Psychology of Personality

Year
2
Academic year
2014-2015
Code
01008911
Subject Area
Psychology
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Teaching Methods

The expository and dialogue, supported by the use of power points, constitutes the methodological basis of education.

Learning Outcomes

– Provide a theoretical and practical training.

– Study how a person works as a whole.

– Recognize the complexity of the study of personality;

– Reflect on the history and theoretical assumptions of the field

- Understand trends in contemporary psychology of personality

- Promote the interest in understanding the personality of oneself and of the other.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

I - The complexity of studying Personality

1. What is personality?

2. ‘Personality’ from a transcultural and historical perspective

3. Theories and Meta-theories of personality


II - Trends in contemporary psychology of personality.

1. Topics that remain actual

2. New units of analysis and their historical contexts  

3. Inter and transdisciplinary trends

4. Eclecticism and methodological pluralism

5. Personality and the emerging epistemological paradigm.

Head Lecturer(s)

Margarida Maria Batista Mendes Pedroso Lima

Assessment Methods

Final
Exam: 100.0%

Continuous
Practice (10 points) - 4 points in the practical section of the exam - 6 points in practical assignments that include: - intermediate tasks; - presentation in the final classes; - written report to be delivered on the day of presentation.: 50.0%
Theory (10 points: Type A written exam): 50.0%

Bibliography

Diener, E., & Lucas, R. E. (1999). Personality and subjective well-being. In D. Kahneman, E. Diener, & N. Schwarz (Eds.), Well-being: The foundations of hedonic psychology (pp. 213–229). New York: Russel Sage Foundation.

McCrae, R. R., Terracciano, a., & Members of the Pers. Profiles of Cultures Project. (2005b). Personality profiles of cultures: aggregate personality traits. Journal of Personality

and Social Psychology, 89, 407-425.

McAdams, D. P. (1994), The person, EUA, Harcourt Brace College Publishers.

Hall, C. S. & Lindsey, G. (1984), Teorias da Personalidade, São Paulo, EPU.

Hansenne, M. (2003). Psicologia da Personalidade. Climepsi. Lisboa.

Lima, Margarida P. (1997). NEO-PI-R Contextos teóricos e psicométricos – "Ocean" ou "Iceberg"?, tese de doutoramento, Coimbra.

Nuttin, J. (1975). La structure de la personnalité, Paris: PUF.

Palenzuela, D. L. & Barros, A. M. (Eds) (1993), Modern Trends in Personality Theory and Research: an Introduction, Porto,APPORT.