Chapter 1.
What is personality psychology?
1.
The Importance of Understanding Personality
2.
What is personality?
3.
Major interests of personality psychology
1) Personal characteristics of personality: individual differences
2) Collective shared characteristics of personality
3) Universal human characteristics of personality: human nature
4.
Research topics in personality psychology
1) Phenomenological description and measurement of personality
2) Determinants of personality
3) Personality structure and psychological processes
4) The impact of personality on life
5) Personality changes and maturity
6) Human nature and group characteristics, etc.
5.
Research methods of personality
1) Clinical research tradition
2) Correlational research tradition
3) Experimental research tradition
6.
The development of personality psychology
1) Theoretical position of personality psychology
2) Recent trends in personality psychology

Part 1.
Understanding and assessing personality

Chapter 2.
Personality types and personality traits
1.
personality typology
1) Personality typology based on constitution
2) Personality typology based on body type
3) Jung's personality typology
2.
trait theory of personality
1) From personality type theory to personality trait theory
2) Allport's trait concept
3) Cattell's trait study: 16 personality factors
4) Eysenck's trait research: the three-factor model
3.
Five-factor theory of personality
1) Development of the Five Factor Theory
2) Five personality factors
3) Evidence for the validity of the five-factor theory
4) Five-factor theory personality system
5) Criticism of the Five Factor Theory
4.
Psychobiological theories of temperament and personality
1) Temperament
2) Personality
3) The relationship between personality and mental health and happiness

Chapter 3.
Personality Disorders and Character Strengths
1.
Personality disorders: maladaptive personality traits
1) Definition and diagnostic criteria for personality disorders
2) Classification system of personality disorders
3) Cluster A personality disorder
4) Cluster B personality disorder
5) Cluster C personality disorder
2.
Character Strengths: Positive Personality Traits
1) Evaluation criteria for character strengths
2) VIA classification system for character strengths
3) Character strengths related to wisdom and knowledge
4) Character strengths related to humanity
5) Character strengths related to courage
6) Character strengths related to moderation
7) Character strengths related to justice
8) Character strengths related to transcendence
9) Recognition and development of representative strengths

Chapter 4.
Measurement and Assessment of Personality
1.
What is a personality assessment?
2.
Personality assessment procedures
1) Clarification of evaluation purpose
2) Data collection plan
3) Data collection and scoring
4) Interpretation and integration of data
5) Reporting and delivery of evaluation results
3.
Methods and tools for personality assessment
1) Interview
2) Behavioral observation
3) Personal life history data
4) Reports from others
5) Psychological testing
4.
Self-report personality test
1) NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI)
2) Temperament and Personality Inventory (TCI)
3) Personality Type Test (MBTI)
4) Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
5) Character Strengths Test (CST)
5.
Projective Personality Test
1) Rorschach test
2) Thematic Apperception Test
3) Drawing test
4) Sentence completion test

Part 2.
Development and structure of personality

Chapter 5.
Determinants of Personality: Evolution, Genetics, and Culture
1.
Evolutionary Psychology and Personality
1) Evolutionary psychology on universal human nature
2) Evolutionary psychology on the differences between men and women
3) Evolutionary psychology on individual differences in personality
2.
Genetics and personality
1) Mechanism of inheritance
2) The nature vs. nurture debate regarding personality
3) The influence of shared and non-shared environments on personality
4) The relationship between the brain and personality
3.
Culture and personality
1) Culture as the background of personality formation: collective characteristics within the individual
2) Individualistic and collectivistic cultures
3) Differences in culture and personality between men and women
4.
Korean culture and Korean character
1) Characteristics of Korean culture
2) Korean personality traits: Korean temperament

Chapter 6.
Personality development and psychosocial factors
1.
physical birth
2.
Psychological Birth: The Emergence of Temperament and the Development of Personality
1) Nine Dimensions of Temperament: The New York Longitudinal Study
2) EAS model of child temperament
3) Rothbart model: three dimensions of temperament
4) The influence of genetics and environment on temperament
5) Harmony between the child's temperament and growth environment
3.
Psychosocial factors influencing personality formation
1) The importance of a non-shared environment
2) Corresponding principles of personality development: Interaction between temperament and environment
4.
Psychosocial factors of the home environment
1) Interaction between parents and children
2) Parents' child-rearing style
3) Attachment types between parents and children
4) Mother's employment and father's absence
5) Sibling relationships
6) The influence of the socioeconomic class of the family
5.
Psychosocial factors in the school environment
1) Relationship with teachers
2) Interaction with peers
3) Academic achievement and peer relationships
6.
Psychosocial development in adolescence
1) Physical changes and body image
2) Social cognitive characteristics of adolescence
3) Self-concept and self-esteem in adolescence
4) Formation of self-identity
5) Parent-child relationships in adolescence

Chapter 7.
Motivations and emotions that make up personality
1.
personality and motivation
1) What is motivation?
2) Basic human needs
3) Diversity of needs and developmental hierarchy
4) Why individual differences in motivation appear
2.
personality and emotions
1) What is emotion?
2) Classification of emotions
3) Factors affecting emotions
4) Personality traits related to emotions

Chapter 8.
Cognition and behavior that constitute personality
1.
personality and cognition
1) Personality and cognitive structure
2) Self-concept
3) Cognitive schema and personal beliefs
4) Attribution method
2.
personality and behavior
1) The relationship between personality and behavior
2) Factors that influence behavior
3) Self-presentation theory of personality: behavior and personality presented to others

Part 3.
Major theories of personality

Chapter 9.
psychoanalytic theory
1.
Basic assumptions
2.
The structure of personality
1) Topographical Model of the Mind: The World of the Unconscious
2) Sexual drive: the driving force that moves the mind
3) Triadic theory of personality
3.
personality development
1) Oral stage
2) Anal stage
3) Penis
4) Incubation period
5) Genitals
4.
Personality and Defense Mechanisms
5.
Personality and psychopathology
6.
psychoanalytic therapy
1) Treatment principles
2) Treatment techniques
3) Treatment process
7.
Psychoanalytic theory after Freud's death

Chapter 10.
Analytical and Individual Psychology Theories
1.
analytical psychology
1) Basic assumptions
2) Personality structure
3) Personality types and development
4) Understanding and treating psychopathology
2.
Individual Psychology
1) Basic assumptions
2) Personality theory
3) Personality and birth order
4) Understanding and treating psychopathology

Chapter 11.
Behaviorist and Cognitive Theories
1.
Behaviorist theory
1) Basic assumptions
2) Classical conditioning
3) Operant conditioning
4) Social learning theory
5) Behavioral therapy
2.
Cognitivist theory
1) Kelly's personal construct theory
2) Ellis's theory of rational emotive action
3) Beck's cognitive theory

Chapter 12.
Humanistic and existentialist theories
1.
humanistic theory
1) Maslow's humanistic theory
2) Rogers' person-centered theory
2.
existentialist theory
1) Basic assumptions
2) Personality theory
3) Psychopathology theory
4) Treatment theory

Part 4.
The relationship between personality and life

Chapter 13.
Personality and interpersonal relationships
1.
The most important area of ​​life: relationships
1) Human relationships are the greatest source of happiness and unhappiness.
2) Objects of human relationships: Significant others
3) Four companions in life
2.
Interpersonal Theory of Personality
1) The Big Two of Interpersonal Relationships
2) The archetypal structure of interpersonal relationships
3.
Five personality factors and interpersonal relationships
1) Nervousness
2) Extroversion
3) Openness
4) Friendliness
5) Integrity
4.
Personality and Love in Adulthood
1) Personality and love style
2) Attachment type and romantic relationships
5.
Personality and Married Life
1) Choice of spouse
2) The influence of personality on marital relationships
3) Attribution method
6.
Love as a character strength
1) The ability to love
2) Ability to feel attachment and love
3) Ability to build intimacy
7.
Personality Disorders and Interpersonal Relationships

Chapter 14.
Personality and Professional Achievement
1.
Career and Life
1) Meaning of occupation
2) Choosing a career
2.
Personality and job satisfaction
1) Job satisfaction
2) Five personality factors and job satisfaction
3) Core self-assessment model
3.
Personality and job performance
1) Job performance
2) Five personality factors and job performance
3) Relationship between job satisfaction and job performance
4.
Immersion and professional activities
1) Immersion: A condition for job performance and job satisfaction
2) Factors that promote immersion
5.
Character strengths that contribute to career achievement
1) Persistence
2) Prudence
3) Vitality or enthusiasm
4) Creativity
5) Leadership
6.
Career and Self-Realization
1) Types of professional achievements
2) Conditions for professional achievement

Chapter 15.
Personality and Leisure, Religion, Health, and Happiness
1.
Personality and Leisure Activities
1) Leisure activities
2) Relationship between personality and leisure activities
2.
Personality and Religion or Spirituality
1) Religious life and spiritual pursuits
2) Intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity
3) Relationship between religiosity and personality traits
3.
Personality and Physical Health
1) The relationship between personality and physical illness
2) The process by which personality affects physical health
3) The relationship between personality and lifespan
4.
Personality and Mental Health
1) Diversity of mental disorders
2) Relationship between personality and mental disorder
3) The process by which personality influences mental disorders
5.
Personality and Happiness
1) Happiness as subjective well-being
2) Factors affecting happiness
3) Personality traits that affect happiness
4) Genetic influence on happiness

Part 5.
Personality changes and maturity

Chapter 16.
personality changes
1.
Does personality change?
1) Research topics on personality change
2) Evaluation criteria for personality changes
2.
Changes in the Five Personality Factors with Age
1) Does personality change in adulthood?
2) How do the five personality factors change with age?
3) Does age change people's personality score rankings?
3.
Causes of personality change
1) Possibility of personality change
2) Change through intrinsic maturity: An essentialist perspective
3) Change through social role experience: A contextualist perspective
4) Interactionist perspective
4.
Psychological process of personality change
1) Involuntary personality changes due to negative life events
2) Growth after adversity

Chapter 17.
Personality improvement and maturity
1.
personality improvement
1) Dissatisfaction with personality
2) Changes in beliefs about personality change
3) Hope and effort for personality change
4) Systematic efforts to change personality
5) How to change your personality
6) Psychotherapy for personality disorders
2.
Cultivating maturity of character and positive personality
1) Humanistic psychology and positive psychology
2) Humanistic psychology and self-actualization
3) Positive psychology and the cultivation of positive character
4) How to cultivate positive character