I. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF PERSONALITY.

1. Introduction to Personality.
2. The Tools of Understanding.

II. CONCEPTIONS OF PERSONALITY.

3. Psychoanalytic Theory: The Freudian Revolution and Revisions.
4. Psychoanalytic Theory, Research, Assessment, and Summary Evaluation.
5. Biological Theories: Genetics and Evolution.
6. Biological Theories: Evaluation and Application.
7. Phenomenology and Social Cognition: The Self and Personal Constructs.
8. Phenomenology and Social Cognition: Research, Assessment, and Summary.
9. The Behavioral Tradition.
10. Behaviorism: Therapy, Assessment, and Summary Evaluation.
11. Social Learning Theory.
12. Social Learning Research, Assessment, and Summary Evaluation.
13. Descriptive Theories and the Dispositional Perspective.
14. Traits: Research, Assessment, and Summary Evaluation.

III. TOPICS AND ISSUES IN PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY.

15. Perspectives and Intellect.
16. Personality and Anxiety.
17. Personality, Occupations, and the Workplace.
18. Personality and Gender Differences.

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