Theories of Personality - II

Paper Code: 
PSY 612
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course helps the students to understand the diverse psychological theories to understand personality.

9.00
Unit I: 

Psychosocial Theories : Humanistic Theory; Rogers, Bandura.

9.00
Unit II: 

Cognitive Approaches : Beck, Ellis

9.00
Unit III: 

S – R Theory : Dollard and Miller.

9.00
Unit IV: 

Field Theory Lewin, Murray’s Personology

9.00
Unit V: 

Motivational Theories : Maslow, McClelland.

Essential Readings: 

 Hall and Lindzey (1978). Theories of Personality. Wiley and Sons New York.  Mischell , W. Theories and Assessment of Personality.  Anastasi, A (1997). Psychological Testing. New York, McMillan Co.  Ciminero, A.R. (Eds) (1986). Handbook of Behavioral Assessment. New York : John Wiley.

References: 

 Allport G.W. (1961). Pattern and Growth of Personality. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. New York.  Stagner, R. (1961)- Psychology of Personality. McGraw Hill Books Company Inc. New York.  Safaya, R.N. (1976) – Personality : Indian Psychology, Munshiram Manoharlal Publisher Pvt. Ltd. New York.  Liebert, R.M. & Speigler, M.D. Personality : Strategies and Issues. Pacific Grove, California : Books/Cole Publishing Company.  Biscoff, L.J. (1970). Interpreting Theories. New York : Harper and Rao.  Hjelle, L.A. and Zeigler, D.J. (1991). Personality Theories : Basic Assumptions, Research and Applications. 2nd Ed. International Student Edition. McGraw Hill, International Book Co.  Pervin, L.A. (1975). Personality : Theory, Assessment and Research. 2nd Edition New York, Wiley International ed.  Sahakian, W.S. (1965). Psychology of Personality : Readings in Theory. Chicago : Rand Mc-Nally College Publication Co.  Magnusson, D. & Endler, N.S. (1977). Personality at Crosswords. New Jersey, Hillsdale : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.  Maslow, A.N. (1970), Motivation and Personality. Harrow Publications, New York.  Raynes, S.N. (1978). Principles of Behavioral Assessment. Gardner Press, New York.  Maddi, S.R. (1976). Personality Theories – A Comparative Analysis.  Eysenck, H.J. (1979). – (Ed.) A Model of Personality McGraw Hill, New York.

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