New IGNOU BPC-05 Help Book Theories of Personality in English – BA Psychology Latest Edition Guide and Study Material.

Block 1 – Introduction to Personality, Types and Traits
Definition, Origins and Characteristics Features of Personality
Factors Influencing Personality
Theories of Personality (Types and Traits)
Assessment of Personality: Description and Tests of Personality

Block 2 – Psychodynamic and Humanistic Theories of Personality
Introduction to Psychodynamic Theories of Personality
Psychodynamic Theories of Personality (Freud and Erickson)
Social Psychological Theories of Personality (Alfred Adler, Eric Fromm, Karen Horney and Harry Stack Sullivan)
Humanistic Theories of Personality

Block 3 – Trait and Type Theories of Personality
Trait and Type Theories of Personality, Differences Between Trait and Type
Allport’s Trait Theory of Personality
Type A and Type B Personality Theory, Trait Theories of Personality (Carl Jung and the Myers-Briggs Test)
Eysenck’s Personality Theory and Big Five Factor Theory of Personality

Block 4 – Learning and Cognitive Theories of Personality
Classical Conditioning by Pavlov
Operant Conditioning by Skinner
Dollard and Miller Theory of Personality
Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory of Personality