I think Theories of Personality is still widely taught. But, in looking at textbooks and such, it tends to be taught in very much a ‘history of theories of personality’ fashion.
I think this gives students a false sense of the vitality and utility of old theories. I would be comfortable with a text that did a general historical overview hitting the high points of several of the most important older theories before delving into views on personality that have currency and generativity. I feel the historical view and dozens of theories does a disservice to students and is generally confusing. I would hate teaching that kind of course if it were dropped into my lap. Paul Paul C Bernhardt Associate Professor of Psychology Frostburg State University pcbernhardt☞frostburg.edu<http://frostburg.edu> On Mar 26, 2015, at 8:17 PM, Annette Taylor <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: We offer a course in our department called Theories of Personality. IMHO, given the syllabus of the person currently teaching the course, it should be called History of Theories of Personality, as the course features theories by May, Allport, Maslow, Freud, Kelley, Rogers, Cattell, Bandura and Rotter, in no particular order, I just jotted them down as quickly as I could. If this course is still widely taught, would this look the appropriate theories to talk about? I saw next to nothing about trait theory except for Cattell. And is that all there is? There are no syllabi to compare to for a theories of personality course in project syllabus younger than 2006. That is 9 years ago and the content does seem similar. So does this mean that in the past decade this has phased out? Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110-2492 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=1989792.4335dcd8aae84aca9a8bb2e89f646286&n=T&l=tips&o=43375 or send a blank email to leave-43375-1989792.4335dcd8aae84aca9a8bb2e89f646...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=43403 or send a blank email to leave-43403-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
