2024-2025 College Catalog

PSY208 Theories of Personality

This course explores the major theories in the field of personality psychology, including Psychoanalytical, Trait, Biological, Humanistic, Behavioural/Social Learning, and Cognitive approaches. Research methods and relevant research are presented with the goal toward understanding personality structure and its development, human motives and traits, and their assessment. Fulfills open, liberal arts, social science, and hehavioral science electives. (formerly PSY130)

Credits

3

Prerequisite

PSY102

Offered

Fall only

Electives

  • BEH - Behavioral Science Elective
  • LA - Liberal Arts Elective
  • MTBS - Mass Transfer Behav Science
  • NDIR - Nurse Ed Directed Elective
  • OPEN - Open Elective
  • SOSC - Social Science Elective