Check in 4: Personality Traits • For this assignment you will choose a single pe

Check in 4: Personality Traits • For this assignment you will choose a single personality trait and elaborate on it using elements of the trait based perspective. Be sure to use the definition of personality traits outlined in class. Remember states of being (happy, angry, calm) and mental health buzzwords (narcissism, depressed, anxious) are not personality traits. Use the big 5 model and its facets if you want to make sure. • Requirements: • 3pts Define: Select and define a personality trait. • 3pts Consistency: Give an example of the consistency of this trait. • 3pts Stability: Give an example of the stability of this trait • 3pts Individual Differences: Describe some individual differences that exist • 3pts Perspective Opinion: What are your thoughts on the trait perspective?
Check in 5: Biological Perspective • This assignment will just ask you to utilize some of the components of the biological perspective on personality. Your task is to use one of the biological subgenres to assess and analyze the personality of your favorite fictional character or celebrity of the moment. • Requirements: • 5pts: Tell me about this character and their personality. • 5pts: Analyze some aspect of this character using one of the biological subgenres (Epigenetics, Behavioral Genetics, Sociobiology, Evolutionary Psychology) Helpful comments/Questions: Do you know their parents are any of their behaviors genetically linked (epigen)? How does who they are interact with the world around them (Behav Gen)? Do they have behaviors that are socially desirable or not? How/Why? (Sociobio) What behaviors do they exhibit that might not fit with present times but would have been advantagous in the past (evo psy)? • 5pts: What is your opinion of this biological perspective overall?
Check in 6: Psychodynamic Perspective For this assignment you are going to use the psychodynamic perspective to analyze the actions of a character in a book, tv show, video game, or film that seemed random or completely unpredictable to you. Requirements 5pts Situation & Unconscious: Describe something that a character did in a book, tv show, or film that seemed completely random or out of left field to you and discuss what early life experiences or unconscious desires could have lead to this behavior. 5pts Id, Ego, Superego: Discuss what the negotiation process might’ve been like between the Id, Ego, and super ego as well as state if there are there any ego defenses involved? 5pts Opinion: What is your opinion of the psychodynamic perspective overall?
Check in 7: Jungian Perspective • For this assignment you’re going to use the Jungian perspective to think about your own personality. • Requirements • 5pts Question: write down your answers for the three questions asked in class Describe someone/personality characteristic you like or want to be similar to Describe someone/personality characteristic you dislike or judge disproportionately or for no apparent reason. Describe someone/personality characteristic you see as the complete opposite of you • 5pts Personal Archetypes: Based on your responses to these questions tell me what this might say about your Persona, Shadow, and Anima/Animus archetypes • 5pts Opinion on Jungian Perspective