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PSYC0009-1

Personality Psychology


Duration :30h Th
Credits/ECTS :
1st year of a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Education4
Holder(s) :Michel Hansenne
Course contents : Chapter 1 : Introduction (history, definitions and goals of psychology of personality)
Chapter 2 : Methods in psychology of personality (case analysis, correlation, experimental method)
Chapter 3 : Assessment of personality (sources of information, measure?s fidelity, measure?s validity)
Chapter 4 : Determinants of personality (biological, genetic and environmental determinants)
Chapter 5 : Personality theories
5.1. Psychoanalytical perspective : Freud
5.2. Neo-analytical ? perspective: Jung, Adler, Horney, Sullivan, Erikson and Fromm
5.3. Humanist perspective: Rogers and Maslow
5.4. Learning perspective: Skinner, Bandura and Rotter
5.5. Cognitive perspective : Kelly, Mischel and Beck
5.6. Perspective of dispositions : Allport, Cattell, Eysenck and the ? big Five ?
5.7. Psychobiological perspective : Gray, Tellegen, Zuckerman and Cloninger
Chapter 6 : Conclusion and integration of different theories
Course objective : .Introducing main notions of psychology of personality
·Providing highlights on the assessment of personality
·Discussing about heredity and experience problem
·Providing a reviewed panorama of different theories of personality
Prerequisites : No
Workshops : No
Organization : Oral presentation
Written notes : Book : Hansenne M. (2003) : Psychologie de la personnalité. De Boeck, Bruxelles ; powerpoint presentation
Assessment : Written exam (MCQ true-false and open questions with short responses) at first session, and open questions (large) at second session.
Contacts : michel.hansenne@ulg.ac.be - 04/3662390
olaloyaux@ulg.ac.be - 04/3662008
Remarks : No.




ULg : Students and Studies Administration - Academic Affairs
Contact : Monique Marcourt, direction A.E.E.
Date of data : 27/02/2006
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