2130 Personality Psychology W2007 Section R, Tuesdays at 11:30­2:30; Section P, Tuesdays 4:00­7:00 Instructor, Weeks 1­4 So­Jin Kang: sojin@yorku.ca Instructor, Weeks 6­12: Dr. Ian McGregor: ianmc@yorku.ca Office Hours: TBA Teaching Assistants: Pearl Guterman: pearljam@yorku.ca, Rebecca Winter: rwinter@yorku.ca, Kyle Nash: nashka@yorku.ca Prerequisite: PSYC 1010 6.0 with the minimum of C Course Website: http://www.yorku.ca/ianmc/psyc2130/indexW2007.htm Course Objectives: Learn about theories of human nature. Appreciate the necessity, process, and power of scientific personality research. See how personality psychology relates to your life and world events. Week of: January 9 Topic: Introduction & Methods January 16 January 23 January 30 Needs & Motives Learning Freud & Psychoanalysis February 6 February 13 February 20 February 27 Quiz (30%) Reading Week Traits & Biology Goal Theory & Research March 6 Quiz (15%) Goals & Well­Being March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 Neoanalytic Theories Quiz (15%) Attachment & Repression Self Threat & Defense Quiz (15%) Self, Culture, & Religion Readings: http://www.ship.edu/%7Ecgboeree/correlation.html http://www.ship.edu/%7Ecgboeree/experiments.html (to be posted) http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/genpsylearning.html http://www.ship.edu/%7Ecgboeree/freud.html http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Freud/Origin/index.htm http://www.ship.edu/%7Ecgboeree/genpsytraits.html http://www.ship.edu/%7Ecgboeree/jung.html http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Jung/Association/ http://www.ship.edu/%7Ecgboeree/rogers.html http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Rogers/therapy.htm http://www.ship.edu/%7Ecgboeree/maslow.html http://www.ship.edu/%7Ecgboeree/erikson.html http://www.ship.edu/%7Ecgboeree/horney.html http://www.ship.edu/%7Ecgboeree/adler.html http://www.ship.edu/%7Ecgboeree/fromm.html http://www.ship.edu/%7Ecgboeree/buddhapers.html http://www.ship.edu/%7Ecgboeree/meditation.html http://www.ship.edu/%7Ecgboeree/platoscave.html http://www.ship.edu/%7Ecgboeree/athenians.html Examination Period: Final Quiz (25%) Lecture Timing: 11:30 lectures will begin at 11:35 and end at 2:20. 4:00 lectures will begin at 4:05 and end at 6:50.
Lecture Attendance: Lecture attendance is essential because more than half of the material you will be tested on will be drawn from lecture material that is not covered in the readings. Please note that for the first 4 weeks of the course, lecture outlines will be posted prior to class and lecture slides will be posted following class on So­Jin Kang’s website: www.psych.yorku.ca/sojin Make sure to download the lecture outline and bring it with you to class. Hard copies will not be provided in class. Slides will only be posted following lecture. Regulations: Phones and cameras are not permitted in class. Laptops are permitted for note­taking only (not for unrelated work, email, or surfing). Assigned Readings: You will perform best in this course if you read the readings before each lecture (at least skim them), and then study them again to review for the test. Quizzes: Questions will be drawn from lecture and assigned readings. Two thirds of the quiz grades will come from multiple choice answers. The other third will come from written answers. It is vital that you arrive on time for tests because no one will be allowed to write a test once any other student has left the testing room (for security reasons). Missed Tests: Due to the number of students enrolled and limited administrative resources, we are able to offer make­up tests under extraordinary circumstances only (see below). If you miss a test, you will receive a grade of zero unless you comply with the following regulations: 1. You must either email the TA or phone my secretary, Barbara Thurston (416­736­2100 ext. 66253), before the exam, stating why you are unable to write it. 2. Then within two weekdays of the missed test you must produce documentation supporting your reason for missing the test to the TA, or to Barbara Thurston (Room 283 BSB). a) If you miss a test for medical reasons, you must have a valid medical document, signed by a medical doctor. The note must explicitly state that you were *medically* unable to take the test at the scheduled time. It is not sufficient to simply have a note saying you had a doctor’s appointment. b) If you miss a test for non­medical reasons, you still must produce supporting documentation (e.g., a relative’s death certificate or obituary notice, or a police report). Missing a test for a vacation or a work commitment is not an acceptable reason. 3. Students with valid reasons for missing a test must be prepared to write the make­up test within one week or less of the missed test. You must contact the TA to find out the date and time for the make­up test. Due to limited administrative resources, the TA can not accommodate individual, special requests for make­up test timing. The date and time of the make­up test will be determined by the TA. Drop Date: If you wish to drop the course without receiving a grade, you must do so before March 10 th .