Introduction to Personality Mon Fri 11-11:50am Psychology 230 Dr. Thomas Link Spring 2015 tlink@pierce.ctc.edu Office hours: Daily 10:15-10:45, 12:15-12:45 and by appt. Office: Olympic 311 Late papers accepted with penalty: message beforehand makes a big difference. 253 964 6316 Canvas classroom for this course: https://pierce.instructure.com/ Examples: http://psychologyexamples.wikispaces.com/ Textbook: Frager, R. & Fadiman, J. (2011). Personality and Personal Growth, 7 th Ed. New York: Pearson Prentice Hall. 6 th edition is fine, too. Edition Year ISBN ISBN-13 7 th 2011 978-0205254781 6 th 2005 0-13-144451-4 978-0131444515 Grades: Take home Exams Layers 0, 1, 2 drop lowest Layers 3, 4a, 4b drop lowest Layers 5, 6, 7 drop lowest Reflections 1 in Layers 1 thru 4a 1 in Layers 4b thru 7 each each each 200 pts. 200 pts. 200 pts. Skim Cards 2 per Week = 20 10 pts. each 200 pts. Grade Scale 95% 4.0 85% 3.0 75% 2.0 65% 1.0 That s 1000 points total. Divide by 10 for percent. Use the scale to convert to decimal grade. I use all points on the scale (3.9, 3.8, etc.) Take Home Exams For each layer you will receive a set of take home exam questions. You choose one question for each layer to answer. Most people write 4-6 paragraphs for their answer. See schedule for due dates. The first take home and guidelines for answering them are in the first week s reader. Examples of answers are on the Wikispaces site. Reflections Due: See list of reflections below. Due dates are there and on schedule. No late work. We talk about them in small groups the day after they re due. Content: Read and follow the directions for the reflection. Write up at least 3 paragraphs in response to the instructions. Then reflect on how the experience relates to the concepts in that chapter. How do you understand those concepts differently? How do those concepts explain the nature of the whole theory better? Keep in mind that most of the reflections should be started a couple of days ahead of time. Format: Paragraph format. Graded: To get an A: Requires reflection on the concepts the exercise is about. To get a C: Follow the directions for the reflections.
Introduction to Personality page 2 Skim Questions Due: They are due by Friday at the beginning of class each week. Turn in earlier in the week if you can. Content: Skim the reading. Choose a quote that struck you as important, interesting, or confusing and include a phrase that asks a question or gives your thought about the quote. I ll hand out examples. Format: On any size note card. Put the layer, text or reader, page number, and your name on the top. Then the quote and the question/comment. We will be showing the questions on the document camera. Write large, neat, and in pen. Graded: I m expecting 2 questions for each week. Extra in the one layer don t count toward other layers. Don t be writing questions instead of listening. You can write them the first couple minutes of class as you review the readings. Schedule Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday MARCH 30 1 st Class 31 APRIL 1 2 3 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 MEMORIAL DAY 7 14 21 L1 Take Home Due 28 L2 Take Home Due 5 12 L3 Take Home Due 19 L4a Take Home Due 26 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 L4b Take Home Due 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 10 17 24 MAY 1 8 NO CLASSES 15 22 29 JUNE 1 8 2 L5 Take Home Due 9 L6 Take Home Due Last Day of Classes 3 10 Finals No Final Exam 4 11 Finals 5 12 Finals L7 Take Home Due
Reading Dates Topics Readings 7 th Edition Reading 6 th Ed Mar 30 Apr 3 : What do we need to explain? Introduction Introduction Introduction Apr 6 Apr 14 : Behavior Operant Conditioning - Behaviorism Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Apr 15 Apr 22 Apr 23 May 4 May 5 May 12 May 12 May 18 May 19 - May 27 May 28 - June 3 June 4 - June 9 Trait Theory : The Conscious Cognitive - attention & STM Freud s preconscious James attention & will & stream of consciousness & fringe : The Obvious Unconscious James habit / education & teaching Cognitive - Ellis & Beck Classical conditioning : Introduction to the Psychoanalytic Unconscious Anna Freud id, ego, superego & defense mechanisms Differences between cognitive and psychoanalytic approach Differences in the conscious / unconscious line Jung s Shadow 4b: Patterns in the Psychoanalytic Unconscious Other Defense Mechanisms Horney& Rogers - real self & ideal self, conditions of regard Horney - basic anxiety, basic hostility, 3 ways, 10 moves Erikson - stages of ego development - each stage is a crisis needing defenses : Social World Erikson - psychosocial development Horney Feminist : The Deep Unconscious Freud - Id, Ego, Superego Jung - Complexes : Spiritual James Jung Ch 2, 57-59 Ch 9, begin - 246 Ch 1, 19-23 Ch 7, 183-189, Ch 7,189-197, 209-210 Ch 9, 246-end Ch 8, 219 (Pavlov), 232-233 Ch 1, 28-33 Ch 2, 63-73 Ch 1, 28-33 Ch 4, 115-122 Ch 11, 277-284 Ch 4, 115-122 Ch 6, all of it Ch. 6, focus on social C.4, 111-115, 122-125. Ch. 5, all of it Ch 1, all of it Ch 2, all of it Ch 7, 183-185, 190-196, 210-212 Ch 2, we ll revisit it - Self & Mysticism Ch 2, 61-64 Ch 9, 272-282 Ch 1, 20-25 Ch 7, 207-214, 219-220 Ch 7, 211-212, 233 Ch 9, 282-end Ch 8, 247-248, 262 Ch 1, pages 30-36 Ch 2, 67-71, 75-78 Ch 1, 30-36 Ch 4, pages 126-130 C. 11 Major Concepts Ch 4, rest of it Ch 6, all of it Ch. 6, focus on social Ch 4 on feminism Ch 5, all of it. Ch 1, all of it Ch 2, all of it Ch 7, 205, 207, 223-230, 234-235 Ch 2, we ll revisit it - Self & Mysticism
Reflections Layer Topic Title of Reflection 7 th Ed pg. Due Date 1 - Behavior Operant Observing and Modifying Behavior 224 Mon, Apr 13 1 - Behavior Operant Punishment Versus Reinforcement 228 Mon, Apr 13 1 - Behavior Operant Modifying Someone Else s Behavior 230 Mon, Apr 13 1 - Behavior Operant Modifying a Professor s Behavior 231 Mon, Apr 13 2 - Conscious James Who Am I? 185 Mon, Apr 20 2 - Conscious James Stream of Consciousness 187 Mon, Apr 20 2 - Conscious James Useless Task 191 Mon, Apr 20 2 - Conscious James Body and Emotion 193 Mon, Apr 20 2 - Conscious James Can You Nourish Yourself? 196 Mon, Apr 20 2 - Conscious James Daily Exercise 196 Mon, Apr 20 3 - Obvious Un Classical Con Desensitization 232 Mon, Apr 27 3 - Obvious Un Cognitive Patterns of Negative Thinking 249 Mon, Apr 27 4a - Pattern Un Jung Seeing Ourselves in Others 61 Mon, May 11 4a - Pattern Un Jung The Persona 64 Mon, May 11 4a - Pattern Un Jung The Shadow 65 Mon, May 11 4a or 4b - Uncon DM Defense Mechanisms 31 May 11 or 18 4a or 4b - Uncon DM Regressive Behaviors 32 May 11 or 18 4a or 4b - Uncon DM Regressive Behaviors 32 May 11 or 18 4b or 5 Horney The Real Self 116 May 18 or 26 4b or 5 Horney Do I Make Neurotic Claims? 119 May 18 or 26 4b or 5 Horney Self-analysis 122 May 18 or 26 4b or 5 Erikson Trust 157 May 18 or 26 4b or 5 Erikson Autonomy 158 May 18 or 26 4b or 5 Erikson Initiative 159 May 18 or 26 4b or 5 Erikson Erikson s Stages: Personal Assessment 160 May 18 or 26 4b or 5 Erikson The Later Stages of the Life Cycle 161 May 18 or 26 4b or 5 Erikson Generativity Reflections 162 May 18 or 26 4b or 5 Erikson Examples of Erikson s Stages 163 May 18 or 26 4b or 5 Erikson Identity 167 May 18 or 26 4b or 5 Horney Self Versus Ideal Self 278 May 18 or 26 4b or 5 Horney Congruence 281 May 18 or 26 5 - Social Feminism The Centrality of Relationships 139 Tues, May 26 5 - Social Feminism Exploring Parental Relationships 141 Tues, May 26 5 - Social Feminism Exp of Connection and Disconnection 145 Tues, May 26 5 - Social Feminism A Relational Inventory 146 Tues, May 26 6 - Deep Freud Psychosexual Stages 26 Mon, June 1 6 - Deep Freud Defense Mechanisms 31 Mon, June 1 6 - Deep Freud Investigate Your Own Dreams 35 Mon, June 1 6 - Deep Freud *Patterns in Your Life 37 Mon, June 1 6 - Deep Freud Early Memories 39 Mon, June 1 6 - Deep Jung Seeing Ourselves in Others 61 Mon, June 1 6 - Deep Jung *Archetypes in Your Own Life 62 Mon, June 1 6 - Deep Jung Active Imagination 69 Mon, June 1 6 - Deep Jung Dream Journal 70 Mon, June 1 7 - Spirit Jung Active Imagination 69 Mon, June 8 7 - Spirit Jung Dream Journal 70 Mon, June 8 7 - Spirit James Who Am I? 185 Mon, June 8
Introduction to Personality page 5 Attendance & Participation Grade: Supporting or Detracting from Other s Learning I adjust the final grade from +0.3 to 0.3 based on attendance and participation. If you wildly violate the expectations below, the change may be greater. Individually, make ups and other arrangements will be made based upon your pattern of behavior. As a class, it will be used in determining whether your test grades are curved or not. Attendance will be taken regularly at the beginning of the quarter, then occasionally throughout the rest of the quarter. I am looking for a pattern of behavior. Underlying idea: I expected you to work with your classmates for their benefit as well as yours. Things that help: You get credit for helping develop other classmates thinking, by applying concepts to their experiences, by comparing and contrasting experiences, and the like. You can do this by asking questions as well providing answers. Being prepared when you come; keeping group on track; do overnight handouts; ask questions about what you don t understand based on reading. Things that don t: missed days; coming late; being disruptive when late; talking loud enough and often to disrupt people around you; getting group off track Expectations: I expect that you show up. I design the preparatory assignments and worksheets with an idea about how you will think in order to do them, not just what marks you will make on the paper. Try to see what you re supposed to be thinking about. I expect that you make an honest effort to get most or all the work done most or all of the days of class. I expect you to come even when you haven t done all or any of the work. I expect to question you to see what you understand and can do. If it shows a weakness or area you need to improve on, I ask that you take that as feedback to improve, rather than an attack on your ability as a student. I know that is hard. I expect that your lives are complex and that school is not always your first priority. I expect that sometimes this class is your first priority, over other classes and other parts of your life: job, friends, and family. I expect that when it s not a priority you ll still be thinking about how you ll get an idea of what s going on and have a plan for completing your work, and to communicate your best idea at the time to me. Call ahead of time, even if it s the morning that the exam is due. Leave a message with your current plan. I expect students who earn A s (3.5 and above) to be pondering the ideas discussed in class and discuss them with friends, co-workers, family, etc. Access and Disability Services (ACS) Your experience in this class is important to me, and it is the policy and practice of Pierce College to create inclusive and accessible learning environments consistent with federal and state law. If you experience barriers based on disability, please seek a meeting with the Access and Disability Services (ADS) manager to discuss and address them. If you have already established accommodations with the ADS manager, please bring your approved accommodations (green sheet) to me at your earliest convenience so we can discuss your needs in this course. ADS offers resources and coordinates reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are established through an interactive process between you and the ADS manager, and I am available to help facilitate them in this class. If you have not yet established services through ADS, but have a temporary or permanent disability that requires accommodations (this can include but not be limited to; mental health, attention-related, learning, vision, hearing, physical or health impacts), you are encouraged to contact ADS at 253-964-6526 (Fort Steilacoom) or 253-840-8335 (Puyallup).
Introduction to Personality page 6 If your response to "I'm not sure what we're supposed to be taking notes on" is to stop and wait for it to become clear, you'll have difficulties in this class. I give you different types of information about what will be important; I expect you to try to piece it together and ask questions based on that. Don't simply write down what's on the board. The information on the left hand side is a guide, but I expect you to write the examples and explanations we are discussing, whether it's a fellow student or me. Good, rich examples will have 2, 3 or 4 concepts embodied in them. Let me know if you aren't seeing them. Grading Policies 1. Back-up Curve : There is a back-up curve that will be used only if the class does poorly in terms of final course grades, i.e., it will be used only if more than half the class receives a course grade below 2.5. In this event, everyone s course grade will be curved up until 50% of the class receives a 2.5 or higher. If 50% or more of the class is getting a 2.5 or above, then no curve will be used. 2. Incompletes: Only students with special circumstances beyond their control who have obtained permission from me are eligible for a grade of Incomplete. 3. Withdrawing: You may withdraw from the class without it showing on your transcript through the end of the 3rd week of classes. After that, it will show up on the transcript. The last day to withdraw is in the 7th week of classes. The W grade is not used in GPA calculations. When in doubt, communicate with me. 3. Academic Honesty: Cases of cheating plagiarism, or other forms of academic dishonesty are unacceptable in this course and are subject to disciplinary action. 4. Emergency Procedures: For life-threatening emergencies call 911 and then Campus Safety. In the event of an emergency evacuation, gather all personal belongings and leave the building using the nearest safe exit. Be prepared to be outside for a minimum of an hour and stand a minimum of 200 feet from any building or structure. Do not attempt to re-enter the building until instructed. Should a class be cancelled, it is your responsibility to keep up on reading, homework and deliverable assignments.