Theories of Personality

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Using scientific reasoning and research as clues, this course explores several major mysteries in the scientific quest to understand what makes a person themselves, and why people do what they do. The course investigates core questions, such as: Does personality predict what people do, and how their lives will turn out? Do others know more about your personality than you? How do personalities develop? Can personalities be disordered? What is personality, anyway? Do we even have personalities? Can we know someone else's personality? How can we use science to understand personality?".