Introduction to Personality

Paper Code: 
CPSY 211
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

On completion of this course, the students will be able to:

CO11: Demonstrate knowledge of major theories, concepts, perspectives, empirical findings, methods, and techniques used in personality psychology.

CO12: Apply knowledge of major theories, concepts, perspectives, and empirical findings in personality psychology to explain behavior.

CO13: Integrate different perspectives discussed in class to identify individual differences.

CO14: Critically dissect, integrate, and apply scientific literature of personality theories.

CO15: Develop a broader understanding of personality, factor that influence personality and its impact.

CO16: Appreciating conceptualizations of personality in the Western as well as Eastern tradition.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to the Psychology of Personality

Meaning of personality, Methodological Viewpoints: Idiographic and Nomothetic approaches. Determinants of Personality – Biological, Emotional and Social; Assessment of Personality: Psychological Scaling Techniques, Rating Scales, Personality Inventories with special reference to 16PF, EPQR, MMPI, Big five and Projective Techniques; Rorschach, TAT, SCT

12.00
Unit II: 
Approaches to personality I

Trait Approaches: Allport, Cattell; Psychoanalytical Approaches: Freud, Jung; Intrapsychic Approaches: Horney, Adler, Sullivan

12.00
Unit III: 
Approaches to personality II

Behavioural Approaches: Dollard & Miller and Skinner; Social Learning Approaches: Bandura and Rotter; Cognitive & Cognitive Behavioural Approaches: Kelly and Beck

12.00
Unit IV: 
Approaches to personality III

Humanistic/ Existential Approaches: Maslow, Rogers and May; Personality Structure Approaches: Murray and Eysenck 

12.00
Unit V: 
Eastern Perspectives of Personality

Theory of Triguna, Understanding self through Mimamsa, Vedanta, Samkhya and Yoga, Understanding self through Sufi and Buddhist tradition, Understanding Self through Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Yoga

Essential Readings: 

● Anastasi, A (1997). Psychological Testing. New York: McMillan Co.

● Engler, B. (2009). Personality Theories. USA: Wadsworth.

● Feist, J. & Feist, G. J. (2006). Theories of personality (6th ed.). New York: Mc Graw Hills.

● Hall, C. S, Lindzey, G. & Campbell, J. B. (2004). Theories of Personality. New York: Wiley and Sons.

● Rao, K. R., Paranjpe, A. C., & Dalal, A. K. (Eds.) (2008). Handbook of Indian Psychology. New Delhi, India: Foundation Books.

References: 

● Feist, J. (1994). Theories of personality. Harcourt Brace College Publishers.

● Hergenhahn, B. R., & Olson, M. H. (1999). An introduction to theories of personality. Prentice-Hall, Inc.

● Magnavita, J. J. (2002). Theories of personality: Contemporary approaches to the science of personality. John Wiley & Sons Inc.

● Schultz, D. P., & Schultz, S. E. (2016). Theories of personality. Cengage Learning.

E Resources

● ResearchGate

● JSTOR

● Proquest

● Shodhganga

● Delnet

● Google Scholar

● National Digital Library (NPTEL)

● Academia

 

Journals

● Gestalt Theory

● IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology (ISSPIT)

● Journal of personality

Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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