Title: Lesson Eight: Personality
Course: EPS 201: PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING (B)

Purpose of the topic/week/section:

The purpose of this topic is to equip you  with knowledge that will help you understand  personality differences that exist among learners.This  will give you insights on how to deal with  your learners’ individual differences.

Intended learning outcomes

At the end of this topic, you will be able to:

1. Create a definition of  personality from the different theoretical perspectives.
2. Analyze the determinants of personality.
3. Explain factors contributing to personality adjustment and maladjustment.

Over to you:

Among the many important concepts that we need to be conversant with and which  will  benefit  us in the course of discharging our duty as teachers, is personality and its role in  every student’s school life. The study of personality will help us understand individual differences that dominate at any one time in a classroom, determinants of personality and causes of personality adjustment and maladjustment.  Such knowledge is beneficial in  classroom management and behaviour modification processes.