Description
This course is an introduction to personality theory. Eight major schools of thought are considered, including 1) psychoanalytic, 2) neo-analytic and ego, 3) biological, 4) behaviorist and learning, 5) cognitive and social-cognitive, 6) trait and skill, 7) humanistic and existential, and 8) person-situation interactionist. The course includes particular emphasis on the purpose, problems, and application of personality theory to human behavior, and considers each theory from a Christian perspective. Prereq: PSY 210.