07 Jul Personality Theory Essay on Superheros From The Avengers: Age of Ultron

Objectives and Outcomes

• Examine a personality theory in-depth.
• Apply concepts that you have learned in the course materials.
• Acquire knowledge about a specific topic or issue related to personality theories that is of interest to you.
• Analyze and synthesize information about your chosen topic.
• Practise writing an essay using APA style.

Instructions

Your second assignment is to choose a *different* theory from the one you chose from Essay 1 and write about how it relates to the personality of the superhero that you wrote about in Essay 1.

Your treatment of your topic must reflect the purpose of the course; that is, your essay must address the psychological theories of the major personality theorists and apply the ideas presented in the research literature to the superheros personality.

For this paper, you must use three to four academic (scholarly) sources. These may include original research articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and secondary sourcesthat is, books or articles written by someone with appropriate academic credentials that criticize a piece of original research or that compare several pieces of research on a single issue. Remember the supplementary materials lists that you can find on our course homepage, although you are not limited to using the resources in them. All of your sources should have been published within the past five to ten years. The only online sources that you may use are electronically published scholarly journals, such as those that you will find in AU Librarys journal database collection. Wikipedia, the Internet, newspapers, and popular magazines are not acceptable sources. Use of the textbook should be minimal. At least one of your sources should be a research report of an empirical study. You can read a brief description of empirical studies in , from the Penn State University Library.

To learn more about how to search for and access material from AU Library, use the navigation barparticularly Get Help and Find Resourcesat the top of the .

You will, of course, acknowledge all of your sources in a scholarly way throughout your paper. Please review the  page in the Course Information manual, particularly the sections on Format, Citing and Referencing, and The References List.

Structure

Introduction

The introduction to your paper should address these questions in a scholarly way:

1. What do you intend to do?
2. What issue(s) will you discuss, and from what point of view?
3. What approach to your topic will you take?
4. What will be the limitations of your research and your discussion?

This section should define what you will and will not cover.

The most important part of your introduction is the . St. Cloud State Universitys Literacy Education Online has a clear and simple outline of what a Thesis Statement is and is not, and The University of Torontos Writing Advice provides information about . Both resources are succinct and provide clear examples.

Body

In the body of your paper, you should follow through on what you said you would do in the introduction. Make sure that your interpretation of the superheros character is clear, and make sure that the theories, concepts, and research findings that you use to support it are directly relevant to the personality theory that you have chosen. It is important that you organize the paper in a meaningful way, that you express yourself clearly, and that you argue and document your ideas. You are encouraged to use quotations from the movie relevant to your character, but please use paraphrasing for the rest of the paper. Any ideas attributable to someone else must be acknowledged with proper in-text citations, and listed in proper APA reference format at the end of the paper.

The Form of the Essay

Your paper should be written so that your ideas flow logically, there are connections between your ideas, and you use new paragraphs for new sub-topics. Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and typing errors will be taken into account in the assessment, as will your careful use of APA style in your paper in general, and in your in-text citations and your references list in particular. Refer to the  section in the Course Information manual for several sources of information on APA style.

Marking Key

Introduction	Concisely states the rationale, purpose, and structure. Describes background of the personality theory chosen. Includes clear thesis statement.	1920	20
	A wordy or sketchy statement of the rationale, purpose, and structure. Includes information either unnecessary or better placed later in the essay. Thesis statement clearly describes either what the paper is about or what point you are trying to make, but not both.	1718
	A well-written, interesting rationale or background statement, which includes either the purpose or the structure. Unclear or inadequate thesis statement.	1516
	A well-written, interesting rationale or background statement in which neither purpose nor structure is described. Unclear or inadequate thesis statement.	1314
	Poorly written with neither purpose nor structure described. No thesis statement.	1112
	No introduction.	010
Review of the Literature	Accurately discusses and integrates the main findings of 34 scholarly articles. Demonstrates a clear understanding of concepts, theory, and relevant research; demonstrates insight into personality theories. Well-organized, planned, and integrated material.	3140	40
	Does not include recommended number of resources and/or some of these are non-academic sources. Demonstrates understanding of a small range of concepts, theory, and research evidence, but these may not be fully explained.	2130
	Does not include recommended number of resources. A number of sources are non-academic. Basic understanding is evident in some aspects of the issues, but discussion is confused or sketchy.	1120
	Incomplete, inaccurate discussion of secondary sources.	110
	No articles summarized	0
Application of Theory to Superhero and Discussion of How Well Superheros Behaviours Illustrate this Application	Excellent, thorough, and integrated discussion of how the theory relates to superhero personality. Includes examples of specific behaviours that illustrate the concepts. Thorough discussion of how well this theory explains (or does not explain) the superheros personality.	2025	25
	Discussion of application of theory to superhero personality, but lacks depth.	1519
	Confused or superficial discussion of application of theory to superhero personality.	114
	No discussion of application of theory to superhero personality.	0
Form	Consistent use of current APA style in title page, body of the essay, citations, and reference list. Excellent organization, grammar, spelling, and punctuation. (A well-organized essay will use headings and/or clear, logical transitions to shift from one section to the next.) Selects and uses a structural theme; reasoned order of presentation.	1015	15
	Consistent use of APA style. Generally well-written (logical, clear) with a few minor errors in grammar, spelling, or punctuation.	79
	Consistent use of APA style. Logical and clear, but with many errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation.	56
	Use of APA style in most cases. Some confusion or lack of clarity in organization and writing.	34
	Use of a citation style other than APA. Generally confusing, illogical, and unclear	12
	No citations or reference list.	0
Total			100

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