Assignment: Personalities Theory Activity-Psy 210 App C

Assignment: Personalities Theory Activity

• Complete Appendix C. Make sure to match every letter, A through N, to one of the personality theories.

• Choose two or three of the personality theories discussed in Ch. 2 of Psychology and the Challenges of Life.

• Write a 350- to 700-word response comparing and contrasting the theories you have chosen.

• Post your response (including answers to Appendix C) as an attachment by day 7 (Sunday)

_J,F_Psychodynamic Theory _B,K,D_Trait Theory

_L,N,I_Learning Theory _G,A,C_Sociocultural

_M,E,H_Humanistic Theory

A. Individualism versus collectivism

B. Popular theorist Eysenck initiated the five factor model

C. The healthy personality is found in balancing the social self with the individual self

D. Genetics determine the traits for a healthy personality, but how these traits are expressed are influenced by learning experiences, development of the skills, and the ability to choose our own actions.

E. Popular theorists include Maslow and Rogers’

F. Popular theorists include Freud, Jung and Erikson

G. Social and cultural factors such as ethnicity, gender, culture, discrimination, and socioeconomic status influence one’s sense of self and his or her adjustment to society.

H. Taken from the European philosophy of Existentialism

I. Focus on the individual’s capacity to build knowledge and adapt to the environments around them. Includes behaviorism and social-cognitive

J. Personality is characterized by a struggle between different elements within an individual’s personality. Behavior, thoughts, and emotions are the result of this inner struggle.

K. Consists of five major personality factors which are reasonably stable elements of the personality. These factors include extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience.

L. Popular theorists include Pavlov and Skinner.

M. Idea of the healthy personality is the ability to love and work....