PS 321 - Personality Theories and Psychopathology

This course considers European and American approaches in the study of personality, character development, and abnormal behavior patterns. In this regard, students explore the major schools of psychology: psychoanalysis (Freud), analytical psychology (Jung), social psychology (Adler), behaviorism (Skinner), cognitive behavioral approach (Beck), client-centered approach (Rogers), and humanistic psychology (Maslow). Through these various lenses, students investigate the impact of childhood influences and later life events on the development of personality, and they study the development of neurotic character and the antisocial personality. Examples of psychopathology in everyday behavior are discussed using the DSM-5-TR, and consideration is given to genetic, psychogenic, and social causes of pathology.