
Overview
Do you want to know what your personality is? Do you want to know how you become what you are? Do you want to know how you can develop a better self? Do you want to know what the route is for self-actualization? Do you want to know what self-actualization means for our Chinese? Please take this course You will get answers to all the above questions. You will also improve your English such that you will be well prepared for taking overseas studies that are entirely taught in English.
What You Learn
This course aims at teaching the basic concepts, constructs, experiments, figures, and theories of personality psychology. It enables students
(1) understand and critically evaluate various personality concepts, constructs, and theories;
(2) introduce major figures in different approaches of personality psychology;
(3) understand factors leading to individual differences in personality development;
(4) understand theoretical and empirical grounds of psychological assessment tools;
(5) examine role of culture in personality development and researches.
In addition, this course also seeks to examine concepts and theories of personality psychology in relation to relevant social and cultural concepts and anecdotes in Chinese cultural contexts.
Faculty Author

YUE XIAODONG
Capital Normal University
Distinguished Professor