Foundations of Personality

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There's another HyperSyllabus, for Personality Assessment.

This "HyperSyllabus" is intended not only to provide you with a variety of local course resources in an easily-accessible way, but also to acquaint you with the World Wide Web, a user-friendly subset of the Internet. As you will quickly discover perusing this HyperSyllabus, the Web concept is on the one hand revolutionary (i.e., resources are provided from all the terabytes of Webbed computer drives on the Internet by simply clicking on a hyperlink) and on the other (IMHO) surprisingly compatible with the way Freud teaches us our minds actually work. It's not just for geeks anymore. This document also contains pointers to other Psychology resources on the Net. To get the most from the HyperSyllabus, you should setup and configure your own Netscape preferences.

Your assignment (should you choose to accept it) is to open this HyperSyllabus at least once before each class, click on each unexplored link, and read the relevant materials. I welcome your reactions and suggestions, which may be communicated to me verbally (it's still a good way to get to know people), posted to the class discussion group, or sent as electronic mail to ddavis@haverford.edu. I also invite you to communicate directly with the course assistants, Allan Clifton (aclifton@haverford.edu, 645-9529) and Melissa Greene (mgreene@haverford.edu, 658-2253).

Required Books

Erikson, E.H. (1950/1963). Childhood and society. New York: Norton.
Gay, P. (Ed.) (1989). The Freud reader. New York: Norton.
Gilligan, C. (1982). In a different voice. Cambridge, MA: Harvard.

Suggested Books

Freud, S. (1900). The Interpretation of dreams. New York: Avon
Gray, P. Psychology. (1994). New York: Worth.

Week 1

M Jan. 16 Dr. Freud's Screen Memory, Dr. Borg's dream

W Jan. 18 The Freudian Slip: Exoriare aliquis ex ossibus nostris (Gay, xiii-xxix, 117-126)

F Jan. 20 The Seduction Theory (Gay, 96-116)

Week 2

M Jan. 23 The Self-Analysis

W Jan. 25 The Dream Book (Gay 129-172)

F Jan. 27 "Dora" (Gay 173-239)

Assignment One

Week 3

M Jan. 30 Femininity (Gay, 628-666, 670-678)

W Feb. 1 Psychoanalysis and Its Discontents

F Feb. 3 Erik-son's Stages (Erikson, 11-108)

Assignment Two

Week 4

M Feb. 6 Toys and Reasons, (Erikson 209-274)

W Feb. 8 Germans and Americans (Erikson 277-358)

W Feb. 10 Circles and Arrows

Week 5

F Feb. 13 Identity and Beyond (Erikson 403-424)

M Feb. 15 Isak's Stages

F Feb. 17 Wild Strawberries

Exam 1

Week 6

M Feb. 20 Woman's Place Gilligan

W Feb. 22 Justice and Care: Stages and Dilemmas

F Feb. 24 Visions of Maturity

Week 7

M Feb. 27 Intelligence and Culture

W Mar. 1 The Bell Curve

F Mar. 3 Bringing It All Back Home

The Final