Lecturer: Dr. Joana Salifu Yendork Department of ...

Lecturer: Dr. Joana Salifu Yendork, Department of Psychology

Contact Information: jyendork@ug.edu.gh

College of Education School of Continuing and Distance Education

2014/2015 ? 2016/2017

Session Overview

? Personality is the psychological organization of the individual as a whole and especially to those features that distinguish the individual from others. In the study of adult development, debate surrounds whether or not personality remains stable or changes with age. To discuss this topic, this session will focus on three levels of analysis (also known as traditions) of personality studies in adult development.

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Session Outline

The key topics to be covered in the session are as follows:

? The concept of personality ? Level of analysis

? Dispositional traits ? Personal concerns ? Life narrative

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Reading List

? Read Chapter 10 of Recommended Text ? Adult development and aging, Cavanaugh & Blanchard-Fields (2006).

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Topic One

THE CONCEPT OF PERSONALITY

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