Personality- Theories and Advances Notes

 Personality- Theories and Advances

 EP: 301-MAJOR CORE PAPER Semester 3 (Credits-4)

Notes as per 2023-24 Syllabus of Department of Psychology, SP Pune University (formerly University of Pune) Pune, India

LEARNING OBJECTIVES-

• To acquaint the students with-
• To provide the students thorough understanding of contemporary perspectives of theories of personality.
• To make the students explore important theories of personality with comprehensive, rigorous, systematic outlook.
• To make the students know about the current advances in the contemporary personality research.

LEARNING OUTCOMES-

• Students will be able to-
• The students will be able to implement the applied understanding of various personality theories in their of life.
• The students to observe & interpret individual differences in behavior in sound theoretical systems of personality.
• To understand advances in the different branches of psychology.

1.0. PERSONALITY- INTRODUCTION [15]

1.1. Personality- Definitions and Nature
1.2. Personality Theory- Characteristics, Evaluation, Perspectives
1.3. Approaches to study Personality- Person-Situation Interaction, Idiographic & Nomothetic
1.4. Issues in Personality Research- Cross- cultural Research, Experimental Research, Temporal Stability, Social Desirability

2.0.PSYCHOANALYTIC AND LEARNING THEORIES OF PERSONALITY [15]

2.1. Classical Psychoanalytic Theory: Sigmund Freud
2.2. Analytical Psychology: Carl Jung
2.3. Individual Psychology: Alfred Adler
2.4. Reinforcement Theory: Dollard & Miller, Bandura

3.0.NEO-PSYCHOANALYTIC, TRAIT & COGNITIVE THEORIES OF PERSONALITY [15]

3.1. Psychosocial Theory: Erik Erickson
3.2. Female Psychology: Karen Horney
3.3. Trait Theories: Allport, Eysenck, Big Five Model of Personality
3.4. Personal Construct Theory: George Kelly

4.0. HUMANISTIC & EXISTENTIAL THEORIES OF PERSONALITY [15]

4.1. Abraham Maslow
4.2. Carl Rogers
4.3. Viktor Frankl & Rollo May
4.4. Advances in Contemporary Personality Research

BOOKS for Personality Theories –

1. Hall, C.S., Lindzey, G., & Campbell, J.B. (2007). Theories of Personality. (4th Ed.). Wiley: India.
2. Hall, C.S., Lindzey, G. & Campbell, J. B. (1998). Theories of Personality. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
3. Ryckman, R.M. (1978). Theories of Personality. D.Van Nostrand Company: New York.
4. Frager, R. & Fadiman, J. (2007). Personality and personal growth. ( 6th Ed.) Pearson Prentice Hall, India.
5.  Mayer, F.S & Sutton, K. (1996). Personality: An integrative approach. N.J.: Prentice-Hall.
6. Larsen & Buss Personality Development.
7. Endler, N.S., & Magnusson, D. (1976) Interactional Psychology and Personality. Hemisphere Pub. Corporation.
8. Schultz, D.P & Schultz, E.S. (2005). Theories of personality. Delhi: Thomson Wadsworth.
9. Kuppuswami, B. (1985) Elements of ancient Psychology. Delhi: Vani Educational Books.
10. McCrae, R.R. & Allik, J. (eds) (2002). Five-factor model across cultures. Dordrecht: Netherlands: Kluver.
11. Mischel, W.; Shoda, Y.; & Smith, R. E. (2004). Introduction to personality. John Wiley & Sons
12. Feshbach, S. & Weiner, B. (1991). Personality. (3rd Ed.). Toronto: Health & Co.
13. Kundu, C.L. (1989). Personality development. ND: Sterling Pub.
14. Tart, C.T. (1975). Transpersonal psychology. (Ed.). NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.