Re: [tips] teaching Personality

This looks really good, though it was published in 2004. Is it still current and relevant? I may be stuck with the course next year and would like to make it a worthwhile endeavor. Carol On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 2:44 PM, Joan Warmbold wrote: > Wow--what an improvement! > >

RE:[tips] teaching Personality

Wow--what an improvement! Book Overview PERSONALITY: CONTEMPORARY THEORY AND RESEARCH is intended for undergraduate students studying the topic of personality. Its two major sections discuss the fundamental issues of personality, tracing the origins of the field in modern research, and examining

RE:[tips] teaching Personality

For years we did not teach Personality, as I hated my Theories of Personality course as a youngster (all fluff and unsupported theories). However, I discovered Derlea, Winstead and Jones' Personality: Contemporary Theory & Research, and I've been teaching it as a research-based class ever

Re: Re:[tips] tips digest: November 29, 2017

Annette and Gerald, I couldn't agree more with you both, which is why I never teach theories of personality in my psychology 101 course--or teach the course itself. Same for emotions. Are you required to follow the standard content found in our textbooks or can you develop your own course

Re: Re:[tips] tips digest: November 29, 2017

My area of study is social-personality but I share Annette's misgivings. The whole undergrad class in Personality is a muddle of sloppy historical, pop-culture narrative passed off as "theory" with a smattering of legitimate, but often outdated theoretical conceptions. I wish we could just have

Re:[tips] tips digest: November 29, 2017

There is a TON of stuff on the internet criticizing the MBTI. I think getting the students to think about the weaknesses of the whole area of personality...which is a function, undoubtedly of operational definitions and people jumping on intuitively appealing information, but without any evidence