The different theories also allow for multiple explanations and diverse ideas explaining anorexia, children's behavior, drinking, and aggression and other ideas.
Jim Matiya Florida Gulf Coast University Psychology Department Ft. Myers, Fl. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around...Leo Buscaglia From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [tips] Teaching theories of personality Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 17:12:59 +0000 Dear PSYCHTEACHERS, Michael Britt wrote: It’s funny you should bring up this topic Annette. I’m teaching Intro to a class of non-psych majors and I’ve been thinking a lot about the upcoming chapter on personality. The topics really are quite old. As is typical of most Intro books, the chapter starts out with the venerable old Freudian theory of id/ego/superego and then continues on with the “usual suspects”. I just really wonder what in this chapter is really worth exploring - especially for non-majors. Comment I think that the personality chapter is important in introductory psychology. My approach is as follows. It is taught after motivation/emotion/stress where the issue of individual difference was brought up. For example, why are some people higher in achievement motivation and why are some people more resilient to stress (hardy)? The topic of personality is introduced as an examination of stable individual differences of this kind. The most obvious approach that reflects this is trait theory. The other theories are then presented, always with an eye on the notion of individual differences. Freud's is interesting because it has a developmental hypothesis of personality and this can be used to discuss the issue of nature vs nurture in personality development. The idea here is to teach the chapter content on the major theorists, but to connect them to issues that arise in other places in the course. Sincerely, Stuart _____________________________________________________ Sent via Web Access "Floreat Labore" "Recti cultus pectora roborant" Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: 819 822 9600 x 2402 Department of Psychology, Fax: 819 822 9661 Bishop's University, 2600 rue College, Sherbrooke, Québec J1M 1Z7, Canada. E-mail: [email protected] (or [email protected]) Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page: http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy " Floreat Labore" _______________________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13283.28aec02f231f4c4baa9a4a58ae139710&n=T&l=tips&o=43430 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-43430-13283.28aec02f231f4c4baa9a4a58ae139...@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=43431 or send a blank email to leave-43431-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
