Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
NPEP-0020
Organization:
Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
Estimated 32 hours (self-study)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 1 Psychology
Description

Objective:

To provide students with the first of a three part series of an introductory level personality psychology course. This course is designed to help the student see the systematic unfolding of the psychological ideas about human life. In studying personality theories, the student will learn about the many influential theorists and the systems they have developed to help define what we observe in everyday human life.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Be aware of the steps, dynamics, and development as they are applied in personality study
  • Identify the origins of contemporary personality concepts in Jung's work
  • Explain the role of personality theory in the field of psychology
  • Identify those psychological questions that are excluded from personality theory
  • Identify two important developments of a psychology of persons
  • Describe the contribution of Freud's clinical experience to his early theory construction, and describe the unfolding of Freud's initial theory of the mind
  • Identify similarities between Jung's and Freud's conceptions of personality, describing Jung's major disagreements with Freud
  • Identify familiar concepts that originate in the work of Jung
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
Supplemental Materials