• To present a clear and concise picture of the major features of each theory
• To focus on significant ideas and themes that structure the content of the theories
• To provide criteria to guide the evaluation of each theory
• To present activities, informed by the tenets of each theory, that will stimulate critical thinking

Introduction to evaluating personality theories

• What is personality?
  
• What is a theory?
• The role of personality theory in psychology
• The evaluation of personality theory
• Philosophical assumptions
• Scientific statement
• The art of personality theory
• The challenge of evaluation

Psychoanalysis

• The origins of psychoanalysis
  
• The dynamics and development of personality
• The structure of personality
• The egos defense mechanisms
• Psychoanalysis

The Neopsychoanalysis

• Discover the nature and structure of your personality
  
• Self-realization
• Assess yourself
• Analytical Psychology and its effects on your personality
• Interpsychic theories
• Psychoanalysis social psychology

How to make the best of the new Psychoanalytic trends

• Ego Analytic Psychology
  
• Human relations
• Cultural diversity

Experimental Analysis Behavior

• Personal experiences
  

Social Learning theories

• Personal experiences
  

Dispositional and Biological theories

• How can these theories affect your personality
  
• Traits and personality

Factor analytic, genetic and evolution

• The big five personality
  
• Genetics and evolutionary developments
• Personal experiences

Biological Traits

• How does biological traits effect your personality?
  
• Constructing a model of personality
• The identification of superfactors
• Applications
• Psychotherapy

Humanistic and Existential Theories

• Positive psychology
  
• Transpersonal psychology
• Personal experiences
• Existential Psychoanalysis
• The existential attitude
• Rediscover yourself
• The goals of integration
• Psychotherapy
• Assessment for the self
• Personal experiences

Personal Constructs

• The personal as scientist
  
• Constructive alternativist
• Fundamental postulate
• The reconstruction of the self
• Assessment and research

Cognitive-behavioral

• Mindfulness
  

A non-western Buddhism

• The introduction of Zen
  
• The origins of Zen
• The teachings of Zen
• The Practice of Zen
• Five approaches to Zen Practice
• Enlighten