PSY 430 - RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY

College of Arts and Sciences

Credit(s): 4

A lecture-lab course intended to introduce students to the field of contemporary personality psychology. Includes a survey of the methods used and issues examined by current personality psychologists. Lectures will focus on selected current theories and issues, whereas labs will involve an in-depth examination of scale construction and the correlational approach to research. Lecture/discussion, three hours per week; laboratory, two hours per week. This course is a Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR) course in certain programs, and hence is not likely to be eligible for automatic transfer credit to UK.

Prereq: Declared major, PSY 195, PSY 215, 216, and PSY 313.