Home » Downloads » Analysis of a Personality

Analysis of a Personality

Analysis of a Personality

For this assignment, you will have a chance to put into practice all you have been learning throughout this course. You will analyze the personality development of one of the theorists studied in this course from three different theoretical perspectives.

Choose one of the theorists you have studied this term. Use your textbook, the Internet, and the Argosy University online library resources to research the life history of the theorist.

Do the following:

  1. Describe the major life events of the theorist that you feel influenced his or her personality development.
  2. Describe the cultural influences that had an influence on the chosen theorist’s personality development.
  3. Analyze this person from Freud’s psychoanalytic perspective.
  4. Analyze this person from two other theoretical perspectives studied in this course, except for the trait perspective.
  5. Summarize and present your critical opinion about how well (or not) these theories explain the person.

Write a 5–7-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

By Saturday, June 7, 2014

Course Project Grading Criteria and Rubric

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria Maximum Points
Description of influential life events that shaped the theorist’s personality development.
(Course Objective [CO2])
44
Description of cultural influences on the theorist’s development
(CO3)
44
Analysis of theorist using Freud’s psychoanalytic perspective
(CO2)
48
Analysis of theorist from two other theoretical perspectives
(CO2)
48
Evaluates how well these theories explain the person
(CO 2)
52
Presentation Components:
Organization (16)
Usage and Mechanics (16)
APA Elements (24)
Style (8)
64
Total: 300
……………..Answer Preview………………
Carl Rogers is believed to be one of the most influential American psychologists. He is one of the founders of the humanistic approach in psychology.  He is considered to be the father of psychotherapy research.   He is a humanistic psychologist who is believed to agree with the main assumptions of Abraham Maslow (Rogers, 2012). He is believed……………
APA
1,483 Words

ABOUT

Yourhomeworksolutions is a one-stop shop for all your homework needs. You can purchase already completed solutions to be used as samples and you can order assignments to be done afresh by our competent writers.