PSİ312

School of Humanities \ Psychology

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6

Compulsory

Turkish

PSİ 104

Psychology Bachelor's Degree Program

This course will explain and categorize various
theories and research in the field of personality.
Particular attention will be paid to classical and
contemporary personality theories.

Ashcraft, D. (2009). Personality theories workbook (4th ed.). Cengage Learning.
Cloninger, S. (2012). Theories of personality: Understanding persons (6th ed.). Pearson
Publications.
Gençtanrım-Kurt, D., & Çetinkaya-Yıldız, E. (Ed.). (2018). Kişilik kuramları: Gerçek yaşamdan
kişilik analiz örnekleriyle (Extended 3rd ed.). Pegem Akademi.
Yazgan İnanç, B., & Yerlikaya, E. E. (2018). Kişilik kuramları (14th ed.). Pegem Akademi.

It is aimed to provide an understanding of personality psychology and basic personality theories by emphasizing the strengths and weaknesses of personality theories.

1. Define and explain basic personality theories.
2. To compare theories and to apply these theories to real- life settings.

Week 1: Content of the Course and Introduction to the Course + Introduction to Personality Theory
Week 2: Freud: Classical Psychoanalysis
Week 3: Jung: Analytical Psychology Adler: Individual Psychology
Week 4: Erikson: Psychosocial Development Horney and Relational Theory: Interpersonal Psychoanalytic Theory
Week 5: Horney and Relational Theory (Continued) Fromm: Escape from Freedom
Week 6: Sullivan: Interpersonal Psychoanalysis
Week 7: The Difficulty of Behavioralism: Dollard and Miller, Skinner
Week 8: Kelly: Personal Construct Theory Bandura: Performance in Cognitive Social Learning Theory
Week 9: Rotter: Social Learning Theory Allport: Personological Trait Theory
Week 10: Two-Factor Analytical Trait Theory: Cattell's 16 personality factor theory and five-factor model of personality
Week 11: Rogers: Human-Centered Theory Maslow and His Legacy: Hierarchy of Needs Theory and Positive Psychology
Week 12: General evaluation of the course

• Midterm Exams 40 %
• Final 40 %
• Projects 20 %