Personality Psychology

Presentation

The main objective of this unit is to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the personality construct that enables them to recognize its importance in describing, explaining and understanding
psychological functioning and predicting behavior.

Part of this Programme

Psychology

Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS

| Semestral | 5

Year | Type of course unit | Language

2 |Mandatory |Português

Code

ULHT35-11643

Recommended complementary curricular units

Emotions and Motivation

Intelligence and Reasoning

General Psychology

Prerequisites and co-requisites

n/a

Professional Internship

Não

Syllabus

1.Personality psychology: historical and cross-cultural perspective
2. Personality: models and conceptualizations
3. The formation and development of personality:
3.1. Biological factors;
3.2. Environmental factors
4. Theories of personality
4.1. Psychoanalytic perspective
4.2. Humanist perspective
4.3. Learning perspective
4.4. Cognitive perspective
4.5. Trait perspective
4.6. Psychobiological perspective
4.7. Narrative and life history perspective
5. The complexity of personality and the search for an integrative theory
6. Integration of personality psychology into psychological practice and research

Objectives

Specifically, it is intended that students:

Get a solid understanding of the different types of factors that contribute to the structuring and development of personality;

Develop critical analysis skills about the main theoretical models of personality psychology, contextualizing them historically and being able to describe and contrast them;

Acquire an up-to-date integrative perspective that addresses the full complexity of personality;

Recognize and contextualize the role of personality in different fields of action and in relation to other psychological and social variables.

Teaching methodologies and assessment

The curricular unit involves teaching methodologies of expository, interrogative and active nature.

The exposition of the syllabus is accompanied by questions that aim to stimulate content integration and reflection.
Continuous assessment consists of:
- A written test (60%);
- A component of laboratory practice (40%) that focuses on the preparation, in groups of 2 to 3 elements (belonging to the same shift), of an experimental report with a written component and oral discussion (weighting 20% and 20% in the final grade). The written work will have a single grade for each group, the oral discussion will have an individual grade.
Attendance at classes is required.

The time of appeal consists of a written examination with a weighting of 100% in the final grade, which will focus on all theoretical and practical content. As a final grade, the student must obtain a minimum
grade of 10 points.

References

Cervone, D., & Pervin, L. A. (2015). Personality: Theory and Research (13th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Cloninger, S. C. (2013). Theories of personality: Understanding persons (6th ed.). Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon.

Friedman, H. S., & Schustack, M. W. (2016). Personality: Classic Theories and Modern Research (5th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

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