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Psychoanalytic Approaches to Personality
  1. Define personality and describe the basic structure of personality according to Sigmund Freud. (pp. 328-329)
  2. Outline the five stages of personality development according to Freud. (pp. 329-331)
  3. Define and describe the defense mechanisms and their role in psychoanalytic theory. (pp. 331-332)
  4. Discuss the contribution made by Freud, the criticisms of the psychoanalytic theory of personality, and the contributions made by the neo-Freudians. (pp. 332-334)

Other Major Approaches to Personality: In Search of Human Uniqueness
  1. Describe and evaluate the trait theory approaches to personality development. (pp. 335-338)
  2. Describe and evaluate the learning theory approaches to personality development. (pp. 338-340)
  3. Describe and evaluate the biological and evolutionary approaches to personality development. (pp. 340-342)
  4. Describe and evaluate the humanistic approaches to personality development. (pp. 342-344)

Assessing Personality: Determining What Makes Us Special
  1. Discuss personality assessment and define the concepts of validity, reliability, and norms. (pp. 345-346)
  2. Differentiate between and cite examples of the following methods of personality assessment: self-report, projective, and behavioral assessment. (pp. 347-350)
  3. Evaluate the various personality assessment methods. (p. 350)





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