ÇAĞ UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Code
PSY 306
Theories of Personality I
Prerequisites
None
Language of Instruction
English
Credit
(3-0)3
Mode of Delivery
ECTS
5
Face to face
Learning Outcomes of the
Course
Type and Level of Course
Compulsory, Third year, Spring semester
Lecturers
Name(s)
Contacts
Lecture Hours
Office Hours
Course Coordinator Prof. Dr. Deniz Aynur Güler
Course Objective
The aim of the course is to introduce students some of the major theories of personality
and the research methods used to test these theories.
Relationship
Students who have completed the course successfully should
be able to
Net Effect
Prog. Output
5
1
articulate the underlying themes, methodology, and assumptions
1
of each model and tradtion.
5
2
articulate the major concepts and principles of each personality
1
theory discussed in the class and in the text.
5, 4
3
demonstrate the application and awareness of the principles of
3, 4
personality to one's life.
5, 4, 5, 5
4
to use the various theorists ideas to explain the behavior of the
3, 4, 5, 8
main character in Camus book The Stranger.
4
5
articulate each theories assessment techniques and the theories
4
approach
to
the
treatment
and
understanding
of
psychopathology.
5
6
critically evaluate each personality theory.
8
Course Description: The study of the development and dynamics of human personality from a variety of theoretical perspectives
and psychological adjustment theory and research.. Perspectıves ınclude: behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, and environmental
determinants of personality wıth the following theoretical viewpoints and theorists explored: Psychoanalytic (Freud, Jung); Sociocultural (Adler, Horney, Erikson); Trait (Allport, Cattell, Eysenck); Learning (Skinner, Dollar, Miller, Bandura, Mischel);
Sociobiological (Wilson); and Existential-Humanistic (Kelly, Rogers, Maslow, May).
Course Contents:( Weekly Lecture Plan )
Weeks
Topics
Preparation
Teaching Methods
1
Lectures
Introduction to the Class
None
2
3
4
5
6
7
Presentation & Demonstration
Introduction to Personality Theory
None
Mini Case Study
Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis I
Freud
Mini Case Study
Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis II
Freud
Presentation & Discussion
Carl Gustav Jung and Analytical Psychology I
Jung
Presentation & Discussion
Carl Gustav Jung and Analytical Psychology II
Jung
Exercises
Karen Horney and Humanistic
Psychoanalysis
8
Demonstration
Erik Erikson and Ego Psychology
Course notes
Critique Due - Jung
9
Presentation & Demonstration
Alfred Adler and Individual Psychology
Course notes
Fromm and Humanistic Psychoanalysis
Analysis Paper I Due - Freud or Horney
10
Presentation & Demonstration
Maslow: Holistic-Dynamic Theory
Maslow
11
Mini Case Study
Rogers: Person-Centered Theories
Course notes
12
Team Work
Analysis Paper II Due - Erikson or Adler
13
Team Work
Skinner
Bandura: Social Cognitive Theory
14
Team Work
Rotter and Mischel: Cognitive Social Learning
Theory
Analysis Paper III Due - Maslow, Rogers, or
May (March 3)
REFERENCES
Textbook
Sigmund Freud (1900) Translated by A. A. Brill (1913)
Originally publish in New York by Macmillan.
The Association Method. Carl G. Jung (1910) First published in American Journal of
Psychology, 31, 219-269.
A Theory of Human Motivation A. H. Maslow (1943) Originally Published in
Psychological Review, 50, 370-396.
Related links
Course Notes
Recommended Reading
Material Sharing
Activities
Midterm Exam
Quizzes
Homework
Effect of The Activities
Effect of The Final Exam
Contents
Hours in Classroom
Hours out Classroom
Homeworks
Implementation
Quizzes
Midterm Exam
Fieldwork
Final Exam
http://www.bps.org.uk/
Bekirogullari Z.; Theories of Personality
British Psychological Magazine Monthly /
Jung's General description of the types.
Number
1
4
4
ASSESSMENT METHODS
Effect
30%
5%
5%
40%
60%
ECTS TABLE
Number
14
14
1
4
4
1
1
1
Notes
Hours
3
3
4
3
1
10
12
18
Total
Total / 30
ECTS Credit
RECENT PERFORMANCE
Total
42
42
4
12
4
10
12
18
144
=144/30=4,80
5