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ED 312 Personality Development

300 levelEducation11 topics

ED 312 covers 11 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Definitions and theories of personality
  2. Psychoanalytic theory of Freud
  3. Trait and type theories
  4. Humanistic theories of Rogers and Maslow
  5. Behaviourist and social learning views
  6. Heredity and environment as determinants
  7. Stages of personality development
  8. Self-concept and self-esteem
  9. Personality assessment techniques
  10. Defence mechanisms and maladjustment
  11. Implications for teaching and learning

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Definitions and theories of personality

This topic introduces what personality means and the major theories used to explain how personality develops, stays stable, and changes. For exam success, you must master the definitions, distinguish among the main theoretical approaches, and relate each theory to how behaviour is interpreted in real life and educational settings.

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