Personality
25 videos • 431 views • by Psy & Phy Tran Course -VI: Personality Block-I: Introduction to Personality 1. Definition, Nature and Functions of Personality: Definitions of personality, Allport’s Definition, nature and functions of personality. 2. Structure and Process of Personality: The Structure and Process, Personality as Inference about structure and process. 3. Growth and Development of Personality – Early Personality Development: Critical periods in Development, Growth and Development in Personality, Early Personality Development, Attachment of Care Taker, Consequences of Attachment. 4. Socialization and Personality Development- Sex Typing and Toilet Training: Toilet Training, Sex Typing. 5. Mechanisms of Socialization: Reward, Punishment, Imitation and Identification Block-II: Determinants and Assessment of Personality 6. Biological Determinants: Genetic Factors, Nervous System-Endocrine System and Physical Structure. 7. Social Determinants, Contemporaneous Social Influences- Context: Developmental Social Influences – Culture, Values, Heredity Vs Environment. 8. Agents of Socialization-Family, School, Occupation: Agents, Influence of Family on Personality Development, Environmental Influences, Schools-Educational Determinants, Occupational Influences. 9. Assessment: Meaning and Uses of Assessment, Objective Personality Tests and Projective Personality Tests. Issues in Personality Assessment, Structural Tests, Psychometric Techniques. Block-III: Theoretical Approaches: Psychoanalytical Approaches 10. Sigmund Freud’s Classical Psychoanalytic Theory: Freud’s Psycho Analytic Approach, The Instincts and their characteristics, Personality structure, Personality Dynamics, Psychosexual stages of development, Ego defense Mechanisms. 11. Carl Jung’s Analytic Theory: The Structure of Personality, Dynamics of Personality, Psychological Functions. 12. Neo Freudians: The Social Analysts, Adler’s Individual Psychology and Erich Fromm: Major Concepts, Basic Human Needs. 13. Karen Horney, Interpersonal Theory of Psychiatry- Harry Stack Sullivan: Neurosis and Relationships, Core Concepts, the Dynamics of Personality, the Development of Personality. 14. Contemporary Psychoanalytic theory – Erik Erickson: The Eight Stages of Human Development, New Conception of the Ego. Block-IV: Behavioristic and Cognitive Approaches 15. B.F.Skinner’s Reinforcement Theory: Respondent and Operant Behaviour, Operent Conditioning, Reinforcement and schedules. 16. Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory: Observational Learning and its principles, Reciprocal Determinism, Self-System, Self-Efficacy. 17. Dollard and Miller’s Stimulus-Response Theory: Goal, Basic Concepts; Drive, Cue, Response, Reinforcement, Response Hierarchies, Fear as and acquired drive, Stimulus Generalization, Conflict, The Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis. 18. George Kelly’s Personal Construct Theory: The Fundamental Postulate and Corollaries, The Basic Postulate, CPC Cycle, Constructive alternativism, Psychological Problems. 19. Lewin’s Field Theory: The Structure of Personality, The Dynamics of Personality, The Development of Personality. Block-V: Humanistic and Trait Approaches 20. Carl Roger’s Person - Centered Theory: Humanistic Approach, Rogers Personal Background, Person –centered Theory, The Dynamics of Personality-Nineteen propositions, The Development of Personality-Fully functioning of Person and the Self. 21. Maslow’s Self Actualization Theory: Maslow’s approach to Personality, Types of Needs, Self-Actualization, metaneeds and metapathologies. 22. Gordon Allport Theory: The Structure of Personality, The Dynamics of Personality, The Development of Personality. 23. Raymond Cattell’s Factor – Analytic Trait Theory: Cattells’s view of personality, Traits, 16PFs, The Specification equation, Development, Psychopathology. 24. Hans Eysenck Biological Trait Theory: Eysenck’s approach to personality, Structure of Personality, Causal Model, Personality Types, The Biological Basis of Personality, Nuerotism, Normality, Biological and Environmental Interaction, Evaluation. 25. The Big Five Theory of Paul Costa & Robert Mc Crae: Evolution of Big Five Theory, Description of Big Five Factors, Facets of Five Factors, Core and peripheral Components of Five Factors, Development of Five Factor Personality Inventories.