VIII. Alfred Adler

A. Life of Adler

B. Inferiority feelings: the source of human striving

C. Striving for superiority: the ultimate goal

D. Development of a lifestyle

E. Social interest

F. Influence of birth order

G. Adler's image of human nature

H. Assessment in Adler's theory

I. Research in Adler's theory

IX. Abraham Maslow

A. Life of Maslow

B. Motivation and personality: the hierarchy of needs

C. Metamotivation: the development of the self-actualizing person

D. Characteristics of the self-actualizing person

E. The failure to self-actualize

F. Maslow's image of human nature

G. Assessment in Maslow's theory

H. Research in Maslow's theory

X. Carl Rogers

A. Life of Rogers

B. Actualization: the basic human tendency

C. The experiential world

D. The development of the self

E. Characteristics of the fully functioning person

F. Rogers' image of human nature

G. Assessment in Rogers' theory

H. Research in Rogers' theory

 

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