PYC2601

Personality Theories
Only Study Guide for PYC2601




Dr. Val Rapmund
Prof. Cora Moore
Miss Patricia Oosthuizen
Dr. Teria Shantall
Prof. Alta van Dyk
Prof. Henning Viljoen




Department of Psychology
University of South Africa, Pretoria

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Contents
Contents


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ORIENTATION Ð Prof. Cora Moore v




PART 1



INTRODUCTION




CHA`PTER 1: Personology and historical overview of psychological thinking Ð

Prof. Cora Moore 3




PART 2



DEPTH PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES




CHAPTER 2: The psychoanalytical theory of Sigmund Freud Ð Prof. Alta van Dyk 29




PART 3



BEHAVIOURAL AND LEARNING THEORY APPROACHES




CHAPTER 3: The social cognitive learning approach Ð Dr. Val Rapmund 73




PART 4



PERSON-ORIENTED APPROACHES




CHAPTER 4: The self-actualisation theory of Abraham Maslow Ð Prof. Cora

Moore and Dr. Teria Shantall 119




CHAPTER 5: The self concept theory of Carl Rogers Ð Prof. Cora Moore and

Miss Patricia Oosthuizen 149




CHAPTER 6: The existential theory of Viktor Frankl Ð Prof. Alta van Dyk and

Dr. Teria Shantall 183




PART 5



ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES




CHAPTER 7: African perspectives Ð Prof. Henning Viljoen and Miss Patricia

Oosthuizen 217




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