Understanding Personality Theories

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Understanding Personality Theories

• WebQuest

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Step 1

• Follow the Personality WebQuest to complete the
  middle column of the comparison chart
• Click on hyperlinks to go to the various web
  pages.
• Scroll down to the Biography and Theory sections
  to find the information you need

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Freud 1856-1939

• Death Instincts
• Projection
• Oral Aggressive or Sadistic
• Id

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Alfred Adler 1870-1926

• Organic Source of Inferiority
• Superiority Complex
• Avoiding Social Interest

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Karen Horney 1885-1952

• Basic Anxiety
• Self-Protective Mechanism of Attaining Power
• Aggressive Personality
• Neurotic Needs for Power and Exploitation
• Need for a Dominant Partner
• What is womb envy??

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Abraham Maslow 1908-1970

• Deficiency
• Belongingness and Love Needs
• Peak Experience
• Jonah Complex

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Carl Rogers 1902-1987

• Positive Regard
• Unconditional Positive Regard
• Incongruence
• Fully Functioning Person

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Step 2

• http//www.outofservice.com/bigfive/ For each of
  the following 5 dimensions of personality,
  describe what your score percentile was and what
  it means
• Openness-
• Conscientiousness-
• Extraversion-
• Agreeableness-
• Neuroticism-
• Do you agree or disagree with any of the results?
  Explain
• (For fun, if you have time) http//www.thealmighty
  guru.com/Reviews/HarryPotter/Docs/Quiz-House.html
• 1. What house do you belong to?
• 2. What personality traits do you possess?
• 3. Do you agree with the personality findings?
  Why?

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Personality AnalysisStep 3

• We will watch a video in class and analyze how
  each of the personality theories you have
  researched relate to the main character in the
  video.