Thursday, February 25, 2010

AP Psychology: Personality Extra Credit for Review

Personality Free Response Question

Explain how each of the four perspectives from the chapter on personality would examine your personality. Pretend that you're a psychologist, and use your own personality as a case study!

The perspectives are

  • Psychodynamic
  • Humanistic
  • Trait
  • Social-Cultural

A. Identify the basic principles of each perspective on personality.

B. Then, explain for each perspective:

  1. What aspects of your personality would be your focus?
  2. How would you assess or measure these aspects of your personality? Explain the likely findings.
  3. Describe the possible origins or causes of these aspects of your personality.