PSY 230 UOP Course Material - PSY230dotcom

1. PSY 230 UOP Course Material - PSY230dotcom

2. PSY 230 UOP Course Material • PSY 230 Week 1 CheckPoint ObservationsPSY 230 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2PSY 230 Week 2 CheckPoint History of Personality PsychologyPSY 230 Week 2 Assignment Personality Theory PresentationPSY 230 Week 3 CheckPoint InteractionismPSY 230 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2PSY 230 Week 4 Checkpoint The Cluster • CheckPoint: Observations • Write a 200- to 300-word response to the following: How have you used the scientific process (unsystematic observation, building theories, and evaluating propositions) in your life to better understand your personality? Provide an example in your response. PSY 230 Entire Course (UOP) PSY 230 Week 1 CheckPoint Observations (UOP)

3. PSY 230 UOP Course Material • Discussion Questions • In your own words, describe each of the five basic dispositional traits. Then, select one of the adjective pairs listed in the table for each of the five trait categories in Table 1.2 and describe where you think your personality falls in the spectrum of each adjective pair. • Assignment: Personality Theory Presentation • As an expert in the field of personality theory, you have been asked to present at a large Psychology conference. The focus of your presentation is behaviorism and social-learning theory. • Create a 10- to 12-slide PowerPoint®presentation on behaviorism and social-learning theory. PSY 230 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (UOP) PSY 230 Week 2 Assignment Personality Theory Presentation (UOP)

4. PSY 230 UOP Course Material • CheckPoint: History of Personality Psychology • Resource:pp.24–26 ofThe Person and Appendix B • List at least five of the events or major concepts found in each of the three historic periods of personality psychology. • CheckPoint: Interactionism • Resource: Table 4.1 on p. 117 of The Person. • Observe a social gathering. • Post a 200- to 300-word response to the following: What influence does culture have on personality? Do you see a person’s reaction to something as separate from social experience or as a result of social experience? PSY 230 Week 2 CheckPoint History of Personality Psychology (UOP) PSY 230 Week 3 CheckPoint Interactionism (UOP)

5. PSY 230 UOP Course Material • Discussion Questions • Locate and complete a free personality inventory online. • What findings of this personality inventory do you feel were accurate? Which do you feel were inaccurate? Identify the Web site where you took this personality inventory and share this personality inventory link and your critique of it with the class. • Assignment: Character Evaluation • Think about a character from one of your favorite films, fictitious or biographical. • Write a 350- to 700-word paper that describes the character’s personality in terms of the five trait clusters. • Provide specific examples of how these personality characteristics affect the character’s choices. PSY 230 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (UOP) PSY 230 Week 4 Assignment Character Evaluation (UOP)

6. PSY 230 UOP Course Material • CheckPoint: The Clusters • Resource:The Person • Select three of the five clusters. • Explain, in 200 to 300 words where you think you fall within the spectrum of each. Of the five clusters, where do you think your personality fits overall? • CheckPoint: My Experience • Think about an experience, positive or negative, that has affected the course of your life. • Post a 200- to 300-word response to the following: Do you think this event changed your personality? If it has changed your personality, how has your personality been changed? PSY 230 Week 4 Checkpoint The Cluster (UOP) PSY 230 Week 5 CheckPoint My Experience (UOP)

7. PSY 230 UOP Course Material • Discussion Questions • What is the difference between absolute continuity and differential continuity? Do an individual’s experiences affect differential continuity? Provide specific examples. • How do traits change over time? How do traits stay the same from infancy through adulthood? • Assignment: Motivation Evaluation • Select a famous person in the media or in history and think about a choice the person has made. • Write a 350- to 700-word paper profiling this person and explain how each of the three views of motivation—psychoanalytic, humanistic, and diversity—may help understand his or her reasoning and choice. PSY 230 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (UOP) PSY 230 Week 6 Assignment Motivation Evaluation (UOP)

8. PSY 230 UOP Course Material • CheckPoint: Motivation Theories • Post a 200- to 300-word response to the following: With which of the motivation theories do you agree most? With which of the theories do you agree least? Explain your position. • CheckPoint: Personal Constructs • Explain the concept of personal constructs. What is a personal construct? How are personal constructs related to social perspectives? What is the relationship between personal constructs and behavior? • Compose your response in a single, 200- to 300-word post. PSY 230 Week 6 Checkpoint Motivation Theories (UOP) PSY 230 Week 7 CheckPoint Personal Constructs (UOP)

9. PSY 230 UOP Course Material • Discussion Questions • Describe how a person’s cognitive style influences learning style. How is personality influenced by inherent learning styles and learning environments? • Explain how having a negative self-schema affects one’s social interactions. • Assignment: Erikson’s Timeline • Write a 350- to 700-word paper that explains in which of Erikson’s eight stages of life you believe you are currently. • Explain why you think you are at that stage and describe that stage in your paper. PSY 230 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (UOP) PSY 230 Week 8 Assignment Erikson’s Timeline (UOP)

10. PSY 230 UOP Course Material • CheckPoint: Stages of Ego Development • Explain Jane Loevinger’s stages of ego development in 200 to 300 words. • Include manifestations that might appear during each of the stages. • Capstone Discussion Question • Post your response to the following: Integrate multiple ideas from theorists you have studied during this course to construct your own personality theory. Using the text to support your theory, address the following questions: PSY 230 Week 8 CheckPoint Stages of Ego Development (UOP) PSY 230 Week 9 Capstone Discussion Question (UOP)

11. PSY 230 UOP Course Material • Final Project: Personal Narrative • Review the Final Project Overview in Appendix A. • Review yourresponses to CheckPoints in Weeks Three and Five. • Write a 700- to 1,050-word personal narrative that addresses the following questions: • How have you seen the purpose and meaning of your life evolve over the past 5 years? PSY 230 Week 9 Final Project Personal Narrative

12. PSY 230 UOP Course Material