Summer semester courses are 12 weeks in length and Fall and Spring semester courses are 15 weeks in length. Assignments will be adjusted accordingly.

Lesson Activity

Lesson 01: Getting Started

Lesson 02: The Study of the Person

  • Read Lesson 01 commentary.
  • Complete and submit Lesson 01 Assignment.
  • Chapter 1, The Study of the Person.
  • Read Lesson 02 commentary.
  • Complete and submit Lesson 02 Assignment.
Lesson 03: Personality Research Methods
  • Chapter 2, Clues to Personality: The Basic Sources Data.
  • Chapter 3, Personality Psychology as Science: Research Methods.
  • Read Lesson 03 commentary.
  • Complete and submit Lesson 03 Assignment.
Lesson 04: Traits, Situations, and Consistency
  • Chapter 4, Personality Traits and Behavior.
  • Read Lesson 04 commentary.
  • Complete and submit Lesson 04 Assignment.
Lesson 05: Personality Assessment
  • Chapter 5, Personality Assessment I: Personality Testing and Its Consequences.
  • Chapter 6, Personality Assessment II: Personality Judgment in Daily Life
  • Read Lesson 05 commentary.
  • Complete and submit Lesson 05 Assignment.
Lesson 06: Using Traits to Predict and Understand
  • Chapter 7, Using Personality Traits to Understand Behavior.
  • Read Lesson 06 commentary.
  • Complete and submit Lesson 06 Assignment. 
Lesson 07: Genes and Evolution/Mid-Course Examination
  • Chapter 9, The Inheritance of Personality: Behavioral Genetics and Evolutionary Theory.
  • Read Lesson 07 commentary.
  • Complete and submit Lesson 07 Assignment.
Lesson 08: Mid-Course Exam
  • There is no reading for this assignment.
  • Complete mid-course exam on ANGEL.
Lesson 09: Depth Psychology
  • Chapter 10, Basics of Psychoanalysis.
  • Chapter 11, The Workings of the Unconscious Mind: Defenses and Slips.
  • Read Lesson 09 Commentary
  • Complete and submit Lesson 09 Assignment.
Lesson 10:  Depth Psychology after Freud
  • Chapter 12, Psychoanalysis after Freud: Neo-Freudians.
  • Object Relations, and Current Research.
  • Read Lesson 10 commentary.
  • Complete and submit Lesson 10 Assignment.
Lesson 11: Awareness and Experience
  • Chapter 13, Experience, Existence, and the Meaning of Life: Humanistic Psychology.
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  • Complete and submit Lesson 11 Assignment.
Lesson 12: Environmental Influences
  • Chapter 14, Cultural Variation in Experience, Behavior, and Personality.
  • Chapter 15, Learning to be a Person: Behaviorism and
  • Social Learning Theory
  • Read Lesson 12 commentary.
  • Complete and submit Lesson 12 Assignment.
Lesson 13: The Self
  • Chapter 17, What You Know about You: The Self.
  • Read Lesson 13 commentary.
  • Complete and submit Lesson 13 Assignment. 
Lesson 14: Personality Disorders
  • Chapter 18, Disorders of Personality.
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  • Complete and submit Lesson 14 Assignment.
Lesson 15: Review
  • Chapter 19, Conclusion: Looking Back and Looking Ahead.
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  • Complete and submit Lesson 15 Assignment.
Lesson 16: Final Exam
  • There is no reading assignment.
  • Complete final exam on ANGEL.