• 1/17/06:  Don't forget to print out the slides before you come to class this week.  We will be using the "measurement of personality" and "research design" slides found below.  You can choose several formats to print the slides under the print option in PowerPoint Viewer.  Choose "Print What" in the print dialogue box.
  

• 2/10/06:  You will find the exam scores posted in the last section of  this website, at the bottom.  As a reminder, you will find your ID# shortened to the last 5 digits.  You will have an opportunity to review the exam in class next week.  
  

• 2/20/06:  I have to cancel my office hours on Tuesday of this week.  I need to fill in for another faculty member at that time.  If you need to see me, please schedule an alternative time.  Sorry for any inconvenience.  Don't forget to take the Myers-Briggs type test, based somewhat loosely on Jung's theory of personality.  You can find the link below.

• 3/10/06:  I have posted the exam grades and the extra credit information at the bottom of the website.  You can add the extra credit onto any exam score.  We may have up to 5 extra credit points this semester.   Have a relaxing and safe spring break.

• 3/21/06:  I am posting an additional slide for our Wed. class.  It is a follow-up to one of the biology topics, and I will discuss the information this week during class.  You will find the slide in the third section above humanistic approaches.  Also, please remember that registration for classes is coming up March 27th - April 17th for Summer and Fall 2006.  Students who have more than 60 hours should see Jenny Darden in Kastle Hall for advising and to have their hold lifted.  Students with fewer hours go to Arts & Sciences for advising.  I highly recommend that you use APEX to determine what courses you still need before your advising appointment.  See www.uky.edu/DegreeAudit 

• 3/23/06:  I have been filling in for the other 313 class while a professor is out, and I am posting some information at the bottom of this page for that class.  If you are in my regular Wednesday night Personality class, you do not need to worry about the info. posted at the bottom of the page.  It should be clearly marked.  Because I am filling in for Dr. Smith and his class meets on Tuesday afternoons, I will need to cancel my office hours for the next two weeks.  Please stop in at a different time or email to arrange a specific time.  Sorry for the inconvenience.  

• 3/28/06:  There will be a colloquium of interest to personality students by Dr. David Buss.  The title of his talk is "Sexual Conflict in Human Mating."  It  is sure to be a lively and interesting talk related to topics that we discussed earlier this semester.  Come and see for yourself what you think.  It will be Tuesday April 4th at 3 p.m. in the Young Library auditorium.  

• 4/07/06:  I am posting information for Dr. Smith's class at the bottom of this website.  My Wed. night class will continue as planned on the syllabus. For my Wed. night class, the syllabus lists the topics as "Issues, applications, integrations" for next week's Wed. night class.  We will be finishing up the social-cognitive slides, and then we will use the Kelly's cognitive theory slides and the self-schema slides if time.  

• 4/13/06:  Reminder that exam #3 will be next week.  After that exam, I will post all of your grades including the extra credit.  This information will allow you to calculate whether you want to take the comprehensive final exam.  The exam can only help your grade; it will not hurt you.

• 4/13/06:  Dr. Smith's class:  your exam grades to date are posted at the bottom of this website. 

• 4/20/06:  I have your grades posted below.  You can check to see whether it will be worthwhile to take the comprehensive final exam.  
  

•         www.colorquiz.com  Take the short color quiz and receive a personality profile.  How does this personality instrument rate in terms of scientific soundness?  Consider reliability, validity, and empirical evidence.

•         http://cac.psu.edu/~j5j/test/ipipneo1.htm  This is a link to a personality test called the IPIP-NEO. This test is designed to measure the Five Factor Model of  Personality.  There are two versions of the IPIP-NEO, a short version containing 120 items and a long version containing 300 items.  Which  version would you expect to have better reliabilty?  Notice the format of the questions.  What are the advantages and disadvantages of this type of format?
• Take the test--you will get a detailed print out of how you score on the five factors and the facets in each factor.  It would probably best if you took the test before we discuss this material in class.
  

• http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/eysenck.html  information on trait theories studied by Eysenk, Cattell, Costa & McCrae, and others.

• link to a myers briggs type test (based on Jung's theory) - http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.as

• another link if you want to see how the results compare.  It uses a different method of assessment (it doesn't take long).  - http://haleonline.com/psych/    Do your results agree??
  

•     link for an adult attachment questionnaire!  http://www.geocities.com/research93/

•     writings on temperament:  http://pmc.psych.nwu.edu/perproj/others/heineman/home.htm

•      summary of evolutionary psychology:  http://www.personalityresearch.org/evolutionary.html

• Chapter 9:   Rogers, Maslow, self, assessment techniques, research and  applications
• part 1
• part 2
  

•  Social-cognitive ideas (Chapter 7& 10):
• Rotter's locus of control, explanatory style, Bandura's observational learning
• Mischel, interactions between people and situations, behavioral signatures 

• Kelly's cognitive theory  (see Chapter 10)
• research on self-schemas (will discuss if we have time)
  

         
3.     Behaviorist and Learning approaches

•         Chapter 6:  classical and operant conditioning, applications, behavior change
• part 1
• part 2
  

•     summary of Carl Rogers' theory:  http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/rogers.html

•      recent positive psychology writings and research from American Psychological Association  http://www.apa.org/releases/positivepsy.html
        
•      a sampling of current "positive psychology" research   http://www.positivepsychology.org/institute2002longsummaries.htm
  

• Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is the leading researcher in the area of flow.  He describes flow as "being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz. Your whole being is involved, and you're using your skills to the utmost."  Link here to learn more about characteristics of "flow."  After reading the characteristics, what do you think about becoming immersed in a book or movie--do those fit the idea of flow?
  

  
  

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  Review questions for the comprehensive final.  In addition to knowing the major points and research about each theory that we discussed in class, you will also need to be able to compare and contrast the approaches that we discussed.  See questions 15, 16, and 17 on the study guide for help in this endeavor.  You may also find it helpful to review the chart in the front cover of your book.  
  

• Please note that I have not yet received the extra credit from Jamieson Duvall for the alcohol study; if you participated in that study AND you are missing an extra credit point, you can add one point to your total (to be confirmed when I receive the extra credit participation points from him).  If you turned in the alternative paper, you should see credit reflected in one of your missing extra credit places.  Just a reminder that you can receive a MAXIMUM of 5 extra credit points.  You cannot receive more than 5 points extra credit.

• If you are just a few points away from the next higher grade, you might find it helpful to take the final exam.  The number of points away from the next higher grade is the number of points you would need to score higher than your lowest exam score.  See the syllabus and consult me if you are having trouble figuring this out.

• link to exam#3 scores and all other grades to date
  

• You will have the opportunity for up to 4 points of extra credit.  
• You can receive 2 points for participating in the alcohol study that was announced during class (you must be 21 years of age and not be pregnant). It will take about 40 minutes. The alternative to this opportunity is to find a scholarly research article and summarize it in one paragraph.  You can find appropriate articles in the Journal of Personality, Journal of Research in Personality, or Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.  The final due date for the written summary is April 20th at 3:30.  Written extra credit summaries will not be accepted after that date.  You are welcome to turn them in earlier.  Do not plagiarize when writing your summary.
• You can receive 2 points for participating in an in-class assignment.  You will need to be in class, participate and write your response, and turn it in.  You can only make up this assignment (its extra credit) if you have an excused absence with appropriate documentation.