Psy 201 Week 7 Dq

PSY201 FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY Week 7 Discussion Questions 1 to 5

Week 7 DQ #1 Refer to Figure 2 on p. 349 of Psychology and Your Life. Evaluate the Big Five trait approaches to personality. Which personality trait best describes you and why? Week 7 DQ #2 Refer to p. 351–352 of Psychology and Your Life. What is self-efficacy? How does this affect your educational goals and career goals? What is the relationship between self-efficacy and self-esteem? Week 7 DQ #3 Review Figure 1 on p. 368 of Psychology and Your Life. Summarize two

theories of intelligence. Which type of intelligence do you think will be strength for you in your current or future career? Explain your answer.

Week 7 DQ #4 Review p. 363 of Psychology and Your Life. What are behavioral assessments? What are the benefits of behavioral assessments? What issues might arise from being labeled as the result of taking a behavioral assessment? Week 7 DQ #5 What personality type are you? Discuss some of the characteristics of your type. Do you think the assessment is accurate? Explain why or why not.

Week 7 DQ #1 Refer to Figure 2 on p. 349 of Psychology and Your Life. Evaluate the Big Five trait approaches to personality. Which personality trait best describes you and why?

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The Big Five traits are as listed:

O= Openness to Experience C=Conscientiousness

E=Extraversion A=Agreeableness N=Neuroticism (Emotional Stability)

It can also be known for the acronym spelling OCEAN. The personality trait that best describes me is Extraversion. I am very talkative to other people or sometimes myself, but I can also be quiet. My friends and family say I am fun-loving, and I can be social to people that I do not even know. I used to be Neuroticism before I started to mature more because my emotional stability was unbalanced. It would be to where I was calm, then I was anxious for doing some type of activity, I am not sure if maturing has much to do with my personality, but Extraversion seemed to...