PSYC 1025 Test Your Personality
This personality-primer course provides an avenue for students to determine underlying characteristics of themselves. A variety of standard and unorthodox tests will help provide students with questions psychologist are now trying to answer about personality: Where did you get your personality? Have you always been "you" or did you become "you" through environmental factors? Does your personality change under stress, or is there a core personality that carries you through all life's situations? (1 lect.)
Major Topics
1. Determining what comprises personality
2. Personality tests covering the areas of
a. The "core" person
b. The personality in love
c. The social and private personality
d. The personality under stress
Outcomes
In order to successfully complete this course, the student will:
1. Articulate the scientific and philosophical definition of personality
2. Participate in a variety of personality tests
3. Draw conclusions regarding the makeup of personality in general and
4. Determine the consistent core parts of his/her own personality through: Completing personality tests, in class and on own, Writing two evaluations of the results of these tests, Writing one summary of personality theories.