This course is designed as an introduction to personality theories and research.
Personality serves as a focal point for integrating knowledge from many areas of psychology.
It also presents us with alternative ways of viewing our own lives. The breadth and depth of this field means that you will need to do a good deal of reading and thinking for this course. To develop a good working knowledge of the theories proposed by Freud, Rotter, Bandura, Kelly and Rogers. To understand how various theoretical perspectives relate to research. To develop skills in analysis, synthesis and evaluation of new information.