Learn to understand personal growth from a comparative perspective. Want to learn about how you become who you are, but not sure where to kick off that journey? This is a fantastic course for you. This course covers important factors influencing your growing up. We discuss personality and emotion, romantic and intimate relationships, as well as the interplay between culture and these factors on your personal growth journey.

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What you'll learn

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

- describe different methods to studying personal growth

- describe yourself using multiple perspectives

- explain the role of culture in defining yourself

- describe different approaches to exploring the nature of emotion

- apply different perspectives on understanding the interplay between culture and romantic love

- critically discuss the relationship between romantic love and intimate relationships

Syllabus

Module 1: Introduction to psychological adjustment

Module 2: Understanding yourself

Module 3: Exploring your emotion

Module 4: Romantic love and culture

Module 5: Intimate relationships

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Course Auditing

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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - HKUST

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Michelle YIK