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PSK 437 - Selected Topics in Personality Psychology

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences · Psychology (English) · Undergraduate

ECTS: 5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ayşe ALTUNKAYA ERDOĞMUŞ

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to go beyond classical personality theories and examine current issues in contemporary personality psychology, especially on the axis of freedom, relationality, biological foundations, self-development, search for meaning and existential orientations. Students' personalities are not one-dimensional; It is aimed to evaluate them as a biological, social, humanistic and existential whole.

Course Content

Contemporary trends in personality psychology; themes of freedom and anxiety; interpersonal relationships and the self; biologically based personality models; behavioral and learning-based approaches; self-actualization in humanistic psychology; meaning, will, responsibility, death and authenticity in existential psychology.

Core Area Distribution

(31) Social and Behavioural Science%100

Assessment & Evaluation

Testing (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)000
Out of Class Study Period000
Midterm000
Quiz000
Assignment000
Practice000
Final000