07 Jul Psychology: Lesson 07 Discussion – The Big Five Personality Inventory
Complete the Big Five Personality Inventory – – and then post your comments about your experience taking it using the guidelines below.
- Discuss your results on The Big Five – do you think these results are accurate? Why or why not? Provide 2-3 details from your life experience that support your reasoning.
- Were you surprised by any of your results? If so, what was it about your results that surprised you?
- How and why do you think culture influenced your personality/personality score?
- What other perspectives in this lesson were you reminded of, and why? Make sure you accurately use some of the key terms from the chapter below to support your ideas.
Once you’ve posted your initial response and reflection (of at least 150-250 words), read and reply, substantively and respectfully, to at least 2 of your peers’ responses.
Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic
conscious
unconscious
id, ego, superego
defense mechanisms
inferiority complex
archetypes
Horney’s coping strategies
Social Cognitive
reciprocal determinism
observational learning
self-efficacy
heritability
temperament
Humanistic
self-concept
ideal self
real self
congruence
incongruence
Cultural Perspective
collectivistic culture
individualistic culture
When referencing the text or another source, you can first use an in-text citation like “According to the OpenStax text (2020),” or “Spielman et al. (2020) describe….” Then provide the citation for your source at the bottom of your post using the following format (you can copy the citation below and insert a page number or numbers within the parentheses for the chapter text):
Spielman, R. M., Jenkins, W. J., & Lovett, M. D. (2020). Psychology 2e (pp. #-#). OpenStax.
Grading Criteria:
- You’ve included details from your life to support your thoughts about the accuracy of your results, and have also responded regarding the influence of culture on your personality.
- You’ve referred to Key Terms and theoretical concepts accurately, and have cited correctly.
- You’ve substantively and respectfully responded to at least two of your classmates’ posts.
