Wes Morgan, Ph.D.
227-E Austin Peay
Phone: 974-7167
E-mail: wesmorgan@utk.edu
Required Text:
          Cervone, Daniel, & Pervin, Lawrence A.
(2008).
Personality: Theory and Research (10th. ed.). Somerset, NJ:
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Course Objectives
This course will familiarize the student with eight different theories of personality representing four different apporaches or paradigms. Assessment techniques, methods of behavioral change (psychotherapy) and representative research issues associated with each theory will also be studied. The student should be able to compare and contrast these various theories, related techniques, and issues in an informed manner by the conclusion of the course.
Office Hours
Tuesdays 10:00 to 11:30 AM. Appointments with the instructor may be made at other times as well. The Graduate Teaching Assistant (TA) for the course is Amanda Sherman. She will keep office hours on Wednesdays from 12:00-1:00 PM and 3:20-4:20 PM in AP-209.
Course Grades
The following scale will be used to assign final course grades:
          90-100 A
Exams
Exams will cover the textbook readings and class lectures
and discussions. They will consist of both short discussion questions and
short answer questions (multiple choice). Discussion questions may be
cumulative (thus the increased weight of the final exam).
Make-up exams will be given only for excused absences and
will be administered on Friday, May 1 at 12:30 PM.
Quizzes
Five very short unannounced quizzes over the assigned readings will make
up 10
percent of the course grade.
Papers
You are to complete the following two papers for 10 percent each of the
course
grade. All papers are due at class time. No exceptions.
Extra Credit
You may complete the Extra Credit Project for extra
credit (not to exceed one-half letter grade). All extra credit projects
are due on the date given in the Class Schedule. No exceptions.
Inclement Weather Policy
The instructor has a very good record of meeting his
classes despite adverse weather conditions. Please plan to attend if the
University is open. Check the UTK Weather Page for
official announcements and University policy concerning class
cancellations.
Accommodations and Adaptations
If you need course adaptations or accommodations because
of a documented disability or if you have emergency information to share,
please contact the Office of Disability Services at 2227 Dunford Hall or
974-6087. This will ensure that you are properly registered for services.
Odlaw
This is Odlaw (Waldo spelled backwards). He will change
locations throughout the semester, and if you find him
(he will usually be smaller than this) and
click the mouse pointer on him he will reveal a question to
be used on an upcoming quiz or exam.
Class Announcements
January 2, 2009
          95-89   B+
          80-84   B
          75-79   C+
          70-74   C
          60-69   D
          ----59   F
The class meeting place for Psych 470 has been changed to Perkins Rm. 216.
Class Schedule and Readings
DATE
TOPIC
READING
Jan. 8
Th
Introduction,
Overview and
Maddi's Outline
C & P: Chapt. 1
Jan. 13
Tu
Sigmund
Freud
Psychoanalytic Theory
C & P: Chapt. 3
Jan. 15
Th Video:
"Young Dr. Freud" Part 1
(Class meets in Hodges Library, Rm. 253)
C & P: Chapt. 4
Jan. 20
Tu
Little
Hans
SPAM  
Jan. 22
Th
Projective Testing ( TAT
and Ink Blots )
Psychoanalysis 
Jan. 27
Tu Carl Jung
Analytical PsychologyJung Readings:
"Psychological types"
Jan. 29
Th
Word Association Test
 
Feb. 3
Tu
Carl
Rogers
Person Centered Theory
C & P: Chapt. 5
Feb. 5
Th
"Dr. Carl Rogers, Pt. 1"
[BF121.D66]
(Class meets in Hodges Library, Rm. 253)
Q-Sort Technique
Truax StudyC & P: Chapt. 6
Feb. 10
Tu
George
Kelly
Theory of Personal Constructs
C & P: Chapt. 11
Feb. 12
Th Rep Test
Fixed-role Therapy 
Feb. 17
Tu
Review
Paper 1
Due (10 percent)
 
Feb. 19
Th
Midterm Exam (35
percent)
 
Feb. 24
Tu
Gordon
Allport
Trait Theory C & P: Chapt. 7
Feb. 26
Th
Problems with Personality
Dispositional Assumptions 
Mar. 3
Tu
"Dr. Gordon Allport, Pt. 2"
[BF121.D56]
(Class meets in Hodges Library, Rm. 253)  
Mar. 5
Th
Kitty Genovese
Altruism
Studies  
Mar. 10
Tu
Factor Analytic
Method
Hans Eysenck
 
Mar. 12
Th
Raymond Cattell
The
"Big Five"C & P: Chapt. 8
Mar. 17
Tu
Spring Break
(No
Class) 
Mar. 19
Th
Spring Break
(No
Class) 
Mar. 24
Tu
B. F.
Skinner
Functional Analysis of BehaviorC & P: Chapt. 10
Mar. 26
Th
Superstition
Punishment Skinner Reading: "'Superstition' in
the
pigeon"
Mar. 31
Tu
"B. F. Skinner, Ph.D."
[BF2.B44]
(Class meets in Hodges Library, Rm. 253) 
Apr. 2
Th
Behavioral Assessment and Modification
 
Apr. 7
Tu
Albert
Bandura & Walter
Mischel
Cognitive-Social Learning Theory
C & P: Chapt. 12
Apr. 9
Th Delay of Reinforcement Bandura
Reading: "Transmission of
aggression"
Apr. 14
Tu Paper 2 Due (10 percent)  
Apr. 16
Th
Cognitive Behavior Modification
C & P: Chapt. 13
Apr. 21
Tu
Comparison of Theories of Personality
Extra Credit Due
 
Apr. 23
Th
Review
 
May 1
F
12:30 PM
Male-up Exams
 
May 5
Tu
8:00-10:00 AM
Final Exam (35
percent)
 
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