...Week Three Checkpoint: Interactionism Rebecca J. Castle PSY/ 230 10/14/2011 Julie Ball, MS Ed Week Three Checkpoint: Interactionism A person’s culture is going to have a lot to do with how their personality is shaped. Someone that has grown up in a home with constant fighting and hostility is going to have a guarded personality and may be either hostile or very anxious. On the other hand, someone that has been raised in a home of cooperation and love will have a higher chance of being and extroverted person and more easy going. Growing and observing another’s behaviors has a huge impact on how our personality will turn out. We learn by not only trial and error but also by observing others, which will carry over into how we do and handle things. Personalities begin to develop at a young age and then carry into adulthood. Once someone is labeled with a specific personality trait, it is hard to lose that label. How that label affects their lives depends on the type of label. For instance, a young man that has been labeled as being disagreeable may find it hard to make friends because they have already decided that he will be hard to get along with. On the other end of the spectrum, a young man labeled as conscientious and agreeable may acquire many friendships as well as better opportunities. Labels can be both helpful and harmful. A person is not born knowing how to handle a social experience; therefore I feel that social experiences are what shape a person’s...
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...Project Overview The final project for PSY/230 is a personal narrative in which you apply personality psychology theories and concepts to better understand yourself. For this project, you are expected to incorporate your understanding of personality theory with self-actualization into one reflective, personal narrative paper. Final Project Timeline You should budget your time wisely and work on your project throughout the course. As outlined below, some CheckPoints and Assignments in the course are designed to assist you in creating your final project. If you complete your course activities and use the feedback provided by the instructor, you will be on the right track to complete your project successfully. □ Suggested in Week One: Read the Final Project Overview and Timeline in Appendix A. □ Suggested in Week Three: During your social gathering observation, focus on human reaction and the influence of culture. Take notes as to how you think culture, family, religion, race, and gender influences the development of personality. □ Suggested in Week Four: Think about where you fall in the spectrum of the Big Five trait clusters. Familiarize yourself with trait cluster terminology. □ Suggested in Week Five: Reflect on a personal experience that you think has impacted your personality as you see yourself today. Make a list as to how you think this experience has helped your personality evolve. □ Suggested in Week Eight: Submit a copy of your final project...
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...Psy 230 Week 1 Checkpoint There are three steps in the scientific process, unsystematic observation, building theories, and evaluating propositions. I have evaluated my personality many times in hopes to better myself. When I was younger I went through relationships like they were candy. I always blamed the other individual because of course I could do nothing wrong. A close friend of mine one day pointed out that I am not the same person I am with friends as I am with my boyfriends. At first I decided to not listen and thought she was being ridiculous, but as my relationships continued to fail, I thought maybe it was me, so I began to do an evaluation on myself with my boyfriend at the time. When I was with my friends I was extremely outgoing, fun, was always laughing, and making my friends laugh. I wanted to investigate if I was also this person when in a relationship or if my personality did transform. I started to observe myself by paying attention more to our conversations and what we would do when together. I soon was seeing I would start up arguments quite frequently and was very opinionated, stubborn, and it was my way or the highway type of attitude. Upon realizing this I turned to my boyfriend at the time and asked if he had noticed a difference from when we were friends to being a couple. He did not mention my personality but he did mention that things were more stressful and that we argued a lot more. The relationship after time became extremely...
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