This article reviews Holland's theory and describes how it can be used to recruit prospective students. Two fictitious case studies illustrate how postsecondary admissions departments can use this theory to improve their recruitment results. It will also explain how the theory can help admissions counselors sell benefits of the institution;…

A method is described for incorporating student papers based on published biographies or autobiographies into an upper-division undergraduate personality theory course. Students are required to submit a term paper analyzing their selected target person, using concepts from a variety of theories presented in the course. (Author/RM)

Describes how the author uses the well-known 1965 film series THREE APPROACHES TO PSYCHOTHERAPY as a case study for interpreting the filmed client's personality from various theoretical perspectives. Explains how assignments were organized around the films and discusses how students benefited from the exercise. (Author/GEA)

This document discusses person perception or social cognition, as it affects relationships between people and nations. An important part of living together in harmony is for people to be able to perceive each other accurately, for individuals to understand one another's values, customs, goals, and resources. The need for accurate and sympathetic…

Describes a series of writing assignments in which entry level graduate students in a personality theory class wrote four short papers interpreting the personality of a character from a children's story or comic strip. Explains that each paper utilized a different theoretical orientation: psychoanalytic, dispositional, phenomenological, and…

Students in institutions of higher education are becoming more "consumer oriented" than ever before. As a result, the turnover rate is increasing-students are leaving universities almost as fast as new students are enrolled. This is both costly and inefficient. Major efforts are underway in all areas of traditional for-profit institutions to…

To make psychology course content more relevant to college students, popular television presentations can be used to illustrate psychological concepts. Students in a theories of personality course wrote brief essays explaining the behavior of their favorite TV characters. (RM)

Describes a technique for teaching personality theories to undergraduate psychology students where they view segments from films and use the Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB) to explore interactional behavior. Presents results from a study where SASB was used in an introductory psychology course. (CMK)

Describes journal writing as a way to actively engage students in learning about personality theories. Evaluates whether journals increased student learning by comparing test grades from two classes: one with assigned journals, the other without. Reports on students' responses on a questionnaire addressing journal writing. Discusses the findings…

Cognitive style has a great potential in individualizing instruction. This approach to learning presents opportunities to academic advisers, educators, and student personnel specialists. Cognitive style, Jung's theory of types, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and field dependency and field independency are discussed. (MLW)

An innovative teaching method used in a theories of personality class at Eastern New Mexico University is described. The objectives of this method were to foster growth in creativity among students by involving them in creative activities or experiential sessions and to test for improvement in student creativity scores. The following procedure was…