Universidad de Jaén

Topic 1: Historical Overview of Theoretical and Empirical Contributions to the Discipline. Definition and Conceptual Delimitation of Personality and Personality Psychology.

1. Introduction.
2. Historical Background.
3. More Recent Background.
4. Differences and Similarities with Other Terms: Constitution, Temperament, and Character.
5. Personality Psychology in the 20th Century and Present.
6. Concept of Personality.
7. Elements of Personality.
8. Some Notes on the Utility of Understanding Personality.
9. Subject of Study and Delimitation of Personality Psychology Concerning Other Related Disciplines.

Topic 2: Research and Evaluation Methods in Personality Psychology.

1. The Three Traditions of Research in Personality.
2. Types of Variables Used in Personality Research.
3. Types of Data and Techniques for the Evaluation and Analysis of Personality.

Topic 3: Trait Elements of Personality.

1. Historical Contextualization and Definition of the Concept of Trait.
2. Properties of Traits.
3. Cattell's Trait Psychology.
4. Eysenck's Trait Psychology.
5. The Five-Factor Theory.
6. Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Temperament.
7. Temperament is Not Destiny: Some Current Research.
8. Conclusions: Can Behavior Be Predicted from Traits?

Topic 4: Cognitive Elements of Personality.

1. Introduction.
2. Early Cognitive Approaches.
3. Social-Cognitive Approaches.

Topic 5: Motivational Elements of Personality.

1. Introduction: Assumptions and Common Characteristics of Approaches Focused on Motivational Elements of Personality.
2. Approaches Based on Motivation as Tension Reduction.
3. Approaches Based on Motivation as Incentive or Goal.
4. Approaches Based on Motivation as Growth and Self-Actualization.
5. Conclusions: Is There a Relationship Between Traits, Cognitions, and Motives?

Topic 6: The Self.

1. Historical Introduction and Some Conceptual Delimitations: Self-Perception, Self-Consciousness, Self-Concept, Identity, and Self-Esteem.
2. Theoretical and Research Approaches in the Study of the Self.
3. One or Multiple Selves? Consequences for Individual Well-Being and Implications for Clinical Psychology.

Topic 7: The Unconscious.

1. Brief History, Concept, and Phenomena of the Unconscious.
2. The Dynamic Unconscious: Characteristics and Research.
3. The Cognitive Unconscious: Characteristics and Research.
4. The Emotional Unconscious: Characteristics and Research.

Topic 8: Personality and Health.

1. Study of the Relationship Between Personality, Stress, and Health.
2. Personality Constructs and Research Areas in the Personality/Health Relationship.
3. Optimism, Health, and Performance: Main Research Areas.
4. Personality in the Study of Psychopathology.
5. Applications of Personality Psychology for Clinical Assessment and Psychotherapy.
6. Conclusions: Importance of Personality in the Health/Disease Dichotomy.

• Lecture Sessions in Large Groups (Interactive Lectures): These sessions involve the presentation of the theoretical content of the course in an interactive manner. An active methodology will be used to encourage participation, demand information, and foster reflections on the material being explained. This approach aims to engage students more deeply with the content, promoting a better understanding through discussion and active involvement in the learning process.

• Practical Activities: These activities include a variety of tasks designed to reinforce and apply the theoretical knowledge gained in lectures. They encompass readings, activities on the PLATEA platform, debates, role-playings, group works, solving exercises, presentations, seminars in english and other similar tasks. These practical activities aim to provide hands-on experience, facilitate collaborative learning, and enhance critical thinking skills. By engaging in these tasks, students will be able to apply theoretical concepts to real-world scenarios, deepen their understanding, and develop important skills for their future professional practice.

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

The detailed evaluation of the different sections is as follows:

1) S1 (attendance and participation: 10% of the final grade). Attendance and participation in class will be recorded through tracking sheets by the faculty. These activities aim to evaluate Learning Outcomes R09 and R12.

2) S2 (theoretical concepts of the subject: 65% of the final grade). Mastery of the theoretical subject matter will be evaluated through objective tests that will include multiple-choice questions and/or short and long-form questions. This activity aims to evaluate Learning Outcomes R07, R13, and R016.

3) S3 (completion of cases, assignments, and exercises: 25% of the final grade). Assignments, cases, or exercises on the practical aspects of the subject will be completed and submitted. These activities aim to evaluate Learning Outcomes R08, R09, R12, and R17.

Voluntary participation in empirical studies managed by the course faculty will be compensated with a maximum extra bonus of 0.5 (depending on the study), which will be added to the obtained grade. Students who do not wish to participate in these studies can earn this bonus by taking an exam and/or summarizing a book or scientific articles on the subject, selected by the faculty. This bonus cannot be used to pass the course. It will be added to the obtained grade only if it is equal to or greater than 5.

Ordinary Call 1: The student must adhere to (S1, S2, S3) and pass the different described activities (S2, S3) to pass the course. To count the S1 section, it is necessary to achieve at least 80% of the maximum corresponding score, and sections S2 and S3 must be passed separately before adding the three scores together. The minimum required score to pass each of these sections (S2, S3) is half of the maximum possible score for each of them. Therefore, the student who has completed and passed them will only have to take the theoretical content exam.

The scores obtained in the practical activities (S3) from the previous academic year will be maintained, provided they are passed and the faculty considers that these activities are similar in content and student work to those planned for the current academic year. The score corresponding to S1 will not be maintained from other years and can only be obtained through attendance and participation.

Extraordinary Calls 1 and 2: The scores obtained in activities S1 and/or S3 in the current academic year and S3 in the previous year will be maintained (provided they are passed and the faculty considers that these activities are similar in content and student work to those planned for the current academic year). Therefore, the student who has completed and passed them will only have to take the theoretical content exam. Students who have not completed activities S1 and/or S3 or passed S3 can obtain the maximum score by taking the exam, which will include questions and scenarios to achieve this.

In the event that teaching is required to be delivered in a hybrid format, the teaching methodology will be as follows:

The evaluation in the hybrid mode maintains the weightings and conditions of the in-person mode. The details are expressed in the following tables:

Ordinary Call 1 and Extraordinary Call 1 and 2 (if practical activities are completed and passed).

Extraordinary Call 1 and 2 (if practical activities are not completed or passed). 

RESOURCES

The resources used in the non-in-person scenario will primarily be the course platform (accessible via the teaching web PLATEA; https://platea.ujaen.es) and tools that facilitate virtual teaching such as GMeet, as well as other resources available at the University of Jaén (e.g., electronic bibliographic resources).

In the multimodal and/or non-in-person scenario, when appropriate, the teaching staff involved in delivering the course reserves the right not to consent to the capture, publication, retransmission, or reproduction of their speech, image, voice, and lecture explanations, in the exercise of their teaching duties, within the scope of the University of Jaén.

In the event that in-person activities are once again suspended and teaching must adapt, the activities described in this guide will remain unchanged except for in-person classes in small groups, which would be conducted online.

The evaluation will be carried out in the same manner as outlined in this guide for the in-person mode.

The evaluation in the hybrid mode maintains the weightings and conditions of the in-person mode. The details are expressed in the following tables:

Ordinary Call 1 and Extraordinary Call 1 and 2 (if practical activities are completed and passed).

Extraordinary Call 1 and 2 (if practical activities are not completed or passed).

RESOURCES

The resources used in the non-in-person scenario will primarily be the course platform (accessible via the teaching web PLATEA; https://platea.ujaen.es) and tools that facilitate virtual teaching such as GMeet, as well as other resources available at the University of Jaén (e.g., electronic bibliographic resources).

In the multimodal and/or non-in-person scenario, when appropriate, the teaching staff involved in delivering the course reserves the right not to consent to the capture, publication, retransmission, or reproduction of their speech, image, voice, and lecture explanations, in the exercise of their teaching duties, within the scope of the University of Jaén.

Institution in charge of data processing: Universidad de Jaén, Campus Las Lagunillas, s/n, 23071 Jaén

Data Protection Delegate: dpo@ujaen.es

Purpose: In accordance with the Universities Law and other national and regional regulations in force, carrying out exams and assessment tests corresponding to the courses students are registered in. In order to avoid frauds while sitting the exam, the exam will be answered using a videoconference system, being able the academic staff of the University of Jaén to compare and contrast the image of the person who is answering the exam with the student's photographic files. Likewise, in order to provide the exam with evidential content for revisions or claims, in accordance with current regulation frameworks, the exam will be recorded and stored.

Legitimacy: compliance with legal obligations (Universities Law) and other national and regional regulations currently in force.

Addressees: service providers who are the owners of the platforms where the exams are carried out and with whom the University of Jaén has signed the corresponding data access contracts.

Storage periods: those established in current in force regulations. In the specific case of exam videoconference recordings, not before the examination records and transcripts are closed or the exam can still be reviewed or challenged.

Rights: you can exercise your right of access, amendment, cancellation, opposition, suppression, limitation and portability by sending a letter to the postal or electronic address indicated above. In the event that you consider that your rights have been violated, you may submit a complaint to the Andalusian Council for Transparency and Data Protection www.ctpdandalucia.es

Person in charge: Universidad de Jaén, Paraje Las Lagunillas, s/n; Tel.953 212121; www.ujaen.es

Data protection delegate (DPO): TELEFÓNICA, S.A.U. ; Email: dpo@ujaen.es

Procedure aim: To manage proper recordings of teaching sessions with the aim of facilitating learning process under a multimodal and/or online teaching

Period for record storage: Images will be kept during legal term according to regulations in force

Legitimacy: Data will be managed according to legal regulations (Organic Law 6/2001, December 21, on Universities) and given consent provided by selecting corresponding box in legal admission documents

Data recipients (transfers or assignments): Any person allowed to get access to every teaching modality

Rights: You may exercise your rights of access, rectification, cancellation, portability, limitation of processing, deletion or, where appropriate, opposition. To exercise these rights, you must submit a written request to the Information, Registration and Electronic Administration Service of the University of Jaen at the address above, or by e-mail to the address above. You must specify which of these rights you are requesting to be satisfied and, at the same time, you must attach a photocopy of your ID card or equivalent identification document. In case you act through a representative, legal or voluntary, you must also provide a document that proves this representation and identification. Likewise, if you consider that your right to personal data protection has been violated, you may file a complaint with the Andalusian Data Protection and Transparency Council www.ctpdandalucia.es