PERSONALITY

Catalog description

Course offers an in-depth exploration of personality psychology, examining the primary frameworks for conceptualizing personality traits and individual differences (such as the Big Five traits); research methods; and current topics about understanding individual differences in human behavior, thought and emotion. Students investigate how personality is assessed; how people judge the personalities of themselves and others; personality processes; stability and change in personality; developmental patterns of personality traits; environmental, cultural and genetic influences on personality; and consequences of personality within domains such as health, work and relationships. Students have a chance to learn about and reflect on their own personality throughout the course.