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Explain two ways to conduct research and experiments explain why it is important to have informed consent and to be ethical. Why is it important to have boundaries and confidentiality in our field when working with children and adults?
To better understand personality, trait theorists attempt to analyze, classify, and interrelate traits. After reading Chapter 11, consider your personality traits.
1. List six traits that best describe your personality.
2. Decide and explain which system of traits seems to best match your list, Allport’s, Cattell’s, or the Big Five?
3. Choose a prominent trait from your list.
1. Does its expression seem to be influenced by specific situations?
2. Do you think that heredity contributed to the trait?
What is personality?
How can we assess personality?
Describe your personality.
According to the American Psychological Association (n.d.) web page Personality (Links to an external site.),
Personality refers to individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. The study of personality focuses on two broad areas: One is understanding individual differences in particular personality characteristics, such as sociability or irritability. The other is understanding how the various parts of a person come together as a whole. (para. 1)
This first assignment is meant to provide a baseline of your thinking about personality that you can compare and contrast to the theories we will be studying. In this initial paper, address the following items:
Explain your view of the impact of genetics and environment on the development of personality.
Discuss how understanding personality theory can help you to be successful in your career.
Describe the four tools used for assessing personality
watch: https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/behavior/theories-personality/v/biological-theory