Unit+2+Personality

Prior to starting this unit, you should have watched the yale lecture on Freud. See video below: media type="youtube" key="7emS3ye3cVU" height="315" width="560"

Last unit, we learned about the origins of Psychology and how to study it. This unit, we are going to focus on one area of study in Psychology called: **__Personality__**. In this unit our goals are to answer the following questions: 1. What is personality? 2. How would a Psychologist analyze my personality? 3. How do psychologists measure personality and interpret personality's role in behavior? 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? Where does your personality come from?
 * Day 1: Do Now:**

[|Read the following Poem Together]

Introduce Personality Box Assignment

[|PERSONALITY BOX PROJECT!]: Be sure to look at the rubric at the bottom!!!


 * [|Psychodynamic Perspective on Personality]**

Defense Mechanisms in Film Reaction Formation media type="youtube" key="awow8HpWNcg" height="315" width="560"

Repression media type="youtube" key="XRW-m_8nZzw" height="315" width="420"

Regression media type="youtube" key="PW_U82VEPBo" height="315" width="420"

5 points extra credit for each video if you can find tv clips representing Projection, Denial, and Sublimation!

[|Defense Mechanism Activity]


 * Homework:** Read pp323-329 to review Freud's Psychdynamic theories on personality. Make sure you have an understanding of Freud's theory of the mind, id, ego, superego, psychosexual stages, and defense mechanisms.

To what extent did Freud positively influence the field of psychology? Without Freud, what would we perhaps have trouble understanding and explaining today?
 * Day 2: Do Now:**

Fastest Personality test in the world media type="youtube" key="kHF0VXPanU8" height="315" width="420"

[|Psychodynamic Neo-Freudian Perspective and Humanistic Perspectives in Psychology PPT]


 * [|Psychodynamic and Humanistic Perspectives on Psychology Research Project]**
 * Presentation due next class!**


 * HW: Finish Presentation**

As you watch the presentations, take notes on the following: You need to be able to explain: 1. What each person thought about where personality comes from 2. What type of assessment this person uses to figure out someone's personality type 3. What pros/cons exist about assessing personality this way. What are some critiques of this assessment?
 * Day 3**: Presentation of Projects


 * 1. Alfred Adler & Psychodynamic Theory [[file:Alfred Adler.pptx]] **
 * 2. [|Karen Horney & Psychodynamic Theory] **
 * 3. Carl Jung & Psychodynamic Theory [[file:Carl Jung.ppt]] **
 * 4. [|Abraham Maslow & Humanistic Theory] **
 * 5. [|Carl Rogers & Humanistic Theory] **

1. What did this person/theory say about where personality comes from? 2. What type of assessment this person uses to figure out someone's personality type 3. What pros/cons exist about assessing personality this way. What are some critiques of this assessment?
 * Exit Slip:** Choose one of the above theories THAT YOUR GROUP DID NOT PRESENT ON and answer the following:

Homework: Review pp 329-337 to learn about New-Freudian Psychodynamic Perspective and Humanistic Perspectives of Personality Also, Optional: Watch the Yale Lecture on personality below: media type="youtube" key="piDznzrNymE" height="315" width="560"


 * Day 4: Do Now: What makes a personality test valid and reliable? What is an example of an unreliable/ invalid personality test? Which of the personality tests that you took during the class presentations did you think was most/least valid and/or reliable?**

Today's Activities: Questions to Answer by the end of today: 1. Describe the different trait theories of: Gordon Allport (over 18000 traits!), Raymond Cattell (16 Personality Dimensions), and Hans Eysenck (4 Biological Dimenstions). What are the pros/cons of each theory? 2. What are the dimensions of the Big 5 Trait theory? (CANOE) What levels of each trait do you have according to the Big 5 test? 3. Describe the Social Cognitive theory of personality and how it explains the relationship among personality, the environment, and behavior. 4. Explain internal and external locus of control and how society/culture can impact it. 5. What are the different theories about birth order's impact on personality? To what extent do you agree with any of them?

1. Trait Theory: Introduction to Personality, Big 5 Traits

[|Cattell's 16 Factor Test]

[|Hans Eysenck's Personality Test]

2. Take the following test for yourself AND a parent/family member who will be able to take the test before the next class. [|Big 5 Personality Test]


 * 3. [|Social Cognitive Perspectives on Personality]**

4. [|Locus of Control ppt] [|Locus of Control Test]

Exit Slip: 1. Describe the different trait theories of: Gordon Allport (over 18000 traits!), Raymond Cattell (16 Personality Dimensions), and Hans Eysenck (4 Biological Dimenstions). What are the pros/cons of each theory? 2. What are the dimensions of the Big 5 Trait theory? (CANOE) What levels of each trait do you have according to the Big 5 test? 3. Describe the Social Cognitive theory of personality and how it explains the relationship among personality, the environment, and behavior. 4. Explain internal and external locus of control and how society/culture can impact it. 5. What are the different theories about birth order's impact on personality? To what extent do you agree with any of them?

Have your parents take the Big 5 test with you in mind and then also take the test with them in mind. Were there differences? Why do you think this is the case? Analyze your score on the Big 5 personality test and on the Locus of Control test and make inferences based on the specified categories about your traits according to the 5 traits. Ask Ms. Currey if you need help doing this! Also: Read pp343-358 in your textbook. As you read, think about the following: What are some of the flaws of the trait theory and the Social Cognitive Theory? -Work on Personality Box -Review Personality Unit -Find Current Event **related to personality!**
 * Homework**:


 * Day 5: Present Personality Current Event - Note: you must relate it to what we have been learning about Personality**

Research in groups/partners Find evidence from reliable internet sources that either support or refute the idea that people can change their personalities willingly.
 * Day 6: Finish presenting Current Events/Time to work on box**
 * Do Now: Can we change our personality?**

Example: [|CBS 5 Ways to Change Your Personality] is this a reliable source? Why was this program created? How do you know? What makes this source reliable/unreliable? Where else could you look?

- Discuss as a class. Are there certain aspects of personality that can change? If you could change one thing about your personality what would it be? - How does understanding personality help you in your day to day lives? Do you think it can help you in the future as you become an adult? Explain.


 * Day 7: Box/Review Unit and time for questions**


 * HW: Study for test!**


 * Day 8: FInish Box presentations/ Study for Test**


 * [|Personality Jeopardy Review]**

1. Describe the theories of developmental stages made by Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson and explain what some criticisms can be made to their theories. 2. Explain the significance of the environment in which children are raised in terms of their personality development. (topics to consider for this: attachment, parenting patterns, and assimilation and accommodation) 3. Ask your parents (or another family member who may know this) about your own development as a baby. When did you sit up? say your first word? crawl? walk? sit up? etc. Did your parents worry about any aspects of your development? Come to class next time ready to discuss!
 * Day 9:** **Personality Unit Test!**
 * Start Developmental Psych**
 * HW: Read pp259-278 and answer the following questions:**

Optional: Also watch the following yale lecture on developmental psychology: media type="youtube" key="eznq75eBy2o" height="315" width="560"

Extra Video: BBC Documentary: How do we know who we are? media type="youtube" key="8Biv_8xjj8E" height="315" width="560"

Yale Lectures on the Self: media type="youtube" key="jsrB5m3mL-A" height="315" width="560"

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BONUS! Freud often discusses the meaning of our dreams. But, are dreams really psychologically significant? This video explains what science says.... media type="youtube" key="9nmVzXxdUeU" height="315" width="560"