Course Schedule

Unless otherwise noted, course assignments are due promptly at the beginning of class on the day indicated. Late assignments will be assessed a penalty of one letter grade per day. Please consult with the instructor as necessary for assistance with assignments. The following course schedule is intended as a rough guideline for readings and exam dates. Dates may be subject to delay in response to progress, interest, and "targets of opportunity" such as relevant news events.

	General Outline:
	Unit I Introduction: The Personality Detectives (Chapters 1, 16, & 17) Personality definitions, theories, assessment, & research methods Psychoanalysis: All Things Freudian (Chapters 2 and Anna Freud reading) Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, and the psychoanalytic heritage

Unit II - "Overcoming the Father"

Jung & Adler (Chapters 3 & 4)

Horney and Others (Chapters 5, 6, & 8)

Unit III - What Else Is There?

Humanism: All Things Bright and Beautiful (Chapters 11 & 12)
Rogers & Maslow

Cognition: "Little Grey Cells" (Chapter 13)
Kelly

Rats and Genes: Biological Typologies & Behaviorism (Chapters 9, 10, & 14)
Allport, Eysenck, & Skinner

Watch & Learn!: Social Cognition (Chapter 15)
Albert Bandura

Calendar:

Week 1: Intro on definitions, assessment, etc.

Week 2: Intro continued, begin Freud

Week 3: Freud - Quest 1 due

Week 4: Finish any Freud, add Anna Freud – Quest 2 due

Week 5: Jung, Take Home Exam 1 due

Week 6: Adler

Week 7: Horney & Others – Quest 3 due

Week 8: Rogers & Maslow – Take Home Exam 2 due

Week 9: Kelly – Quest 5 due

Week 10: Allport & Eysenck

Week 11: Skinner & Bandura – Quest 6 due

Week 12: Presentations

Week 13: Presentations – Psychobiography due

Week 14: In-class final

General Outline: