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Introduction: What Is Personality?1.??? Define personality, discuss the nature of personality theories, and identify the four basic theoretical perspectives in personality.The Psychoanalytic Perspective on Personality2.??? Discuss the course of Sigmund Freud’s life, some of his notable publications, and the social and cultural events that shaped Freud’s views about human nature.3.??? Distinguish among the three levels of awareness and describe the nature and development of the three basic structures of personality in Freud’s psychoanalytic theory.4.??? Discuss Freud’s notion of the ego defense mechanisms, and provide an everyday example of each of the major ego defense mechanisms.5.??? Describe the psychosexual stages of development, focusing on the core conflict at each stage, and explain the consequences of fixation.6.??? Compare and contrast Freud’s psychoanalytic theory with the personality theories of neo-Freudians Carl Jung, Karen Horney, and Alfred Adler.7.??? Identify criticisms of Freud’s theory and, more generally, of the psychoanalytic perspective.The Humanistic Perspective on Personality8.??? Describe the humanistic perspective and contrast it with psychoanalytic theory and behaviorism.9.??? Discuss the key assumptions of Carl Rogers and describe his theory of personality, especially the importance of the actualizing tendency, the self-concept, conditional and unconditional positive regard, and the fully functioning person.10.? Compare and contrast the viewpoints of Sigmund Freud and Carl Rogers on human nature.11.? Identify the key strengths and weaknesses of the humanistic perspective.The Social Cognitive Perspective on Personality12.? Discuss the key ideas of Albert Bandura’s social cognitive theory of personality, noting the role of self-efficacy beliefs in the development of a person’s self-system.13.? Specify the strengths and weaknesses of the social cognitive perspective.The Trait Perspective on Personality14.? Describe how trait theories differ from the other perspectives on personality, and distinguish between surface traits and source traits.15.? Compare and contrast the trait theories of Raymond Cattell and Hans Eysenck.16.? Describe the brain-imaging research findings suggesting that personality traits are associated with specific patterns of brain activity.17.? Describe the five-factor model of personality, and the research evidence supporting it.18.? Describe the research strategies used in the field of behavioral genetics, and discuss research findings on the relationship between genetics and personality traits.19.? Describe the “Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart,” and the notion of emergenic traits in explaining similarities between identical twins.20.? Identify limitations of the trait perspective.Assessing Personality: Psychological Tests21.? Compare and contrast the methods of personality assessment advocated by the pseudoscience of graphology, noting what scientific research has indicated about the validity of this method.22.? Compare and contrast the methods used by projective tests and self-report inventories to measure personality.23.? Identify the key strengths and weaknesses of projective tests and self-report inventories.Application: Possible Selves: Imagine the Possibilities24.? Discuss how your “possible selves” can influence your sense of self-efficacy, motivation, behavior, and life decisions. ................
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