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PSYCH/645

Personality Theories

Online

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$2094

Estimated Tuition

3 credits

Total credits

6 weeks

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Course level: Graduate

This course enables students to differentiate among the primary theoretical approaches to the study of personality, including psychodynamic, affective, cognitive-behavioral, and systems theories. Students examine the underlying assumptions inherent in various personality models and learn how the tenets of these models are investigated through empirical research.

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Course skills and outcomes

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