Personality Psychology

A Step by Step Guide to Understanding Personality Theories and The Major Influencers

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2.5 hours
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Feb 2022
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What you will learn

Define personality and describe early theories about personality development

Describe the assumptions of the psychodynamic perspective on personality development, including the id, ego, and superego

Define and describe the defense mechanisms

Define and describe the psychosexual stages of personality development

Description

Consider two brothers. One of these siblings will grow up to become a world leader. The other will struggle with alcohol and drugs, eventually spending time in jail. What about each of their personalities propelled them to take the path they did?

On this course, you’ll examine the factors that influence something as complex as your personality. You will explore the work of Freud on the psychodynamic perspective of personality, and consider theories of behaviourism, humanism and personality traits, considering how personality is influenced by the culture of the society in which you were raised.

You will also investigate models, theories and approaches of pioneers who contributed to our understanding of personality before examining personality tests to determine how they can be used to better understand our decision making process.


This online course is designed to give participants a solid understanding of what personality is, the methods used to study it and how our knowledge about personality has evolved over time. You will also learn about major theories of personality as well as how those theories have shaped the research agenda in the field.

This e-course is suitable for anyone who wants to learn more about some basics concepts and ideas in this area of psychology, including students considering advanced study and professionals interested in keeping up-to-date on new findings and developments within the field.

Content

Introduction

Why It Matters - Personality Psychology
What is Personality?
Quiz 1

The Major Influencers

Learning Objectives
Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
Quiz 2
Defense Mechanisms
Quiz 3
Stages of Psychosexual Development
Quiz 4
Glossary
Neo-Freudians: Adler
Quiz 5

The Neo-Freudians

Neo-Freudians: Erikson
Neo-Freudians: Jung
Neo-Freudians: Horney
Glossary
Quiz 6

Behaviourism

The Behavioural Perspective
Reciprocal Determinism
Observational Learning
Locus of Control
Walter Mischel and the Person Situation Debate

Humanist, Biological & Traits Perspectives

Humanistic Approaches to Personality
Biological Approaches to Personality
Early Traits Theories: Cattell
Early Traits Theories: The Eysencks
Trait Theory Today: The 5 Factor Model
Cultural Understandings of Personality

Personality Assessment

Personality Assessment
Self-Report Inventories
Projective Personality Tests

Final Word

Putting It Together: Personality

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Reviews

Akshay
April 3, 2020
Beacause it thaught me so much thank u , u should have included some more topics I taught so very good cource thank u . How about a cirtification
Mike
December 27, 2018
I was going through this wondering why we were focused on outdated historical models preceding modern theory instead of getting best up to date evidence-based practice and knowledge, I found myself painfully waiting to get to the good stuff of how it can be applied and what was best accurate as we know it today. I think it would have been represented by describing the course as "a history of personality" or something like that. The locus of control section was really good and I wished we touched on that a bit more.

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