Examples & Tips for Your Personality Unit Project

Hi all!

With the deadline for your Personality Unit project approaching on Thursday, I know a lot of you will be turning your attention to that task over the next couple of days. I'm expected to field a lot of questions about this project, and that's fine. But, I thought I'd post some examples of how previous students have handled these projects so you have some ideas about how to begin your own.

Note: NEITHER of these examples is perfect, but they should give you an idea about how you might proceed with your own project.

Example: Option 1 (Note: This is a former student's project, shared with permission. I've added some comments so you can see how the person's work is using elements of strong argumentative writing while meeting the requirements of the project.)

Example: Option 2 (Also the work of a former student, edited to fit this year's requirements).

Project Resources
If you need them one more time, here are the project directions and scoring criteria:

• Project Option 1: Personality Self-Assessment
• Project Option 2: Character/Historical Figure
• Scoring Rubric (same for both options)

Study Resources for the Personality Unit

As the results from Friday's quiz illustrated, this unit can be a challenging one for students. It's not enough just to know vocabulary, or to have a vague sense of the unit's concepts/research. You'll need to be able to distinguish between different major theoretical approaches to personality and to articulate their advantages and disadvantages.

If that seems daunting, don't forget that we still have one week to go (test on Monday, Feb 29). And, we have a scheduled study session on Sunday, Feb 28 at 5:00 PM.

When I've finished this unit's slides, I'll post them here (still a work in progress). I'll also post any resources we use at the study session (as it approaches). However, especially if the quiz was a rough one for you, it might be a good idea to check out some of these things:

• Your Multiple Choice study guide! (you got this after the quiz)
• Quizlet Flashcards for Personality Unit
• Review this list of the Unit Learning Objectives! Can you do all of these things?
• Here are the Slides we used at tonight's study session. You'll they are organized around this unit's learning objectives, so don't neglect those!
• Study Session Resources: Which One Doesn't Belong? (To check  your answers, click here)
• Study Session Resources: Kahoot - Defense Mechanisms
• Practice FRQ (sort of...a huge one, anyway)
• More practice MC Items on Personality
  

Slide Show from this Unit:

Crash Course Videos Missed class? Can't make sense of a specific personality theory? Maybe the nice folks at Crash Course can help. This first video addresses some of the more "historic" theories of personality (Psychoanalytic, Psychodynamic, and Humanistic): 

Trait Theory and Social-Cognitive Perspectives are addressed here: 

Defense Mechanisms Practice

Today in class we practiced identifying examples of Defense Mechanisms in action.

• Here are some additional practice items that people got to work on in class.
• And, here is the answer key so you can check your understanding.

Personality Unit Study Resources

We have a study session scheduled at 5 PM on Sunday, March 8th in order to review all of this. Hope to see you there! If you can't make it, feel free to use the resources below and your multiple-choice study guide (which you got after this unit's quiz).

• Quizlet Flashcards for Personality Unit
• Study Session Resources: Which One Doesn't Belong?
• Study Session Resources: Kahoot - Defense Mechanisms
• Practice FRQ (sort of...a huge one, anyway)
• More practice MC Items on Personality
 

Personality Unit Slides Bear in mind, this is NOT in its complete form (yet).  

Crash Course Videos Missed class? Can't make sense of a specific personality theory? Maybe the nice folks at Crash Course can help. This first video addresses some of the more "historic" theories of personality (Psychoanalytic, Psychodynamic, and Humanistic):  

Trait Theory and Social-Cognitive Perspectives are addressed here:

Social Cognitive Perspective Resources

Since I will be away at a meeting on Monday morning, I'm posting my video notes/lecture here for the benefit of hours 1-3, who will be watching this in class. Links for other aspects of the lesson are here as well.

Video Notes: Social Cognitive Perspective


Surprise Party Sue


FREAKIN' EXCITED SUE from Lilián López Camberos on Vimeo.

(Optional) Big Brother

Practice: Applying Personality Theory

Today in class we will be practicing applying the four major personality theories we've discussed over the past couple of weeks. Here are some SNL videos with characters we'll use for analysis: Surprise Party Sue and The Googly Eyes Gardener.

Surprise Party Sue


FYI: Sue also gets excited about surprise proposals...


The Googly Eyes Gardener