Personality Homework

Personality Homework

Directions:
This homework assignment consists of a personality test and paper. You are to follow the steps below .For help with this assignment, please view the additional resources/activities located under the content menu and Chapter 14. .
Step 1: Click/log onto the link below and complete the “Big Five” personality test.
http://www.outofservice.com/bigfive/
To open the link, hit crtl and click on the link above.Do this at the same time in order for the link to work.
Step 2: Once you have your results from the “Big Five” personality test, write at minimum, a 500 word paper. Paper must be size 12 font, Times New Roman. All papers must be double spaced and word-processed with a word count recorded at the bottom of the paper. Papers must include in-text and out-of-text APA citations.
APA citations (out-of-text)
D. G., &Dewall, N. C. (2015). Psychology (11th ed.). New York, NY: Worth Publishers.
-For in-text citations write the author and the year at the end of the sentence (Sollom, 2015).
Your paper should include the following:
Introduction
 First introductory paragraph should include a thesis statement. The statement should include the subject of the paper as well as an outline of what you are going to be taking about.
Body of the Report
 Describe where you fall on the scale in relation to the five different personality types(Extraversion-Introversion, high-low conscientiousness, high-low agreeableness, open-closed experience and high-low neuroticism). Tell me if you feel this fits your personality typeand why.
 Please refer to the guidelines from the Individual Differences Activity and tell me how you would approach another personality type and why this would be the appropriate way to approach them given their specific characteristics. Individual Differences Activity found under the content menu and Chapter 14.
 Do you feel this personality type was more a product of the environment (nurture), genes (nature) or both (epigenetics)? Provide at least one example from the research to backup your answer.
Conclusion and Assessment
 State your overall summary and conclusion here as well as any additional thoughts on your personality assessment.

Extra Credit

(Up to +5 additional points)

Click/log onto the link below and write an additional two paragraph answer in relation to the Jung’s theory on personality (this should be separate from the 500 words and written at the end of the paper). Given Jung and his 16 different personality types (i.e., ENTP, ISTJ, INTJ, ESTJ etc.) which out of the 16 types do you fit? Describe each letter/type to me for extra credit points. For help with the extra credit, view the Jung’s personality handout located under the content menu and Chapter 14.

https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test