PSYC 3400 - Personality Psychology

(3) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PSYC 1102; (PSYC 2010 or HDAS 2010 or HUSE 2010) and PSYC 2500
The purpose of the course is to compare the contributions and limitations of major theoretical perspectives on social behavior and to learn about the nature of theory construction and theory-testing in psychology generally. Both general models and middle-level models of social behavior are reviewed. The advantages and disadvantages of different models for different levels and different kinds of social-personality phenomena are highlighted.