Chapter Fifteen – Personality
Feb 17th (B) and 18th
(A)
Feb. 19th (B) and 20th
(A)
Feb 21st (B) and 24th
(A)
Freud, The Psychoanalytic Perspective and Personality
 The Unconscious
 Id, Ego, and Superego
 Freud’s psychosexual Stages
o Examine personality and behaviors if one is fixated in a
stage
 Defense Mechanisms and how they are used to protect the ego
from anxiety and threatening thoughts
Measuring and Detecting the Unconscious
 Free Association, Dream Interpretation
 Projective Tests
Neo-Freudian Theorists
 Alfred Adler
 Karen Horney
 Carl Jung
Criticisms of Freud
 Discussion on the lack of empirical evidence for Freud – how does
this affect the validity and reliability of his theory
The Humanistic Perspective and Personality
 Maslow’s Self-Actualization
 Carl Roger’s Person Centered Theory
o Importance of developing a self-concept
 Unconditional Positive Regard, Empathy, Genuine
People
 Criticism of the humanistic perspective
Behaviorist Perspective and Personality
 How does the environment affect our behavior?
QUIZ on Free
Associationarchetypes
QUIZ on Projective
tests to Big 5
personality AND
take an online
personality test by
googling Jung
typology test. You
do NOT have to
pay for results but
you must bring a
printed copy of the
results page
(containing the 4
letters
representing your
personality)
Feb 25th (B)and 26th
(A)
Chapter 15 Assessment
(Multiple Choice)
Notecards due test
on UNIT 10
March 3rd (B)and
March 4th (A)
Paper Assignmentwatch movie of your choosing– apply each perspective
to one characterin the movie. Write a detailed essay that describes the
character’s personality and development from the viewpoints of the
following theorists and their perspectives – Skinner, Freud, Bandura,
Maslow/Rogers, Eyesenck/Myers-Brigg, Sheldon, Piaget, and Erikson
Mini lessons begin
Thursday Feb. 27th
(B) and 28th
(A)with groups 1-4
presenting.