Spring 2027

Psychology of Personality

Psychology of Personality covers the organization and development of personality, examining various theories, ideologies, and origins. It compares approaches to personality development, assessment, and research methods.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

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Past student reviews · Madeline Pflum, Stephanie Carpenter

Pflum’s class included midterms, a final, and reports, while Carpenter’s class included midterms and a paper.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Define personality as it relates to the field of Psychology.

  • Examine and summarize different theories, ideologies, and origins of different views of personality.

  • Compare and contrast the variety of approaches to understanding personality development, assessment, and research methods.

  • Examine the implications of personality research on our broader society as well as cross-culturally.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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PSYCH 202

PSYCH 403 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MADELINE PFLUM is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

STEPHANIE CARPENTER is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Madeline Pflum, Stephanie Carpenter

Past sections were test-heavy, with Pflum’s exams going beyond class material and Carpenter’s tests described as specific but doable with studying.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.19 GPA, 58.1% A/AB (n=217 letter grades); Spring 2024: 2.77 GPA, 30.5% A/AB (n=233 letter grades); Spring 2025: 2.84 GPA, 34.4% A/AB (n=311 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Madeline Pflum, Stephanie Carpenter

Pflum’s class included midterms, a final, and reports, while Carpenter’s class included midterms and a paper.

Past student reviews · Stephanie Carpenter, Madeline Pflum

Carpenter provided study guides, but Pflum’s study guides did not cover everything on the exam.

Topics

  • Organization and development of personality.
  • Theories, ideologies, and origins of personality views.
  • Approaches to personality development, assessment, and research methods.
  • Societal and cross-cultural implications of personality research.

Skills

  • Defining personality within the field of Psychology.
  • Examining and summarizing personality theories, ideologies, and their origins.
  • Comparing and contrasting approaches to personality development, assessment, and research methods.
  • Examining the societal and cross-cultural implications of personality research.

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About this comparison

1286 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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PSYCH 403 · Spring 2027

Psychology of Personality

Recorded 2026-10-14
Raw records 
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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