Course Schedule & Materials

On this page you can find all class Texts, slides and recordings

Main Text: Balance of Personality by Chris Allen (BoP for short)

Supplementary Text: Personality Theory in a Cultural Context (PICC for Short) 

Supplementary Resource: Noba Project 

 

Course Schedule

Date

Class Topic

Required Reading(s)

Optional Reading(s)

Slides

Assignment(s) Due

1/26/2023

Introduction & Syllabus

N/A 

 N/A

 

 

1/31/2023

What is personality? 

 Youtube Video (13mins)

PICC Ch 1.1

What is Personality pt. 1

 

2/2/2023

What is personality? 

   

What is Personality Pt. 2

Check in 1 Due 2/3

2/7/2023

Personality Development

BoP: Ch 2

 

Personality development and stability

 

2/9/2023

Personality Development

BoP: Ch 2

 

See above

 

2/14/2023

Research & Assessment

BoP: Ch 3

 

Personality Assessment

 

2/16/2023

Research & Assessment

BoP: Ch 3

 

 

 

2/21/2023

NO CLASS

MONDAY

SCHEDULE

 

 

2/23/2023

Ethics of Psychology

BoP: Ch 3

PICC: Ch 1.3

Ethics and Research

 

2/28/2023

EXTRA

CREDIT

GAME

 

 

3/2/2023

Trait Perspective

BoP: Ch 1

 

Personality Traits Pt. 1

Check in 2 Due 3/3

3/7/2023

Trait Perspective

BoP: Ch 1

 

Personality traits pt 2

 

3/9/2023

Biological Perspective

BoP: Ch 7

PICC: Ch 11

The Biological Perspective

 

3/14/2023

Biological Perspective

BoP: Ch 7

PICC: Ch 11

see above

 

3/16/2023

Psychodynamic Perspective

BoP: Ch 4

PICC: Ch 3-5

Psychodynamic perspective

 

3/21/2023

Psychodynamic Perspective

BoP: Ch 4

PICC: Ch 3-5

see above

 

3/23/2023

Jungian Perspective

BoP Ch 5

 

Jungian perspective

 

3/28/2023

Jungian Perspective

BoP Ch 5

 

see above

 

3/30/2023

Existentialism & Humanism 

BoP: Ch 6

PICC: Ch 8-9

Existential and Humanistic perspective

 

4/4/2023

Existentialism & Humanism 

BoP: Ch 6

PICC: Ch 8-9

see above

 

4/6/2023

NO CLASS

SPRING

BREAK!

 

Check in 3 Due 4/7

4/11/2023

NO CLASS

SPRING

BREAK!

 

 

4/13/2023

NO CLASS

SPRING

BREAK!

 

 

4/18/2023

Social Cognitive 

PICC: Ch 18 & 19

 

Social Cognitive perspective

 

4/20/2023

Social Cognitive

 

 

 

 

4/25/2023

Sociocultural Understandings 

 

PICC CH 2

Sociocultural and personality

 

4/27/2023

Sociocultural Understandings

 

 

 

Check in 4 Due 4/28

5/2/2023

Trauma Informed perspective

 

 

Trauma Informed Perspective

 

5/4/2023

Trauma Informed perspective

 

 

 

 

5/9/2023

Personality Disorders

BoP: Ch 9

PICC: Ch 20

Personality Disorders

 

5/11/2023

Personality Disorders

 

 

 

OPTIONAL Check in 10 Due

5/16/2023

Extra

Credit

Game!

 

 

5/19/2023

FINAL

ASSINGMENT

DUE