What is personality, and in what important ways do people differ? Valid theories of personality and its pathology may help us ask research questions, make clinical inferences, and treat patients. How do scholars evaluate such theories? Students will critique primary sources (with a focus on modern theories) and collaborate to interpret quantitative and qualitative data and to complete an original research project. The main goal will be to help students enhance their scientific critical thinking while theorizing about what it means to be a person.
Distribution Area
Students entering prior to Fall 2024: Social Sciences (SO DIST)
Prerequisites
Psychology 260 or 270; or consent of instructor.