Republic of the Philippines Cebu Normal University College of Teacher Education Graduate Studies

Course No.:Couns/GC 4005 Degree Program: MA/MAEd. Specialization: Guidance and Counseling

Course Title: Advanced Theories of Personality Academic Term: First Sem of 2013

Consultation hours: Friday (Office hours) CNU VISION A leading multidisciplinary research university of education committed to build a strong nation. CNU MISSION To develop high performing professionals and intellectuals proficient in generating new knowledge toward a progressive and peaceful pluralistic society. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed as a survey of the major psychological theories on human personality and the application of each theory. This subject supports students to build further on their undergraduate study of theories of personality and accomplish significant understanding of the relevance of those theories in the professional work. The applicability of personality theories to counseling and psychotherapy is studied and students are encouraged to articulate their own personality theory and rationale. COURE OBJECTIVES: By the end of the course, the students will be able to: 1. Acquire a deeper understanding of how personality originates, develops, and functions from a broader perspective. 2. Assess interventions based on each theory. 3. Critically analyze how theory and empirical data might eventually be integrated into a grand explanation of human behavior. 4. Motivate intellectual interest and a sensitive sense of speculation about the endowment of being a person in a community with others. Unit 1. Basic Concepts and Issues on Personality A. Desired Results 1. To provide students with the definitions of the key terms associated in personality. 2. To let the students better understand the basic concepts and issues on personality.

B. Elements/Topics 1. The What and Why of Personality 2. Basic Concepts of Personality 3. Issues on Personality C. Teaching Learning Activities 1. Computer Presentations (PowerPoint) 2. Explanation- teacher-led 3. Explanation-student-led 4. Small Group Discussions 5. Brainstorming Unit 2. Psychodynamic Models of Personality A. Desired Results 1. To promote assimilation of psychodynamic models of personality. 2. To be able to demonstrate awareness on how to apply psychodynamic models of personality in the field of expertise. B. Elements/Topics 1. Sigmund Freuds Psychoanalytic and Neo-psychoanalytic Approaches 2. John Bowlbys Attachment Theory: Resurrection of the psychodynamic approach to personality 3. Carl Jungs Analytic Psychology C. Teaching Learning Activities 1. Computer Presentations (PowerPoint) 2. Explanation- teacher-led 3. Explanation-student-led 4. Small Group Discussions 5. Brainstorming Unit 3. Trait, Factor, and Type Theories A. Desired Results 1. To grasp the concepts of trait, factor and type theories 2. To better identify with these theories in the field of professional practice. B. Elements/Topics 1. Cattells 16 Trait Dimensions 2. Five Factors of Personality 3. The Filipino Personality 4. The Storied Construction of Personality C. Teaching Learning Activities 1. Computer Presentations (PowerPoint) 2. Explanation- teacher-led 3. Explanation-student-led 4. Small Group Discussions 5. Brainstorming Unit 4. Humanistic and Cognitive Theories A. Desired Results 1. Be able to evaluate the major theories of humanistic theories 2. Be able to apply these theories in the real work setting

B. Elements/Topics 1. Carl Rogers Self Theory 2. Abraham Maslows Hierarchy of Needs 3. Assumptions and Evaluation of Phenomenological Theories 4. Cognitive Theories C. Teaching Learning Activities 1. Computer Presentations (PowerPoint) 2. Explanation- teacher-led 3. Explanation-student-led 4. Small Group Discussions 5. Brainstorming Unit 5. The Biological Perspective of Personality and Enneagram A. Desired Results 1. Be able to understand the importance of these concepts in personality 2. Be able to relate these ideas in the practice of counseling B. Elements/Topics 1. Concepts of the Biological Perspective of Personality 2. The what and how of Enneagram C. Teaching Learning Activities 1. Computer Presentations (PowerPoint) 2. Explanation- teacher-led 3. Explanation-student-led 4. Small Group Discussions 5. Brainstorming Unit 6. The Classical Eastern Thinking on the Nature of Man A. Desired Results 1. Be able to demonstrate an appreciation of knowledge building processes of theory through logical and measured evaluation of current knowledge and controversy of these concepts. B. Elements/Topics 1. Yoga & Hindu Tradition 2. Zen & Buddhist Tradition 3. Sufism and Islamic Tradition C. Teaching Learning Activities 1. Computer Presentations (PowerPoint) 2. Explanation- teacher-led 3. Explanation-student-led 4. Small Group Discussions 5. Brainstorming Unit 7. Learning Theories A. Desired Results 1. To be able to demonstrate knowledge of these theories and pertain it to the counseling encounters. B. Elements/Topics 1. Behaviorism 2. Contingencies of Reinforcement

C. Teaching Learning Activities 1. Computer Presentations (PowerPoint) 1. Explanation- teacher-led 2. Explanation-student-led 3. Small Group Discussions 4. Brainstorming

REFERENCES: Any books and sites will do

Prepared by: MESHEL B. BALIJON, RGC, MA Part-time Instructor

Approved by:

FILOMENA T.DAYAGBIL, Ed. D. Dean CTE Graduate Studies