Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
NPEP-0021
Organization:
Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
Estimated 28 hours (self-study)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 1 Psychology
Description

Objective:

To provide students with the second 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 theorist and the systems they have developed to help define what we observe in everyday human life.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Describe the origins of learning theory
  • Apply Thorndike's two laws to human situations
  • Distinguish rationalist and empiricist influences on learning theorists
  • Discuss how social learning theory differs from classical learning theory and from Skinners behaviorism
  • Describe the origins of Bandura's ideas in his research findings
  • Contrast dynamic and learning theory concepts of 'self
  • ' define Adler's seven major concepts
  • Describe modern applications of Adler's concepts
  • Contrast Fromm's and Sullivan's concepts of the basic psychological endeavor of human life
  • Define both the law of effect and the law of exercise
  • Describe the two differing trends in learning theory
  • Describe how Dollard and Millar's drive-cue-response-reward model can be used to analyze behavior
  • Describe the theoretical yield of Bandura's research
  • Describe Karen Horney's concept of basic anxiety
  • Contrast Horney and Fromm's approaches to including social life in personality theory
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
Supplemental Materials