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Knowing how people mature, draw conclusions, and motivate themselves can be invaluable to leaders. In recent years, contemporary personality psychology has advanced the practical tools available to assist in managing groups, solving problems, and achieving goals. Students interpret individual and group action in certain situations by focusing on four conceptual frameworks: (1) motivation (goals, intentions, defense mechanisms); (2) cognition (self-concept, beliefs, values, attitudes, opinions); (3) traits and temperament (biological predispositions, introversion, extraversion, energy level, character); and (4) social context (culture, class, gender, ethnicity). Case studies and examples from students’ organizations are used throughout the course.