Syllabus
Introduction to Personality
Nature of personality theory: Present status; Nature and Nurture Debate; Basic Measurements of Personality
The Dispositional Perspective
Type and Trait Approaches to Personality; Topographical Model and Structural Model; Instincts, Tension Reduction; Defense Mechanism
The Neo Analytic Perspective
Alfred Adler: Striving for Superiority; Parental Influence on Personality Development, Birth Order; Carl Jung: Collective Unconscious; Erik Erikson: Concept of Ego, Stages of Personality Development
Phenomenological Perspective
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Motives; Existential Psychology
Behavioral Cognitive Perspective
Skinners Radical Behaviors; Albert Bandura’s Social-Cognitive Theory; Indian Perspective on Personality – Vedanta Philosophy – Satvik, Tamsik and Rajsik Personality; Buddhist Tradition
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