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PSY 4310 Summer 2020 (Lifton)
Personality (PSY 2215)
Northeastern University
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Course Information Course Title: Personality Course Number: PSY 4310 CRN 20082 Term and Year: Summer 2020 (15-week term; May - August) Credit Hour: 3 hours Course Format: on-line (virtual) Location: NU Online Login nuonline.neu Meeting Days/Times: N/A (Online) Course Prerequisite: PSY 1100 Fundamentals of Psychology – OR - by permission (send email to David Cichocki) mailto:d@northeastern?subject=PSY 4310 Summer 2020 Permission to Enroll
Instructor Information Dr. Peter Lifton is a retired senior US government psychologist and a senior lecturer with the Northeastern University College of Professional Studies. He consults with businesses on issues related to personnel selection.
Second Point of Contact In the event that some concern about the course arises and is not addressed by the instructor, please contact: Dr. Kristen Lee, k@northeastern
Office Hours: None. (Please see section below on communicating with instructor.)
Technical Requirements Courses are available on Northeastern University’s Blackboard at the following link: northeastern.blackboard. Technical support can be reached at 617-373-4357 (xHELP) or help@northeastern. Be sure to consult the Support and Services tab in Blackboard for technical requirements and support resources.
Each student is responsible for his or her access to the Internet for purposes of this course and for course-related research. Internet access is a required component of this course and will not be accepted as a reason for missed work. If you know that you will be traveling, then please plan accordingly.
Communicating with Instructor and Classmates Students can contact the instructor via email at p@northeastern. Please include your name and course title. The instructor checks his emails throughout the day and evening (including weekends) between 9:00 a. and 9:00 p. Typically, you receive a response within 4 to 6 hours, usually less.
Students are required to check their NU email account frequently or to forward automatically their NU emails to an account they check regularly.
Students communicate with their instructor via their discussion board posts on NU Online and their @husky.neu email account. Students communicate with their classmates primarily via their discussion board posts on NU Online although some communications occur via @husky.neu emails.
Students are encouraged to post administrative questions related to the course using the NU Online “Ask the Instructor” discussion boards. Your posts and your instructor’s responses then are available to benefit all students.
Course Description (from CPS Website) Focuses on behavioral, dynamic, and constitutional determinants and includes concepts such as environmental and genetic contributions, assessment of personality, research, and a survey of major personality theories.
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) & Course Outcomes The course offers students the opportunity to critically analyze various and, at times, contradictory perspectives on normal human personality and behavior. Students are expected to understand the effectiveness and utility of each perspective for assessing the personalities and behaviors of people in real-world situations. Special topics examined include sex differences, moral development, and the psychology of espionage. Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to critically evaluate and:
- Explain the core concepts, perspectives and trends in personality;
- Identify key influences on personality across the lifespan;
- Discuss physical, cognitive, language, emotional, and social facets of personality;
- Describe theoretical and research-based perspectives on normal personality;
- Discuss methodologies for assessing and predicting real world behavior;
- Identify the properties, merits, and limitations of various psychometric measures;
- Discuss the role of psychologists in non-clinical and non-traditional work settings;
- Apply theories of human personality toward professional and personal development.
Broader Program Objectives
- Specialized Knowledge Develop increased literacy with core concepts, perspectives, findings and trends in psychology.
Each week, you are expected to: 1. Review the week’s learning objectives. 2. Complete all assigned readings. 3. Read and understand the weekly online lecture material. 4. Complete textbook and lecture-related material for the week. 5. Participate in the Discussion Boards and other (mini-paper) on-line assignments. 6. Complete and submit all tests and other assignments by their due dates.
Students should expect to spend on average between 8-12 hours per week reading and studying lecture, textbook, and other material; participating in online discussions; and taking exams. As a general rule, a typical week progresses as follows:
Reading Textbook & Online Material 4-5 hours Online Participation & Discussion Boards 2-4 hours Studying for Exams 2-3 hours
Attendance Policy
Students are required to access the online course material on a regular basis (typically several times per week) and submit all assignments by their due dates. Students are expected to balance their regular personal, familial, professional, and academic schedules in keeping with the flexibility offered by on- line courses. In the event of extraordinary, legitimate, and unavoidable circumstances, students may be excused for their absence from the course or their late assignment submissions. Such circumstances are subject to verification and include: significant personal illness; urgent family matters; religious requirements; and other emergencies such as natural disasters. As soon as possible, students must contact the instructor by e-mail to request an excused absence or explain late assignment submissions, preferably before the assignment due date(s). Instructors assess such requests on a case-by-case basis. Extensions are granted solely at the discretion of instructors, consistent with NU academic policies, as well as the course late and missed submission policy described elsewhere in the syllabus.
Submission of Work All discussion boards and written assignments are completed using the Northeastern University CPS Online Campus website (formerly CPS Blackboard). To facilitate interactions, students are expected to review the online postings on a regular basis even after they have posted their own minimum required postings. Please treat your classmates and the instructors with the utmost respect. Inappropriate posts are removed immediately.
The instructor reserves the right to penalize students for repeated violations of the participation policy (and/or Academic Integrity Policy) within a course. In the discussion board and in class, high quality contributions advance the class discussions and do not simply summarize the material that was assigned. Quality contributions take into account not only the instructor’s questions but also your classmates’ contributions. Please be mindful that the Discussion Board is a space for academic
exchanges. As a result, students are accountable for using proper and exacting punctuation, spelling, and grammar. In addition, you are required to reference all sources of information in correct (APA or MLA style) citation format. It is crucial that all participants maintain a high regard for proper decorum in the Discussion Board.
Grading/Evaluation Standards and Performance Expectations:
Completion of Discussion Boards & Mini-Papers Students are expected to participate in and complete weekly discussion board topics, which are posted no later than early Monday morning at the start of each week. Each week:
No later than midnight on Thursday (for “regular” and “extra credit” discussion boards) or Friday (for “mini-paper” assignments), students must post either a 300-400 word response or a 600-800 word response to a topic posted by the instructor. Ten discussion board topics require the former length and three “mini-paper” topics require the latter length. The responses must include at a minimum course material to support the student’s own analysis and discussion of the topic. Students are encouraged to use their own professional and personal experiences to further support their own analysis and discussion. Note: Per the NU policy on academic honesty and integrity (see below) students must include citation(s) for any course or outside- of-course material used in their responses, using APA-style reference formats (80 points).
No later than Sunday at midnight, students must post at least two 150 word responses to their classmates (10 points per response / 20 points total). Note: Students often post responses to their classmates throughout the week to generate an on-going “virtual” in-class discussion.
Note: The PSY 4310 weekly schedule runs Monday to Sunday. Your other CPS courses may run Sunday to Saturday. Federal and state holidays do not change the schedule for completion of that week’s discussion boards.
The course includes eleven required weekly writing assignments and two optional extra credit writing assignments, worth up to 60% in total toward your course grade.
o Eight (8) “regular” DB assignments each worth up to 4% of your course grade (32% in total); o Three (3) “mini-paper” assignments each worth up to 8% of your course grade (24% in total); o Two (2) “extra credit” DB assignments each worth up to 2% of your course grade (4% in total).
Assignments are graded weekly using a rubric available to students via the “My Grades” course folder. Weekly grades also can be viewed via the same folder. Students receive individualized feedback from the instructor to each of their initial responses only if submitted by the weekly due date. (For late submissions, students receive grades only, including late penalties.) Students also receive additional feedback via the weekly grading rubric accessible in My Grades and then selecting the View Rubric and/or View Feedback icons. Students are encouraged to access this additional feedback each week, and adjust their future assignment submissions accordingly, as needed.
Completion of PSY 4310 Course
The following grade curve will be used to assign letter grades for the course: A: 90-100; B: 80-89; C: 70-79; D: 60-69; F: 0-59. Plusses and minuses will be used within each letter grade category based on a 3-point spread.
Students are required to complete all assignments as scheduled or to provide written documentation of a medical, personal, or familial problem that is deemed acceptable by your instructor for any missed assignments. Issues involving missed assignments (and any subsequent point penalties) are discussed privately on a case-by-case basis between the student and the instructor. Assignment extensions require an extraordinary, unforeseen reason. Also, per CPS policy, there are no grades of incomplete except under extreme circumstances and solely at the discretion of the instructor and the Dean, NU College of Professional Studies. (See the above Policy on Late and Missed Submissions section of syllabus.)
Students who require accommodations for the course need to register and work with the NU Disability Resource Center. (See below for more information.)
Students are referred to the CPS Students Handbook at cps.neu/student- services/student-handbook for a full discussion of expectations for CPS students.
Grade Breakdown:
Title Description Grade
1 Required “Regular” Discussion Boards
Eight (8) required responses (4% each) 32% in total
2 Required “Mini- Paper” Assignments
Three (3) required responses (8% each) 24% in total
2 Extra Credit Discussion Boards
Two (2) optional responses (2% each) 4% in total
3 Exam #1 Required exam for weeks 1-7 22%
4 Exam #2 Required exam for weeks 8-15 + cumulative knowledge 22%
TOTAL Required assignments + extra credit assignments 100% + 4%
Course Schedule Week/Dates Topic Reading Due Dates Assignments
#1 (5/4 – 5/10) Studying the Person Chapter 1 See Blackboard Course Material Weekly Folders
DB #1 (Regular)
#2 (5/11 – 5/17) Research Methods Chapter 2 “ DB #2 (Regular)
#3 (5/18 – 5/24) Personality Assessment Chapter 3 “ DB #3 (Regular)
#4 (5/25 – 5/31) Personality Assessment (con’t)
Chapter 3 (con’t)
“ DB #4 (Mini-Paper)
#5 (6/1 – 6/7) Personality Traits Chapter 4 “ DB #5 (Regular)
#6 (6/8 – 6/14) Using Traits to Understand Behaviors
Chapter 6 “ DB #6 (Regular)
#7 (6/15 – 6/21) (No new material) Exam #
#8 (6/22 – 6/28) Psychoanalysis Chapter 10 “ DB #7 (Regular)
#9 (6/29 – 7/5) Psychoanalysis (con’t) Chapter 11 “ DB #8 (Mini-Paper)
#10 (7/6 – 7/12) Cultural Differences Chapter 13 “ DB #9 (Extra Credit)
#11 (7/13 – 7/19) Behaviorism & Social Learning
Chapter 14 “ DB #10 (Regular)
#12 (7/20 – 7/26) Personality Disorders Chapter 17 “ DB #11 (Regular)
#13 (7/27 -8/2) Personality Disorders (con’t)
Chapter 17 (con’t)
“ DB #12 (Mini-Paper)
#14 (8/3 – 8/9) Psychology of Espionage TBA “ DB #13 (Extra Credit)
#15 (8/10 – 8/15) (No new material) Exam #
Note: The instructor reserves the right to adjust the syllabus and course schedule, as needed.
End-of-Course Evaluation Surveys Your feedback regarding your educational experience in this class is very important to the College of Professional Studies. Your comments will make a difference in the future planning and presentation of our curriculum.
At the end of this course, please complete the evaluation survey at neu.evaluationkit. Your survey responses are completely anonymous and confidential. Surveys will be open for two weeks at the end of the term. An email will be sent to your HuskyMail account notifying you when surveys are available.
Student Accommodations Northeastern University and the Disability Resource Center (DRC) are committed to providing disability services that enable students who qualify under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) to participate fully in the activities of the
University community work to cultivate an inclusive environment that denounces discrimination through innovation, collaboration and an awareness of global perspectives on social justice.
Please visit northeastern/oidi/ for complete information on Diversity and Inclusion
TITLE IX
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Northeaster’s Title IX Policy prohibits Prohibited Offenses, which are defined as sexual harassment, sexual assault, relationship or domestic violence, and stalking. The Title IX Policy applies to the entire community, including male, female, transgender students, faculty and staff.
If you or someone you know has been a survivor of a Prohibited Offense, confidential support and guidance can be found through University Health and Counseling Services staff (northeastern/uhcs/) and the Center for Spiritual Dialogue and Service clergy members (northeastern/spirituallife/). By law, those employees are not required to report allegations of sex or gender-based discrimination to the University.
Alleged violations can be reported non-confidentially to the Title IX Coordinator within The Office for Gender Equity and Compliance at: titleix@northeastern and/or through NUPD (Emergency 617.373; Non-Emergency 617.373). Reporting Prohibited Offenses to NUPD does NOT commit the victim/affected party to future legal action.
Faculty members are considered “responsible employees” at Northeastern University, meaning they are required to report all allegations of sex or gender-based discrimination to the Title IX Coordinator.
In case of an emergency, please call 911.
Please visit northeastern/titleix for a complete list of reporting options and resources both on- and off-campus.
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For more information, visit library.northeastern/.
Tutoring Services Tutoring can benefit skilled professionals and beginning students alike. NU offers many opportunities for you to enhance your academic work and professional skills through free one-on-one academic support on and off campus. Tutoring is available in multiple subject areas. Students are encouraged to contact the NU Writing Center, as needed.
For more information, visit cps.neu/student-resources/tutoring-services.php.
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PSY 4310 Summer 2020 (Lifton)
Course: Personality (PSY 2215)
University: Northeastern University
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