2130, B, A Personality Psychology “Know Thyself” Professor Ian McGregor

Course Philosophy Less is more—textbook prize Integration of mere information—make meaning Experiential participation (research studies) Understand self, family, society Inspire curiosity about the human condition Inspire consideration of research careers

Course and Quiz Organization 1. Greeks and Psychoanalytic Theory 2. Add scientific Methods 3. Add Goal Regulation foundation 4. Mix with Neoanalytic Theory 5. Understand self, parenting, culture, politics, maybe even religion

How to do Well 1. Attend lectures (beware of laptops) 2. Do readings, think, and elaborate 3. Review notes, think, and elaborate 4. Make meaning, query TA if needed 5. Do SONA research participation early: htm htm 6. Read syllabus:

Historical Context Renaissance 14 th -17 th century after crusades Copernicus’ “First Threat” Luther, 1517 Protestant Reformation Galileo: Newton, Gravitation Casanova, “Sleepy” Sex 18 th Century, Voltaire and Rousseau: Enlightenment and Romanticism Mesmer 1770s in Vienna, Animal Magnetism

19 th Century “Nightmare,” Fuseli, 1782 Darwin’s 1859, Origin of the Species Second Insult to Dignity Victorian England Charcot, , Neurology and Hysteria From Mesmer to Hypnosis Helmholtz, Conservation of Energy 1850s industrial revolution with steam (and anomie)

Converging Historical Factors 1. Empirical science as authority 2. Lost authority of church—crisis of meaning—societal conflict and anxiety  neurosis 3. Human nature not transcendent, but temporal, subject to natural laws 4. Interest in unconscious factors 5. Animal, sexual motives

First Major Scientific Advance Since Greeks: Personality Processes and Individual Differences