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Fitch, Trey; Marshall, Jennifer – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this study was to apply psychobiography to the lives of Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice. Psychobiography can be applied as a method of teaching personality theory and it can also be used as a research method. Most political personas are crafted through 20 second sound bites from the radio, Internet, and television. However, a…
Descriptors: Personality, Personality Theories, Current Events, Research Methodology
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Mayer, John D. – American Psychologist, 2005
Personality psychology studies how psychological systems work together. Consequently, the field can act as a unifying resource for the broader discipline of psychology. Yet personality's current fieldwide organization promotes a fragmented view of the person, seen through such competing theories as the psychodynamic, trait, and humanistic. There…
Descriptors: Personality, Psychology, Personality Development, Psychotherapy
Greenberg, Barry; Fain, Stephen – 1981
The Character Education Program which was implemented in 52 elementary schools in 1979-80 in the Dade County public school system is evaluated. Objectives of the evaluation were: (1) to determine how much the character-building materials were used and how the teachers valued the materials; (2) to determine attitudes of students toward the use and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Elementary Education, Measurement Techniques