PSY 341-O

Course ID:

Course Code & Number

PSY 341-O

Course Title

Theories of Personality

Level

BS

Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits

(3+0+0) 3 TEDU Credits, 7 ECTS Credits

Year of Study:

Junior

Semester:

Fall

Type of Course:

Compulsory

Mode of Delivery:

Face-to-face

Language of Instruction:

English

Pre-requisite / Co-requisite::

Catalog Description

Major personality theories, including psychoanalytic and learning theorists, trait theorists, social-learning theorists and humanists. Measurement and assessment of personality.

Course Objectives

This course aims to provide students basic knowledge about major personality theories and research methods that are used to assess and/or test these theories. In each chapter, students will try to answer the following questions in relation with respective personality theory: “What is personality?”, “How are personalities shaped?”, “What are the factors affecting who we are right now?”, “In what ways do individuals differ from each other?”.

One implicit yet important goal of this course is that students will be become more comfortable at evaluating their everyday experiences from a new psychological perspective. In other words, they will gain clinical skills to apply the major theoretical concepts that they have learned in class to “real life experiences” .

Software Usage

Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, the students will be able to:

 1. Have basic knowledge about major personality theories

2. Compare and contrast concepts belonging to the different personality theorists
3. Evaluate and analyze themselves and others from a “personality structure” approach

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods:

Telling/Explaining Discussion/Debate Questioning Reading Scaffolding/Coaching Demonstrating Problem Solving Inquiry Collaborating Case Study/Scenarion Analysis Concept Mapping Drama/Roleplaying Hands-on Activities Others

Assessment Methods and Criteria:

Test / Exam Quiz Case Studies / Homework Self Evaluation Others

Assessment Methods and Criteria Others:

Analysis of a Fictional Character from Psychoanalytic Perspective

Design Content

Recommended Reading

Required Reading

Grading

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods Others:

Analysis of a Fictional Character from Psychoanalytic Perspective

Course Coordinator:

Asst. Prof. Yağmur Ar-Karcı

Student Workload:

Workload	Hrs
Course Readings	50
Debate	15
Hands-on Work	15
Case Study Analysis	25
Demonstration	10

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