Week 5 Assignment

Psychology week 5 assignment

Loan Ly

Professor Hesselbein

DeVry University

06/10/14

Take a look at the material on sensation seeking on page 278 (Chapter 8). Do you consider yourself a sensation seeker? Why or why not? What are the advantages and disadvantages of your level of sensation seeking?

I am not considering that I am a sensation seeker because I will think what the result will be after I do it. The advantages are I will avoid the harsh punishment, bad decision and regret in the future. The disadvantages are I will miss out some chances to achieve that I want to do but in deeply I think that is a bad idea.

How would you rate your own achievement motivation? Why? In what ways is this an advantage to you? In what ways is it a disadvantage?

I have an average need for achievement because I believe that it is necessary to be successful to get things in our life, such as a permanent job, which could support my life and offers me one long vacation per year with my family. This is a disadvantage, because I may never have the ability to know that I may never reach my full potential. The advantage is that I will not put achievement before my family and will be able to have a life

What did you learn about yourself from reading about the trait theories of personality?

I did learn about myself that i am a introversion person because I don’t like social life and also I dislike to spend whole day long outside. For example, on my birthday, I prefer to celebrate with my close friends than with a large group of “just friends”.

What did you learn about yourself from reading the other theories of personality? (List and explain at least three things.)

After reading Adler’s inferiority complex theory, I learned that I was not comfortable doing certain things, first one being public speaking, I feel that I am not one of the best speaker out there. Secondly I feel that I am not as...