Major · Psychology · Semester 3 · SY BA · 4 credits · 100 marks · 60 hours
Module 1: The Psychodynamic Perspectives
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Freud’s Conception of Personality:
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The Structure of Personality
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The Development of Personality
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Carl Jung’s Analytic Theory:
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The Structure of Personality
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The Dynamics of Personality
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Alfred Adler’s Social Psychological Theory:
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Fictional Finalism, Striving for Superiority, Inferiority Feelings and Compensation, Social Interest, Style of Life, The Creative Self, Neurosis
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Characteristic Research and Research Methods: Order of Birth and Personality; Early memories; Childhood experiences
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Erik Erikson’s Contemporary Psychoanalytic Theory and Other approaches
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Ego Psychology: Anna Freud
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Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory of Development
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Object Relation Perspective
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Culture and Psychodynamic Perspective: Kakkar, Nandi, Doi
Module 2: The Behavioral and Social Cognitive View of Personality
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B F Skinner’s Operant Conditioning
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The Structure and Dynamics of Personality
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The Development of Personality
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Dollard and Miller’s Stimulus-Response Theory:
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An Illustrative Experiment and The Structure of Personality
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The Development of Personality
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Albert Bandura and Social Learning Theory:
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Reconceptualization of Reinforcement, Principles of Observational Learning, Processes of Attention, Retention, Production, and Motivation
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Reciprocal Determinism and The Self-System
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Rotter’s Social Learning Theory:
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Locus of Control
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Expectancy and Reinforcement Value
Module 3: Humanism and Personality
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Kurt Goldstein’s Concepts:
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The Structure of the Organism
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The Dynamics of the Organism
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Motives and Personality -Abraham Maslow’s Theory:
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Assumptions About Human Nature
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Hierarchy of Needs
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McClelland’s Big Three motives
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Carl Roger’s Propositions:
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The Structure of Personality: The Organism and The Self
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Organism and Self: Congruence and Incongruence
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The Dynamics of Personality
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The Development of Personality
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George Kelly’s Personal Construct Theory:
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Kurt Lewin: The Structure and Dynamics of Personality
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George Kelly: Constructive Alternativism, Man-The-Scientist, Focus on the Construer, Motivation, Being Oneself, Personal Constructs
Module 4: The Trait Theories of Personality
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Gordon Allport and the Individual:
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The Structure and Dynamics of Personality
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The Development of Personality
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Raymond Cattell’s Factor-Analytic Trait Theory:
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The Nature of Personality: A Structure of Traits
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The Development of Personality
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Hans Eysenck’s Biological Trait Theory:
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The Description of Temperament
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Causal Models
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Big-Five and emerging approaches
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Five-Factor Model: Theory; cross-cultural work. Indian Work. Emerging approaches: HEXACO, Big-Two.
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Measurement of Personality: 16PF, EPQ-R, NEO-PI-3, BFI. Indian Measures. Online Assessment (SAPA, MUPI). Social Desirability Measures.
Text Books
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Hall,C.S., Lindzey,G., & Campbell, J.B.(1998). Theories of Personality. New York: J Wiley & Sons.
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Schultz, D.P., & Schultz, S.E. (2017). Theories of Personality. Australia: Cengage Learning.
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Engler, B. (2014). Personality Theories: An Introduction. Belmont: CA: Wadsworth Cengage.
Reference Books
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Ryckman, R.M. (2004). Theories of Personality (8 th ed.). Belmont: CA: Wadsworth Cengage.
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Ciccarelli, S. K. & Meyer, G. E. (2008). Psychology. (Indian sub-continent adaptation). New Delhi: Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd.
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Ciccarelli, S. K., White, J. N. & Misra, G. (2015). Psychology. (5th ed.). New Jersey: Pearson education.
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https://m-opc-onlinepsychometrics.share.connect.posit.cloud/home.html
