Differential psychology, personality psychology & diagnostics

Bachelor

The students
• understand the development and tasks of Differential Psychology and Personality Psychology as well as the universality of interindividual differences.
• can distinguish and explain various paradigms of personality psychology.
are familiar with the basics of psychoanalysis and the personality theories of Freud, Adler, and Jung.
• understand the analysis of variation and covariation in personality research as well as methods of measuring personality traits.
know various personality factors, profiles, and types as well as personality disorders.
• can describe various personality domains such as physical attractiveness, temperament, interpersonal styles, and self-concept.
• are familiar with gender differences in personality and their development, explanations, and consequences for gender research.
• understand the concept of creativity, methods for its assessment, theories and correlates, as well as its trainability.
• know various models for modeling personality structures, including typologies and the Five-Factor Model of personality, as well as their stability and change over time.

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• Introduction (Development and Tasks of Differential Psychology and Personality Psychology, Universality of Interindividual Differences, Central Concepts [Variable, Scale, Construct, Personality, Nomothetic, Idiographic, and Idiothetic Method], Behaviors & Habits, Behavior Prediction, States, Types, Paradigms of Personality Psychology)
• Psychoanalysis & Psychoanalytic Personality Theories (Freud's Personality Theory, Adler's Individual Psychology, Jung's Analytical Psychology)
• Personality & Personality Research (Analysis of Variation and Covariation, Measurement and Traits, Personality Factors, Profiles & Types, Personality Disorders)
• Personality Domains (Physical Attractiveness, Temperament & Interpersonal Styles, Abilities, Action & Evaluation Dispositions, Attitudes, Self-concept & Well-being)
• Personal Environment & Relationships (Personal Environment, Personal Relationships and Relationship Status, Attachments) including Personality Development (Stability, Change, and Consequences of Personality, Genetic Influences, and Environmental Influences)
• Gender Differences in Personality (Development of Differences, Magnitude of Differences, Explanation of Differences, Findings and Consequences for Gender Research)
• Intelligence & Modeling of Intelligence Structure (Definition & Description, Process Models, Neural Correlates of Intelligence, Intelligence in Education, Profession, and Lifespan, Practical Intelligence, Concepts of Intelligence, Scales & Distributions, Structural Models, Stability & Change)
• Creativity (Concept, Assessment of Creativity, Correlates of Creativity, Theory of Creativity, Implications and Trainability)
• Modeling of Personality Structures (Typologies, Personality Theoretical Concepts, Five-Factor Model of Personality, Stability & Change)

• Asendorpf, J. B. (2019). Persönlichkeitspsychologie für Bachelor. Berlin: Springer.
• Hagemann, D., Spinath, F. M., & Mueller, E. M. (2023). Differentielle Psychologie und Persönlichkeitsforschung. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer.
• Neyer, F. J., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2024). Psychologie der Persönlichkeit. Berlin: Springer.
• Schmidt-Atzert, L., Krumm, S., & Amelang, M. (2021) (Hrsg.). Psychologische Diagnostik. Berlin: Springer.

• Quiz
• Final Exam

German

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20

4.0

20% of the course will be covered through eLearning. This will involve a combination of online phases (inductive method for independent acquisition of knowledge and practicing tasks) and face-to-face sessions (deductive method providing assistance in the learning process and imparting knowledge through lectures).

3

STGL

VWP2

integrated lecture

Compulsory

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