Section: 1.2 - Concept of Personality Development | Mental Health Nursing | NextGenU.org

  • Student Learning Outcomes:
    • Define personality.
    • Explain the theories of personality development and their relationship to nursing care (Freud, Sullivan, Object Relations).
    • Discuss the role of the nurse in personality development.
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    Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 1 hour and 33 minutes.

    • Required Learning Resources and Activities
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      'Personality' URL
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      Read the section “Personality” (1 min)

      American Psychological Association

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      Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective. URL
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      Read the section “ Level of Consciousness and Stages of Psychosexual Development” (12 min)

      OpenStax.

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      Theories of Personality. URL
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      Read the section“summary and Freud’s theory” ( 4 min)

      Simply Psychology.

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      Interpersonal Theory. URL
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      Read the entire page (3 min)

      Nursing Theory. Org.

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      Melanie Klein and Object Relations Theory. URL
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      Read the section “Object Relations Theory.” (2min)

      Simply Psychology. 

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      Object Relations. URL
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      Read the entire page “Object Relations” (11 min)

      Good Therapy

    • Slide Deck Presentation
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      Topic: Concept of Personality Development URL
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      Quiz: Unit 1.2

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