PSY 230 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2

This document of PSY 230 Week 3 Discussion Questions shows the solutions to the following points:

Locate and complete a free personality inventory online.

What findings of this personality inventory do you feel were accurate? Which do you feel were inaccurate? Identify the Web site where you took this personality inventory and share this personality inventory link and your critique of it with the class. Then, complete one of the personality inventory tests taken by a classmate. Critique it, and explain whether you agree or disagree with his or her critique of the inventory. Based on this experience and the readings from your text, what qualities do you think make an effective trait inventory?

Compare mechanistic and reciprocal interactionism. Provide an example of reciprocal interactionism (influences among a person, a situation, and a behavior). Provide an example of mechanistic interactionism: a trait, a situation, and the relationship between a situation and trait. Do you support one view over the other? Explain why.