Personality and Behavioral Theories

Month 1: Foundations of Personality and Psychodynamic Perspectives

1. Personality Basics

  1. Definitions and Components
  2. Indian Perspectives on Personality

2. Assessment of Personality

  1. Questionnaires, Projective, and Objective Tests

3. Psychodynamic Theories

  1. Freudian Psychoanalysis
  2. Ego Psychology
  3. Neo-Freudians

 

Month 2: Behavioral, Learning, and Trait Perspectives

1. Behavioral Approaches

  1. Skinner’s Radical Behaviorism
  2. Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory

2. Learning Theories

  1. Pavlov’s Associationist Theory
  2. Skinner’s Reinforcement Theory

3. Trait Theories

  1. Eysenck, Allport, and Cattell