PSYX 385: Psychology of PersonalityUniversity of MontanaFall 2019 (CRN 72214)

COURSE INFORMATION Day: Tuesdays & Thursdays Time: 12:30 - 1:50 pm

Location: TBD Website: Moodle

(https://moodle.umt.edu)

INSTRUCTORShailee Woodard Email: shailee.woodard@umontana.edu Office: Skaggs 359 Office hours: Tuesday & Thursday 2 - 4 pm and by appointment.

WHAT IS THIS COURSE ABOUT?This 3-credit course provides an overview of the major theories and empirical findings fundamental to Personality Psychology, with an emphasis on methodology, theory, and applications.

WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACHIEVE?At the completion of this course, you should understand and be able to think critically about: Commonly used research methodologies

in personality psychology and how different types of personality data inform the science of personality

Historical and contemporary theoretical models of personality

The application of personality theory to physical health, gender, and culture/ethnicity

MATERIALS Friedman, H.S. & Schustack, M.W. (2016). Personality: Classic Theories and Modern Research, 6th Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson

Textbook options: Purchase or rent book Revel online access Bundle of both

GRADING SCALEFinal grades are out of 200 total points and based on the following scale:

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Grade Percent Grade

Percent

A 93-100% C 73-76.9% A- 90-92.9% C- 70-72.9% B+ 87-89.9% D+ 67-69.9%

B 83-86.9% D 63-66.9% B- 80-82.9% D- 60-62.9% C+ 77-79.9% F 59.9% & less

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COURSE FORMAT AND POLICIES

LECTURE AND READINGSThe lectures will complement and expand upon the course readings. Likewise, there will be material covered in the readings that we will not have time to discuss in class and that will appear on the exams. So, it is in your best interest to attend lecture and complete the readings. I encourage discussion and questions throughout all of our meetings. I expect students to be mindful of their classmates’ values and opinions when speaking in class. Please also note that I may on occasion ask you to save a comment for office hours for times’ sake. Know that I highly appreciate your interest and am always open to discussing topics more in depth outside of class.

ATTENDANCE While attendance in lectures is not required, you are strongly encouraged to attend class. If you miss a lecture you are responsible for obtaining missed notes and important announcements from another student and Moodle.

MOODLE Announcements, lecture slides and materials, and grades will be posted on the course Moodle (https://moodle.umt.edu) site. The lecture schedule on the last page is subject to change. Changes will be announced in class and posted on Moodle. If there is a discrepancy between the printed schedule and the schedule on Moodle, we will follow the schedule on Moodle. Please check Moodle regularly to keep on top of announcements and grades.

GENERAL POLICIES Laptops are permitted. Please turn your mobile phone to silent before entering class. Please avoid coming to class late and leaving early. If you do need to arrive late or leave

early, please sit close to the door and enter/exit quietly. Please do not sleep in class or work on other activities (e.g., text, facebook, games, email,

etc.). Please send all email correspondence through your university account.

DROP DATEPlease review the deadlines for dropping the course or changing the grading option. After September 16th, changes will require a fee and advisor and instructor signatures, and, if you drop the course, your transcript will show a “W.” After October 28th, a dropped class will appear as a “WP” for “Withdrawn Passing” or a “WF” for “Withdrawn Failing.” The last day to drop or change the grading option is December 6th. I will not sign a petition to change registration or assign an “Incomplete” unless documentation of extreme circumstances is provided.

ACADEMIC ACCOMMODATION The University of Montana assures equal access to instruction through collaboration between students with disabilities, instructors, and Disability Services for Students (umt.edu/dss ) . If you think you may have a disability adversely affecting your academic performance, and you have not already registered with Disability Services, please contact Disability Services in Lommasson Center 154 or call 406-243-2243. I will work with you and Disability Services to provide an appropriate modification.

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COURSE FORMAT AND POLICIES, cont.

EXTRA CREDITEarn up to a maximum of 6% toward each exam (including the final) through research participation and extra writing activities. Deadline: Extra credit will be accepted on the day of each exam.

Research Participation: Participate in research in the Department of Psychology. Each 30 minutes of research participation is worth 0.5% (e.g., 0.5 hours = 0.5%; 1.0 hour = 1%, etc.). To register, go to SONA log-in

(https://umontana.sona-systems.com) and request an account using your UM email address (NOT your NetID or 790#). See to the Department of Psychology’s SONA information (http://hs.umt.edu/psychology/undergraduates/sona.php) for instructions.

To sign up for studies, please go directly to the SONA log-in (https://umontana.sona-systems.com). To receive credit in this course, select PSYX 385 as the course when you sign up.

Extra Writing Details will be provided during lecture

leading up to each exam.

SPECIAL DISPENSATIONThe policies outlined in this syllabus apply to all students equally. Sometimes a student will ask for special dispensation (e.g., changing a due date or test date) or an additional opportunity to earn more points (e.g. re-take a test or do other extra credit assignments). My answer will always be “No” because I do not make concessions or provide opportunities for some students

that are not also provided to all other students in the course.

ETHICAL CONDUCTDon’t Cheat. Don’t Plagiarize. It’s Not Worth It. Academic misconduct is taken seriously and is unacceptable. Please review the UM Student Conduct Code (http://www.umt.edu/vpsa/policies/student_conduct.php). “The Student Conduct Code at the University of Montana embodies and promotes honesty, integrity, accountability, rights, and responsibilities associated with constructive citizenship in our academic community.” This code and procedures apply to this course. All work for this class must reflect your own work. As specified in the Student Conduct Code, academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

Plagiarism: representing someone else’s work (words, ideas, data, materials) as your own.

Misconduct during an examination or academic exercise: Copying from another student’s paper/exam, giving information to another student, consulting unauthorized materials.

Submitting false information: Knowingly submitting false, altered, or invented information, data, quotations, citations, or documentation in connection with an academic exercise.

Academic misconduct will result in a zero for that exam and the incident will be reported to the Dean of Students and the Dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences to be dealt with in accordance with UM Student Conduct Code. It is your responsibility to know the Student Conduct Code.

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ExamsActivity % of Grade DateExams 50-75%

Exam 1 16.67-25% Thursday, Sept. 19th

Exam 2 16.67-25% Tuesday, Oct. 15th

Exam 3 16.67-25% Thursday, Nov. 17th

Final Exam (Cumulative)

25%-50% Monday, Dec. 9th, 10:10-12:10

Total 100%

EXAM FORMAT AND GRADINGFour exams will assess your understanding of the course material. The tentative dates of the first three exams are listed above. Please note that the dates of the first three exams might change depending on the pace of the class. Each exam is worth 50 points and includes short answer and multiple-choice questions. Exams will assess your understanding of the material presented in the lectures and the assigned readings. Please note that the exams will assess knowledge of material from the assigned readings that is NOT discussed in class and material from lecture that you will NOT find in the text.

*The four exams count toward your grade as follows:(1) If you do better on your final exam than

the average score of your previous three exams, the final will be worth 50% of your grade as opposed to 25%. The purpose of this re-weighting is to boost your final grade and recognize your academic improvement throughout the term.

(2) If your final grade is not better than the average of your previous three exams, all four exams will be weighted an equal 25% of your final grade.

MAKE-UP EXAMSIf you have a conflict with class meeting times around a scheduled exam, you should consider taking the class a different semester. A make-up exam may be offered

ONLY for UNIVERSITY-APPROVED REASONS:

Medical emergency (verified by a medical professional)

Family emergency (verified by the Dean of Students Office)

Participation in University-sponsored activities (verified in advance)

Military service or mandatory public service

An exam missed for reasons other than the university-approved reasons will result in an exam grade of zero. All decisions regarding make-up exams are at the discretion of the professor. Grades will be posted and exams will be reviewed in class a few days after each exam. Once the answers have been reviewed in class, all students who have not yet taken that exam receive a zero on it. Therefore, you should contact me as soon as possible – preferably BEFORE the exam – if you will miss an exam due to the above university-approved reasons. In order to protect academic integrity, make-up exams may differ in content and format from the original exam. Furthermore, I will likely not be available for questions during make-up exams.

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LECTURE SCHEDULE

Week Date Topic Reading1 T 8/27 Introductions, course overview Syllabus

Ch. 1 & 2TH 8/29 Measurement2 T 9/3 Measurement and psychometrics Ch. 2

TH 9/5 Psychoanalysis: Origins and models Ch. 33 T 9/10 Psychoanalysis: Defense and development Ch. 3

TH 9/12 Neoanalysis: Jung, Adler Ch. 44 T 9/17 Neoanalysis: Horney

Object relationsExam review

Ch. 4

TH 9/19 Exam 1 Ch. 1-45 T 9/24 Biological aspects: Temperament and Eysneck’s

Arousal/Activation theoryCh. 5

TH 9/26 Gray’s reinforcement sensitivityEvolutionary approaches

Ch. 5

6 T 10/1 Behavioral and learning aspects: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner

Ch. 6

TH 10/3 Skinner’s behaviorismDollard and Miller’s Social learning theory

Ch. 6

7 T 10/8 Cognitive aspects: Kelly Ch. 7TH 10/10 Bandura’s Social cognitive theory

Exam reviewCh. 7

8 T 10/15 Exam 2 Ch. 5-7TH 10/17 Trait aspects: Allport and Cattell Ch. 8

9 T 10/22 The Five Factor Model and theory Ch. 8TH 10/24 Humanism: Carl Rogers, phenomenology, and the self-

conceptCh. 9

10 T 10/29 Maslow’s self-actualization Ch. 9TH 10/31 Person-situation interactionism: H.S. Sullivan and Henry

MurrayCh. 10

11 T 11/5 Mischel’s Cognitive affective personality systemExam review

Ch. 10

TH 11/7 Exam 3 Ch. 8-1012 T 11/12 Sex and gender: Basic principles Ch. 11

TH 11/14 Sex and gender: Contemporary issues Ch. 1113 T 11/19 Personality and health: Pathways and mechanisms Ch. 12

TH 11/21 Appraisal, optimism, and hardiness Ch. 1214 T 11/26 Culture and ethnicity Ch. 13

TH 11/28 No class – Thanksgiving15 T 12/3 Culture and ethnicity Ch. 13

TH 12/5 Catch up and finals reviewFinals M 12/9 Final Exam – Monday, December 9th, 10:10-12:10 Ch. 1-13

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