Assignment Assignment: Reflecting on Personality Trait Theories You have experienced firsthand one or more personality trait assessments this week....

AssignmentAssignment: Reflecting on Personality Trait Theories

You have experienced firsthand one or more personality trait assessments this week. Take a moment to recall the assessment(s). Reputable tools like those in the Week 4 Learning Resources are developed based on personality trait theories. Through the readings in the text, you are examining those theories and the contributions of three key theorists: Gordon Allport, Raymond Cattell, and Hans Eysenck. In this Assignment, you will consider personality trait theories applied to your own life, evaluate the effectiveness of personality trait theories in explaining human behavior, and discuss the theorists about whose ideas you feel the strongest.

To prepare:

• Review this week’s Learning Resources on personality trait theories and theorists.
• Review the personality trait assessment you completed for the Discussion and your results, as well as any other assessments you explored.
• Think about how you would apply your assessment results and personality trait theories in your personal and/or professional life. Be prepared to address two specific areas of functioning, such as academic, occupational, social, or others of your choosing.

Submit by Day 7 of Week 4 a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following:

• Explain how applying personality trait theories to your assessment results might help you understand yourself and your relationships in two specific areas of functioning (e.g., academic, occupational, social, or others).
• Explain whether you find personality trait theories more effective as an explanation for human behavior than psychoanalytic or humanistic theories, and provide your reasoning.
• Describe personality trait theorists with whom you particularly agree and disagree, and explain your reasoning.