Course Description: This class will supply pupils with a wide debut to theory and research in the country of personality psychological science. Students will analyze subjects of concern to personality psychologists and the methods they use to look into these subjects. We will see a figure of distinguishable theoretical positions on personality in this class. Among the theoretical positions that we will see are the trait. motivation. biological. psychoanalytic. psychosocial. acquisition. cognitive. self-regulation. and organismal positions.

Course Aims: Students who successfully complete this class will be able to: place the ends of personality psychological science.

reappraisal personality appraisal techniques.
comparison and contrast diverse theoretical positions on personality. discuss authoritative and modern-day research findings related to personality. measure the strengths and failings of distinguishable theoretical positions on personality. discourse the associations between personality and psychological and societal operation. depict psychotherapeutic methods related to distinct theoretical positions on personality.

use theory and research from personality psychological science to themselves and other people. 1

Prerequisites: The requirements for this class are either: ( a ) Psychology 100. ( B ) Psychology 101 and 102. or ( degree Celsius ) 6 credits of 200-level psychological science classs ( non including Psychology 205 or 263 ) . First twelvemonth pupils are non eligible to take this class.

Course Format: Students will be expected to go to talks and take part in active. inclass treatment. In add-on. pupils must finish assigned readings from the text edition. In order to maximally profit from category clip. pupils are strongly encouraged to finish assigned readings before the readings are discussed in category. At two points in the class. we will carry on instance surveies during category. The instance surveies will affect watching a life of an person and so analysing her or his personality harmonizing to distinguishable theoretical positions on personality. Students will be given inquiries to discourse in little groups ; the groups will so portion their thoughts and sentiments with the category. Each of the instance surveies will be conducted before a scheduled test day of the month. giving pupils the chance to reexamine and use class content before the test.

Course Website: The web site for this class is http: //www. psych. ubc. ca/~assanand. In order to entree stuffs on the web site. you will necessitate the undermentioned watchword: __________________ . Lecture slides will be posted on the class web site after each category period. Although the slides will supply a comparatively comprehensive reappraisal of the talk stuff. you may be examined on points that are discussed in category that are non presented in the slides. Grades will be posted on the class web site by pupil figure. I will advise the category via electronic mail when I have posted classs on the class web site.

Textbook: Carver. S. C. . & A ; Scheier. M. F. ( 2012 ) . Positions on Personality ( 7th edition ) . New York: Pearson.
The publishing house has packaged the text edition with MySearchLab at no extra charge to pupils. MySearchLab provides pupils with chapter-specific quizzes and flash cards for the text edition. every bit good as research tools. authorship tools. and other resources that may help pupils. The text edition packaged with MySearchLab is available at the UBC Bookstore.

Evaluation: Students will be given three tests and the option of composing one paper. For those pupils who do non compose the paper. each test will consist tierce of their concluding class. For those pupils who write the paper. each test will consist one-fourth of their concluding class and the paper will consist one-fourth of their concluding class. Note that the class on the paper will be included in the calculation of a student’s concluding class merely if it increases the student’s standing in the class ; a paper class that does non increase the student’s concluding class will be discounted.

Examinations: The tests will dwell of multiple pick inquiries and open-ended drawn-out response inquiries. Responses to multiple pick inquiries must be recorded on a scantron signifier in order to be graded. Consequently. delight conveying an HB pencil and an eraser to each 2

test to let for completion of the scantron signifier. Detailss about each test ( i. e. . the figure and types of inquiries ) will be presented at the start of the category prior to the test. The tests will non be cumulative.

The test will cover both talk and textbook stuff. The intent of the talks is to magnify. explicate. and expand upon stuff presented in the text edition. Although there will be overlap between the talks and the text edition. alone stuff will be presented in the talks. Furthermore. some stuff from the text edition will non be discussed in category. Students are responsible for both the stuff presented in the talks and the stuff presented in the text edition for the tests.

Please arrive to the tests on clip. Students who arrive to an test after a schoolmate has completed the test and left the test room will non be permitted to compose the test. Exam day of the months are indicated in the Schedule of Course Topics ( p. 9 ) . Note that tests will non be rescheduled for pupils to suit academic work load. employment-related committednesss. or travel. Please make non bespeak an alternate test day of the month for these grounds. Examinations may be rescheduled for pupils who are ill. in which instance a doctor’s note is required. The doctor’s note must detail the student’s unwellness and supply contact information for the doctor to let for confirmation of the note. Exams may besides be rescheduled for pupils who have spiritual duties that conflict with an test day of the month. If you are unable to compose an test as a consequence of unwellness. delight reach me before the test or within 24 hours after the test. Students who do non reach me within 24 hours after the test will be assigned a class of “0” on the test. If you are unable to compose an test as a consequence of spiritual duties. delight notify me within the first 2 hebdomads of category. If you are permitted to compose a make-up test. you must reach the Teaching Assistant to schedule an test day of the month within the shortest clip period possible. Note that the content and/or format of the make-up test may differ from the test that was administered in category.

Optional Paper: The intent of the paper is to derive farther experience in the application of personality psychological science. For the paper. pupils will carry on a psychobiography. Specifically. pupils will utilize up to three theories of personality discussed in category or in the text edition ( e. g. . the five factor theoretical account of personality. psychoanalytic theory. attachment theory ) to depict. analyze. and construe the personality of a specific person. Students may take any person. including themselves. a household member. a friend. a public figure ( e. g. . a famous person. a political leader ) . or a fictional character ( e. g. . a character from a novel ) . Furthermore. pupils may take to concentrate on the individual’s personality development across the lifetime. on the individual’s current province. and/or on a specific facet of the individual’s character or behavior. The instance surveies conducted in category and the sample documents on the class web site are illustrations of psychobiographies.

The paper should be 10-15 pages in length ( excepting the rubric page and mention subdivision ) . typed. and double-spaced ; any pages beyond 15 will non be read. A 12-point Times New Roman fount and 1-inch borders must be used. A title page should be included that contains your name. your pupil figure. and a rubric for your paper. Any beginnings of information that are referred to in your paper should be referenced harmonizing to the guidelines provided by the American Psychological Association ( i. e. . APA ) . If you are non familiar with these 3

guidelines. delight refer to the APA Publication Manual or inquire at the University Library for farther information. The library has a press release sum uping APA commendation processs available at hypertext transfer protocol: //www. library. ubc. ca/pubs/apastyle. pdf. A tutorial on APA manner is available at hypertext transfer protocol: //www. apastyle. org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial. aspx. Lecture slides should be cited as follows:

In-text commendation:
( Assanand. day of the month ) .
Example: As was noted in category ( Assanand. 2013 ) . Freud’s theory … . Reference subdivision:
Assanand. S. ( day of the month ) . Lecture figure [ PowerPoint slides ] . Retrieved from hypertext transfer protocol: //URL. Example: Assanand. S. ( 2013 ) . Lecture 11 [ PowerPoint slides ] . Retrieved from hypertext transfer protocol: //psyclab1. psych. ubc. ca/~assanand/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Lecture11-PDF4. pdf. Different talks should be distinguished with lower instance letters in both the in-text commendation and mention subdivision:

Example: As was noted in category ( Assanand. 2013a ) . Freud’s theory … . In contrast. Erikson argued that … ( Assanand. 2013b ) .

Although it is non necessary for you to utilize resources beyond the lecture stuff and text edition. you are encouraged to mention extra resources to beef up your paper. Please note that Wikipedia is non an appropriate beginning of information to mention in your paper. The paper will be graded for content—that is. how efficaciously you analyzed the individual’s personality. For illustration. did you sufficiently and accurately reexamine the theories that you selected? Did you accurately construe the theories in your analysis of the person? Did you back up your claims with appropriate and sufficient biographical grounds? Did you exhibit thoughtful. independent believing in your analysis? Were you creative. showing new ways to believe about the theories? Did you note the strengths and restrictions of the theories that you used? Did you compare and contrast the theories in your paper? The paper will besides be graded for manner. mechanics. and formatting—that is. how good your paper was written.

For illustration. did your paper contain a clear statement of its intent or aims ( i. e. . thesis statement ) ? Was your composing clear. concise. and easy understood. with appropriate word pick and academic tone? Was your paper good organized. characterized by effectual passages between thoughts and a logical flow? Were there mistakes in punctuation. grammar. or spelling? Did your paper conform to the data format demands? Were all beginnings of information referenced harmonizing to APA guidelines? All documents must be scanned by “TurnItIn” anterior to entry. TurnItIn is a service designed to observe and discourage plagiarism ( see Academic Misconduct. p. 7. for a definition of plagiarism ) . Through this service. students’ documents are scanned and compared to over 5 billion pages of content located on the Internet or in TurnItIn’s ain proprietary databases. The consequences of comparings are compiled into customized “Originality Reports” that contain several steps of plagiarism. These studies are forwarded to teachers.

Detailss sing the usage of TurnItIn will be provided in category the hebdomad prior to the due day of the month. Documents that have non been scanned by TurnItIn prior to entry will non be graded and will non be included in the calculation of the student’s concluding class in the class. It is the duty of the pupil to guarantee that his or her paper is submitted to TurnItIn by the due day of the month. The electronic transcript submitted to TurnItIn must be indistinguishable to the difficult transcript submitted in category ; make non alter the content or format of the papers. The electronic transcript submitted to TurnItIn will be compared to the difficult transcript submitted in category ; disagreements may represent academic misconduct.

The due day of the month for the paper is indicated in the Schedule of Course Topics ( p. 9 ) . Students are expected to subject a difficult transcript of their paper during category on the due day of the month. Documents will non be accepted after the category period has ended on the due day of the month. Note that the due day of the month will non be rescheduled for pupils to suit academic work load. employmentrelated committednesss. or travel. Please make non bespeak an alternate due day of the month for these grounds. Submission may be rescheduled for pupils who are ill. in which instance a doctor’s note is required. The doctor’s note must detail the student’s unwellness and supply contact information for the doctor to let for confirmation of the note. Submission may besides be rescheduled for pupils who have spiritual duties that conflict with the due day of the month. If you are unable to subject the paper on the due day of the month as a consequence of unwellness. delight reach me before the due day of the month or within 24 hours after the due day of the month. Students who do non reach me within 24 hours after the due day of the month will non be permitted to subject a paper. If you are unable to subject the paper on the due day of the month as a consequence of spiritual duties. delight notify me within the first 2 hebdomads of category. If. for any other ground. you are unable to go to category on the twenty-four hours the paper is due. please have person manus it in for you during category clip. Documents submitted via electronic mail. left in my letter box or the Teaching Assistant’s letter box. or left under our office doors will non be accepted.

If you would wish to discourse your paper with me or the Teaching Assistant. delight experience free to run into with us during our office hours or by assignment.

Engagement: I strongly promote and appreciate pupil engagement. Engagement may be in the signifier of inquiries or remarks posed during category among your schoolmates or outside of category in treatment with me. I will do every attempt to make a schoolroom environment in which pupils feel comfy to discourse their thoughts. If. nevertheless. you would prefer to portion your thoughts with me outside of category. you are welcome to see me during my office hours or by assignment.

In order to promote and ease engagement during category. I ask that all pupils respect their classmates’ attempts to lend to category treatment. Each member of the category should experience that she or he has the chance to take part ; consequently. delight chorus from ruling chances for treatment. Courteous and considerate engagement will further a positive and enlightening schoolroom environment.

Students are expected to go to all category Sessionss. arrive to category on clip. and remain in category until the session has ended.

The “ ? ” Box: A box labeled with a “ ? ” will be available at the forepart desk during each category period. Students may utilize this box to:
ask inquiries ( e. g. . Which perspective on personality is most widely accepted among theoreticians today? What is the differentiation between denial and repression? ) . do suggestions ( e. g. . When sing the instance survey inquiries. it would be helpful if you could talk at a slower gait ) .

Leave remarks ( e. g. . In another category. we discussed an interesting survey that suggests that the encephalons of psychopaths map otherwise from the encephalons of non-psychopaths. In the survey … . ) . The intent of the “ ? ” box is to supply an extra manner of communicating between you and me. You may subject a inquiry. suggestion. or remark anonymously. However. I encourage you to supply me with your name and e-mail reference. If I am non able to turn to your inquiry. suggestion. or remark in category. I will react to you straight via electronic mail.

Missed Classs and Student Contacts: If you are unable to go to a category session. you should obtain notes for the lost stuff from a schoolmate. In order to ease this procedure. you may desire to introduce yourself with schoolmates early in the class. Please take this chance to present yourself to two schoolmates in next seats. If you are comfy sharing contact information. you may compose the information below. Reach 1

Contact 2

Name:

Name:

Contact information:

Contact information:

E-Mail Correspondence: E-mail enquiries will be answered within 48 hours of reception ( non including weekends ) . E-mail enquiries should be limited to one inquiry ; pupils who have multiple inquiries should see during office hours or agenda an assignment to run into with me or the Teaching Assistant. For inquiries related to class content. pupils should seek to explicate their current apprehension of the stuff in the electronic mail ( which will be affirmed or corrected ) . Note that electronic mails may non be answered the twenty-four hours before an test. so please program consequently.

Laptop Use: The usage of laptops in category is an effectual agencies by which to take notes and record remarks related to class content. However. some pupils use laptops in category to “surf” the cyberspace. prosecute in e-mail correspondence. and/or work on stuff associated with other classs. These activities can be really deflecting to those who sit in next seats and can interfere with their attempts to concentrate on class content. For this ground. all pupils who intend to utilize their laptop in category for activities unrelated to the class are asked to sit in rows at the rear of the schoolroom.

Requests for Adjustments of Grades and Academic Concession: You may reexamine your tests and/or paper with the Teaching Assistant. Requests for the accommodation of a class must be made within 4 hebdomads of the poster of that class. Most petitions for accommodation can be settled straight with the Teaching Assistant. In instances of a difference that can non be satisfactorily resolved with the Teaching Assistant. please reach me. During your clip in this class. if you encounter medical. emotional. or personal jobs that you believe may impact your public presentation on an test or the paper. delight notify me. You may be able to obtain academic grant from the Dean of your module. Please discuss any palliating fortunes with me anterior to exam day of the months or the paper due day of the month. In order to guarantee equity among the pupils in the category. adjustments will non be made after an test has been written or the paper has been submitted. Furthermore. the comparative weight of the exams and/or paper will non be changed for any given pupil. Consequently. delight make non email me to bespeak that I change the comparative weight of the class demands for you or add per centum points to a class in order to increase your concluding standing in the class. For farther information on academic grant. consult Policies and Regulations in the UBC Calendar ( hypertext transfer protocol: //www. calendar. ubc. ca/vancouver/index. cfm ) .

Psychology Department’s Policy on Distribution of Grades: Courses offered by the Psychology Department are required to run into a mark grade distribution. This is done in order to guarantee that all pupils are assessed reasonably in relation to pupils in other subdivisions of the same class and to pupils in other classs. The mark grade distribution for 300-level psychological science classs requires that the mean for the category autumn between 66 % and 70 % . with a standard divergence of about 13 % . Consequently. pupils should observe that the Psychology Department may set the concluding classs in this class up or down if the distribution of classs perverts well from the mark. A student’s class is non official until it appears on the student’s academic record.

Academic Misconduct: Cheat and other signifiers of academic misconduct are really serious concerns of the University. and the Psychology Department has taken stairss to relieve them. The Department employs package that can reliably detect rip offing on multiple pick tests by analysing the forms of students’ responses. This package will be used to analyse students’ responses to the multiple pick inquiries on the test in this class. In add-on. as celebrated above. the Department employs TurnItIn in order to observe and discourage plagiarism. The UBC Calendar defines plagiarism as a signifier of academic misconduct in which an person submits or presents the work of another individual as his or her ain. The Faculty of Arts has prepared a comprehensive usher on plagiarism and methods to avoid it. The usher is available at hypertext transfer protocol: //www. humanistic disciplines. ubc. ca/arts-students/plagiarism-avoided. hypertext markup language. Please note that pupils may non subject the same work. or mostly the same work. in two or more classs. Harmonizing to University policy. such action constitutes academic misconduct.

In all instances of suspected academic misconduct. the parties involved will be pursued to the fullest extent dictated by the guidelines of the University. Evidence of academic misconduct may ensue in a “0” recognition for the work in inquiry. Harmonizing to the University Act ( subdivision 61 ) . the President of UBC has the right to enforce harsher punishments including ( but non limited to ) a neglecting class for the class. suspension from the University. cancellation of scholarships. or a notation added to a student’s transcript. For farther information on pupil behavior and subject. consult Policies and Regulations in the UBC Calendar ( hypertext transfer protocol: //www. calendar. ubc. ca/vancouver/index. cfm ) and the University Counsel’s policy on pupil subject ( hypertext transfer protocol: //universitycounsel. ubc. ca/discipline/ ) . Please note that. during tests. invigilators may inquire pupils to travel or change students’ siting agreements with no account provided. An invigilator may inquire you to travel due to the possible misconduct of a schoolmate in an next place.