PSY 3000 - Theories of Personality

3(3 + 0)

Prerequisite: PSY 1001, six additional semester hours in psychology, and ENG 1020

Students will learn the major contemporary theories of personality. The course will consider the following perspectives on human behavior and mental processes: psychodynamic, behavioral and cognitive behavioral, humanistic, trait and factorial, and neurobiological. The underlying assumptions and research support for these theories will be examined.