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Week Six: Human Motivation | | | |Details |Due |Points | |Objectives | | | | | |Compare and contrast the psychoanalytic, humanistic, and diversity views of human motivation.
| | |CheckPoint |Post a 200- to 300-word response to the following: With which of the motivation theories do | |30 | |Motivation Theories |you agree most? With which of the theories do you agree least? Explain your position. | | | |Individual |Select a famous person in the media or in history and think about a choice the person has | |100 | |Motivation Evaluation |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. | | | | | | | | |Include a summary of the concepts and terms from Henry Murray’s theory of needs. | | | | | | | | | |Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. | | |Week Seven: Social-Cognitive Theory | | |Details |Due |Points | |Objectives | | | | | |Describe how cognitive styles influence personality.
| | | | |Examine the major components of social-cognitive theory. | | | |Analyze George Kelly’s theory of personal constructs. | | | |Readings |Read Appendix A. | | | | |Read Ch.
8–10 of The Person. | | | |Participation |Participate in class discussion. | |10 | |Discussion Questions |Respond to weekly discussion questions.
| |10 | |CheckPoint |Explain the concept of personal constructs.What is a personal construct? How are personal | |30 | |Personal Constructs |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. | | | Week Eight: Stages of Life and Development | | |Details |Due |Points | |Objectives | | | | | |Examine Erik Erikson’s eight stages of life. | | | | |Explain Jane Loevinger’s stages of ego development. | | |CheckPoint |Explain Jane Loevinger’s stages of ego development in 200 to 300 words. | |30 | |Stages of Ego Development |Include manifestations that might appear during each of the stages. | | | |Individual |Write a 350- to 700-word paper that explains in which of Erikson’s eight stages of life you | |100 | |Erikson’s Timeline |believe you are currently.
| | | | | | | | |Explain why you think you are at that stage and describe that stage in your paper. What is | | | | |the central question posed during that stage? How have you consciously or unconsciously | | | | |sought to answer that question?Provide specific examples. | | | | | | | | | |Choose someone you know who you think is at another stage in his or her life. Briefly | | | | |describe that stage. What is a central question posed during that stage?How has this person | | | | |consciously or unconsciously sought to answer that question? Provide specific examples.
| | | | | | | | | |Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. | | | Week Nine: Narrative Identity and You | | |Details |Due |Points | |Objectives | | | | | |Compose a personal narrative identity. | | | |Construct a unique personality theory. | | | |Participation |Participate in class discussion. | |10 | |Capstone Discussion Question |Respond to the capstone discussion question. |20 | | | | | | | |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: | | | | | | | | | |How is personality developed? What roles do genetics and environment play in personality | | | | |development?How do experiences influence personality? How is a person motivated? | | | |Final Project |Review the Final Project Overview in Appendix A. | |250 | |Personal Narrative |Review your responses 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? What | | | | |events have led to this evolution? Describe how one of the theories from your text might | | | | |explain this evolution. Use specific concepts and terminology from the theory in your answer. | | | | | | | | | | | | | |What roles have religion, race, culture, family, and gender played the development of your | | | | |personality? | | | | | | | | |Suppose you might change one of the major episodes of your life (your earliest memory, a | | | | |turning point, a high point, or a low point, for example).
What change would you make and | | | | |why? | | | | | | | | |Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. | | | Optional Discussion Questions Week One 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. and describe where you think your personality falls in the spectrum of each adjective pair. For example: Extraversion: Talkative – Quiet; I am generally more talkative than I am quiet. I favor the talkative end of the spectrum. When I am at work, however, I tend to be quieter.
What is one of your dispositional traits? What is one of your characteristic adaptations? Identify one of your dispositional traits and one of your characteristic adaptations. Provide an example of how each influences your behavior. How has your life story changed over time?Explain.
Week Three 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 website where you took this personality inventory and share this personality inventory link and your critique of it with the class. Then, complete one of the personality inventory tests taken by a classmate. Critique it, and explain whether you agree or disagree with his or her critique of the inventory.Based on this experience and the readings from your text, what qualities do you think make an effective trait inventory? Compare mechanistic and reciprocal interactionism. Provide an example of reciprocal interactionism (influences among a person, a situation, and a behavior).
Provide an example of mechanistic interactionism: a trait, a situation, and the relationship between a situation and trait. Do you support one view over the other? Explain why. Week Five 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? Week Seven 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.
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