Hackett_3315 FINAL

THEORIES OF PERSONALITY PSY 3315 CRN: 24977/24978 (3 credit hours) FALL 2023 PROFESSOR: Dr. Justin Hackett Office Phone: (832) 585-9135 Office Hours: Wednesdays 9am-12pm Address: One Main Street Houston, TX 77002 UHD Email: via BLACKBOARD web-page Class Information: Online Credit Hours: 3 Class Website: http://www.uhd.edu/blackboard/ Prerequisites: PSY 1303, 6 additional hours in psychology and junior standing. Required Materials: Schultz, D. P. & Schultz, S. E. (2016). Theories of Personality (11 th Ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. Additional readings and other materials will be assigned during the semester. OVERVIEW OF THE COURSE COURSE DESCRIPTION Major contemporary theories of personality are examined along with their implications for clinical application and research. COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. Demonstrate familiarity with the major concepts, theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, and historical trends associated with personality psychology. 2. Apply personality psychology theory and principles to personal, social, and organizational issues.

3. Use information and technology when doing work in personality psychology. This includes such abilities as using computers to find information, working with data, writing papers, and other tasks critical to work in psychology. 4. Demonstrate effective writing skills on topics pertinent to personality psychology. LEARNING ASSESSMENTS Please be aware that ALL coursework must be submitted through the appropriate portal in Blackboard. I will not grade work submitted to me through regular email or through Blackboard email/messages. 1. Quizzes: There are six quizzes during the semester. Your grade will be calculated on the best five out of six quiz grades. Thus, you will drop one quiz grade or choose not to take one quiz—be sure you use this aspect wisely!! Please be aware that all quizzes have the following structure: • All quizzes will become available on Monday at 12:01am and will become unavailable on Saturday at 11:59 pm. You must take the quiz within this time frame in order to get credit for the quiz. There will be NO late quizzes given. o Remember, you may drop one quiz grade. If you have an emergency and cannot take the quiz, you should consider the quiz you missed as your dropped grade. Therefore, it is very important to use your dropped grade wisely. • You will have only one chance at each quiz. o This means you will not be able to retake quizzes • Quizzes are timed. • Questions may be asked in a variety of ways, including but not limited to: multiple-choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, matching, jumbled sentence, and short-answer. • All quizzes are to be closed-book and no peer collaboration is allowed. You are not to refer to your book, notes, the internet, other people, or any other source other than your own mind while taking the quiz. 2. Homework: The homework will be comprised of a variety of different tasks. Homework assignments are due by 11:59 pm Saturday in the week they are assigned. There are no make-ups for these assignments. Late assignments will NOT be accepted— remember, you will not complete one homework assignment. Homework is graded by points as follows: 0 =not completed, inadequate, or plagiarism is involved 1-29 =simple repetition of the book, no insight, and/or parts missing 30-39 =more complete, more thought involved, little insight 40-50 =complete, accurate and thoughtful answers, good insight

GRADING: Grading Breakdown: Quizzes (5 out of 6): 275 points Discussion (10 out of 12): 150 points Homework: 100 points Paper 100 points 595 points Grading Scale: A 560-625 B 498-559 C 435-497 D 373-434 F less than or equal to 372 Course Policies 1. It is your responsibility to get your exams done on time! Make-up exams will not be given. 2. Papers and assignments are not accepted by e-mail. All papers must be submitted through Learn. 3. No extra points can be added at the end of the semester. Take care to avoid “close calls” (i.e. missing a higher grade by two points) by studying hard all semester. If you do poorly on an assignment or exam, contact the instructor as soon as possible for additional help. 4. Incompletes in the course will not be given without a very good excuse. Incompletes are at the complete discretion of the instructor and are extremely rare. You must have the permission of the instructor in advance (before the last day of class, at least). 5. Grades. I only calculate grades at the end of the semester. Please do not ask me to calculate your grade prior to the end of the semester. 6. Attendance: Your failure to attend class (face to face or hybrid), engage course material (Online only); or make contact with faculty to adequately explain your absence by the 10 th class calendar day of the semester will result in your being administratively dropped from this course. Being dropped from this course may affect your enrollment status and/or your financial aid eligibility. 7. Student Problems/Issues/Emergencies. In the case of a true emergency (ie, you had an emergency appendectomy), you should contact me as soon as is reasonably possible. You may be asked to provide documentation of any problems, issues, or emergencies. In the case of other problems/issues (ie, your grandmother dies), you must contact me immediately if you plan to miss any work. You will not be allowed to make up work if you contact me after the assignment was due in the case of non-life-threatening issues.

8. Computer Problems. It is a required element of this class that you have a useable computer and internet connection. “Computer problems” are not typically a reason to miss work in this class—there are computer labs available at UHD and your local public library for your use. 9. Bookstore. A student of this institution is not under any obligation to purchase a textbook from a university-affiliated bookstore. The same textbook may also be purchased from an independent retailer, including an online retailer. Additional Accommodations. Please let me know if you require additional accommodations to participate in activities and/or take exams. If you are having difficulty completing the reading and written assignments or are having any type of difficulty throughout the class, please make sure you tell me as soon as possible. How do I communicate with the Professor? § All communication between the professor and students will occur via Learn mail. Put simply, if you want a response from the professor, send me an email in Learn. I will not respond to discussion postings or participate in chat. § There is a “Mail” tab located on the left side of the homepage. Click on that tab and it will open a mailbox page. Select new message and then select browse. Next, select the professor’s name, Justin Hackett. Type your email in the dialogue box and press send. § I will answer your emails within 2 business days but, I do not check email after business hours. I receive numerous emails each day and thus my email responses are concise; please only email me about academic matters. Also, email me directly, without copying your friends or classmates as my responses will only be directed toward individuals who send me direct emails. § All emails should be grammatically correct and written in a respectful tone or they will not be answered. Things to Keep in Mind: What is Academic Integrity? The University of Houston-Downtown is committed to a high standard of academic integrity in the academic community. In becoming a part of the academic community, students are responsible for honesty and independent effort. Failure to uphold these standards includes, but is not limited to, the following: plagiarizing written work or projects, cheating on exams or assignments, collusion on an exam or project, and misrepresentation of credentials or prerequisites when registering for a course. ü Cheating includes looking at or copying from another student’s exam, orally communicating or receiving answers during an exam, having another person take an exam or complete a project or assignment, using unauthorized notes, texts, or other materials for an exam, and obtaining or distributing an unauthorized copy of an exam or any part of an exam. ü Plagiarism means passing off as one's own the ideas or writings of another (that is, without giving proper credit by documenting sources). Plagiarism includes submitting a paper, report or project that someone else has prepared, in whole or in part. ü Collusion is inappropriately collaborating on assignments designed to be completed independently. These definitions are not exhaustive.

COURSE CALENDAR—THEORIES OF PERSONALITY—Fall 2023 Week ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT(S) DUE DATE READING CLASS DATE/TOPIC CHAPTER LEARNING OUTCOMES 1 -INTRODUCE YOURSELF (DISCUSSION BOARD— EXTRA CREDIT) Saturday, 8/26 by 11:59 pm Introduction Ch. 1 INTRODUCTION AND RESEARCH • Define personality • Define scientific theory and scientific research methods 2 -DISCUSSION - QUIZ ON WEEKS 1 & 2 Saturday, 9/2 by 11:59 pm Ch. 2 SIGMUND FREUD • Provide a foundation for psychoanalytic thought through the study of its founder, Sigmund Freud • Describe the structure of personality: the Id, the Ego, and the Superego • Detail the Psychosexual Stages of Personality Development 3 -DISCUSSION -Homework 1 Saturday, 9/9 by 11:59 pm Ch. 3 CARL JUNG • Define archetypes and describe several of them • Describe Jung's theory of psychological types 4 -DISCUSSION - QUIZ ON WEEKS 3 & 4 Saturday, 9/16 by 11:59 pm Ch. 4 ALFRED ADLER • Describe Adler’s concept of inferiority and compensation • Describe Adler’s birth order theory 5 -DISCUSSION Saturday, 9/23 by 11:59 pm (Discussion) Text: Ch. 5 KAREN HORNEY AND HENRY MURRAY • Explain the concept of basic anxiety and how it is related to neurosis • Describe the neurotic trends • Describe the role of tension in the development of personality 6 -DISCUSSION Saturday, 9/30 Ch. 6 ERIK ERIKSON • Describe the eight stages of

- QUIZ ON WEEKS 5 & 6 by 11:59 pm personal development, naming the crisis and basic strength unique to each one • Describe the factors that affect the development of ego identity 7 -DISCUSSION Saturday, 10/7 by 11:59 pm Text: Ch. 7 GORDON ALLPORT • Define the characteristics of a trait according to Allport • Explain the differences between cardinal, central, and secondary traits • Define functional autonomy 8 -DISCUSSION - QUIZ ON WEEKS 7 & 8 Saturday, 10/14 by 11:59 pm (Quiz) Ch. 8 TRAIT THEORISTS • Define traits according to Cattell • Describe the traits making up the type concept of extraversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism • Describe Costa and McCrae’s five factors of personality • Describe temperaments as proposed by Buss and Plomin 9 -DISCUSSION -Homework 2 Saturday, 10/21 by 11:59 pm (Homework) Text: Ch. 9 ABRAHAM MASLOW • List the characteristics of self- actualizing people • Describe Maslow’s hierarchy of needs 10 ***DRAFT OF SECTIONS 1 AND 2 OF PAPER DUE ON WEDNESDAY BY 11:59PM*** Wednesday, 10/25 by 11:59 pm - DISCUSSION Saturday, 10/28 Ch. 10 CARL ROGERS • Define the organismic valuing process