Apr 30, 2025  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog
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PSYC 2270 - Theories of Personality


Credits: 3

This course examines various aspects of one’s personality and their underlying psychological mechanisms by carefully evaluating major theoretical approaches and contemporary research in personality psychology. Topics learned in the course include assessment of personality (personality tests), the role of personality in understanding one’s behavior, the relationship between intra-personal and inter-personal perception, and personality functioning in social, cognitive, and biological domains. Applications of personality psychology principles to enhance one’s understanding of self and others are also discussed.

Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better): PSYC 1110 
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal(s): Goals 2 and 5B



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