AS 200.327 - Personality and its Measurement

Institution:

Johns Hopkins University

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Description:

Advanced intensive writing and discussion course using a text and original articles. Besides (co)leading class discussions, students will review a personality test of their choice, create and analyze their own personality test, and create a research proposal on a personality topic of their choosing. There will be no exams. Topics to be covered include a broad survey of personality tests, reliability and validity, test construction methods, the structure of affect/mood, the five-factor model, and the following personality-related topics: the person-situation debate; the idiographic/nomothetic debate; stability and change in personality over time; evolution, genetics, and biology of personality; effects of culture and geography on personality; intelligence and genius; the self and personal narratives; implicit motives and the dynamic unconscious; and self-regulation and psychopathology. For more information, please contact Dr. Jennifer Neemann at dr_jen@comcast.net or 410-516-4887.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.jhu.edu

Phone Number:

(410) 516-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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