Psychology of Personality

Harvard FAS

What is personality? Are we born with it? Can we change it? Are some personalities better than others? Are we good judges of other people’s personality? The answer to these questions (and more) is ... it depends! This course will provide you with an introduction to personality psychology – the study of the characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior, together with the psychological mechanisms – hidden or not – behind those patterns. This course considers the major theoretical,…