Before Reading
1. Is your personality similar to or different from your parents? (Be honest!)
2. What are Jung's opposing tendencies in personality? (Try to recall them first, and then refer to your notes or book if necessary.)
3. Recall the difference between reliability and validity.
4. What is a self-fulfilling prophecy?
During Reading
1. Describe the genetic basis of temperament.
2. How did the "Big Five" surface?
3. Describe the "Big Five" and provide an example (scenario) for each pole.
4. Compare and contrast the "Big Five" to the personality theories we discussed in class today. What are the similarities and differences? (Suggestion: Create a Venn diagram or double-bubble to organize your thoughts)
5. What is the MMPI-2? (You need to know the acronym.) What information does it provide psychologists?
6. Explain the person-situation controversy. What does this approach say about personality?
7. With which personality theory does the MBTI align? What are the drawbacks of this test?
8. What is the difference between implicit personality theory and the theories we have looked at thus far?
9. Describe fundamental attribution error. Provide an example of a situation in which a person may make this error.
10. What is the difference between individualistic and collectivistic cultures? Reflect on your own culture. Do you identify with an individualistic or collectivistic culture? Explain.
11. Take the "Check your understanding" quiz on p.442. Check your answers.
12. Define eclecticism.
After Reading
1. Recall the "Big Five" in the five-factor theory of personality.
2. What approach to personality do most modern psychologists take?
3. What do the MMPI-2 and MBTI measure?
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