The goal of this course is to evaluate contemporary solutions to important problems in personality psychology, with special attention to historical context and anticipated future directions. The course provides an understanding of what problems personality psychologists are working on, an evaluation of how far personality researchers have gone, and speculation about what will be next. Extra special attention will be paid to the density distribution model.
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Fleeson, W. & Leicht, C. (2005). On delineating and integrating the study of variability and stability in personality psychology: Interpersonal trust as an illusion.
Fleeson, W., & Wilt, J. (2010). The relevance of big-five trait content in behavior to subjective authenticity: Do high levels of within-person behavioral variability undermine or enable authenticity achievement? Journal of Personality, 78, 1353-1382.
Donnellan, M. B. Lucas, R. E., & Fleeson, W. (2009). Personality and Assessment at age 40: Reflections on the past person-situation debate and emerging directions of future person- situation integration – Personality and Assessment at age 40. [Special Issue]. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 117-290.