Personality


 * [|Personality Resources]**


 * Personality Learning Objectives**


 * Key terms/people:**

//Personality, Type A, Type B, Stage theory, Freud's psychosexual stage theory, Oedipus crisis, Unconscious, Id, Ego, Superego, Defense mechanisms, Womb envy, Personal unconscious, Collective unconscious, Complexes, Archetypes, Neo-Freudian and Psychodynamic Theorists, Unconscious processes,Trait theorist, Big five traits, Factor analysis, Heritability, Temperament, Somatotype theory, Triadic reciprocality or reciprocal determinism, Self-efficacy, Locus of control-internal and external, Self-concept, Self-esteem, self-actualization, self-serving bias, unconditioned positive regard, Projective tests-Rorschach inkblot test, thematic apperception test (TAT), Self-report inventories-MMPI, Reliability, Validity, Barnum effect, psychoanalysis, psychdynamic perspective, free-association, preconscious, humanistic psychology,trait, social-cognitive perspective, positive psychology, Sigmund Freud, Karen Horney, Nancy Chodorow, Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, Hans Eyesenck, Raymond Cattell, Paul Costa, Robert McCrae, Gordon Allport, Hippocrates, William Sheldon, B.F. Skinner, Albert Bandura, George Kelly, Julian Rotter, Abraham Maslow (self-actualizing person), Carl Rogers (Person-Centered perspective) , Martin Seligman//


 * Essential Questions:**

1. What is personality? How do we see our own personalities differently from those of others? (Fundamental Attribution Error) 2. Why are there different theories about where our personality comes from? Explain each theory. (Psychodynamic, Humanistic, Trait, Social-Cognitive) 3. To what extent do personality tests truly judge personality?

6. Learning theorists argue that personality is nothing more than a shorthand description for clusters of behavior.
Questions for the Day: 1. What is personality? How do we see our own personalities differently from those of others? (Fundamental Attribution Error) 2. Why are there different theories about where our personality comes from? Explain each theory (Psychodynamic, Humanistic) 3. What is the legacy of Sigmund Freud in terms of where we believe personality comes from?
 * Day 1: **

Where does your personality come from?
 * Do Now: ** What is your personality? Describe your personality in 3 traits. Do you feel like you hide some aspects of your personality from some people? Why? Can you think of a specific example?

**Activity 1**: Go through the powerpoint below and make note of the following key concepts in preparation to answer: 1. To what extent do people still agree with Freud’s psychodynamic theory of personality? Use specific aspects of his theories in your response and explain which of Freud’s ideas were accepted by Neo-Freudians 2. How does modern research contradict many of Freud’s ideas?:

Key terms to define and use in your response to the above questions: // Id, ego, superego, unconscious, psychodynamic theory, free association, preconscious, psychosexual stages (oral, anal, phallic, latent, genital), Oedipus complex, defense mechanisms (regression, reaction formation, projection, rationalization, displacement, denial, Neo-Freudians (Alfred Adler, Karen Horney, Carl Jung), collective unconscious //


 * [|Personality Presentation with ALL VOCAB YOU WILL NEED FOR THIS UNIT!]**

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 * Defense Mechanism Summary:**


 * [|Personality Presentation] (**alternate)

[|__Watch the Sigmund Freud Biography__]

[|__Freud Museum__] (Cool exhibits to explore online)

[|__Defense Mechanism Activity__]

**Activity 2:** Read through the ppt section in Humanistic theories. Answer the following: How did humanistic psychologists view personality differently from Psychodynamic psychologists (Freud, Horney, Adler and Jung)?

Use the key terms here to justify your response (be sure to record the definitions in your notes): humanistic theories, Abraham Maslow’s Self-Actualizing person, Carl Rogers’ Person-Centered Perspective, self-concept, unconditional positive regard

**Activity 3**: Discussion: Which personality theory do you agree with more, Psychodynamic or Humanistic? Use aspects of your own personality in your response.

Review Key Concepts and Exit Slip: 1. What is personality? How do we see our own personalities differently from those of others? (Fundamental Attribution Error) 2. Why are there different theories about where our personality comes from? Explain each theory (Psychodynamic, Humanistic) 3. What is the legacy of Sigmund Freud in terms of where we believe personality comes from?

**Homework**: Go over any of the above material that you need extra review on. Read the sections in your textbook (pp322-360) on psychodynamic theory, trait theory, humanistic theory and social cognitive theory on personality.

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 * Humanistic Personality Theory:**

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 * Trait Theory:**

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 * Social Cognitive Personality Theory:**

= Day 2: = Questions for the Day: 1. Why are there different theories about where our personality comes from? Explain each theory. (Trait, Social Cognitive, Psychoanalytic, Humanistic) 2. To what extent do personality tests truly judge personality? 3. To what extent is it possible to change your personality?

**Activity 1**: Continue to go through the ppt and read through the content on Trait theories of personality and Social Cognitive Theories. Define the key terms below and use them to answer: 1. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the trait theory and personality inventories like the MMPI? 2. Which traits do you think provide the most useful information about personality? 3. How do social-cognitive theorists view personality development?

**Key Terms**: //trait, two personality dimensions, personality inventory, MMPI, empirically derived test, the Big Five Factors, Social-Cognitive perspective, reciprocal determinism, personal control, external locus of control, internal locus of control, self-control, learned helplessness, optimism vs. pessimism, positive psychology, Martin Seligman, spotlight effect, self-esteem, self-serving bias//

**Activity 2**: Take the following personality tests and evaluate the tests for validity and reliability. Personality Tests to try:

[|Maslow Personality Test]

[|Big 5 Personality Test] [|Jung's typology personality test]

[|Social Cognitive Personality Test]

[|Rorschach Test Online]

[|Rorschach Test Most Common Responses] and what they mean (What do you think about the interpretation of projective personality tests like the Rorschach? What are some criticisms of tests like these?)

Discussion of reliability and validity of Personality Tests. How well did the tests you took assess your personality?

To what extent is it possible to change your personality? If personality is relatively unchanging, what do you think about [|this story about how to change your personality?]
 * [|Activity analyzing the personality based on the different theories]**

Exit Slip: 1. Why are there different theories about where our personality comes from? Explain each theory. (Trait, Social Cognitive) 2. To what extent do personality tests truly judge personality? 3. To what extent is it possible to change your personality?

HW: Review any readings/terms/materials from the unit and prepare for the exam next class

Optional: Crash Course Episodes: media type="youtube" key="mUELAiHbCxc" width="560" height="315"

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Other review material:


 * Activity 1:** Take one or more personality test from Day 2. OR find your own personality test online and prepare to explain which theory the test might utilize in explaining personality

Go over all of the unit vocab on the word wall and look through the wiki material (esp the powerpoints and video lectures) and textbook. What questions do you still have?
 * Activity 2: Watch Review Crash Courses and**


 * Additional Review Material:**

__[|Personal Control and Optimism in Personality Web Tutorial]__


 * Review Material:**

[|Personality PPT Presentation] [|More Detailed Personality PPT]

[|Big 5 Online Personality Test]

[|Jung Typology Test]

[|Challenging Ideas and Topics in Personality: Notes]

[|Positive Psychology Ted Talk]


 * [|Review Jeopardy!]**

[|Personality Online Multiple Choice Test]

= Day 3: Exam! =