personality in PSY

1.   Click this link –   http://www.learner.org/resources/series138.html . When you get to the webpage, scroll down a bit and click the “VoD” link to the right of the program description for Video #15 called “The Self”. This video is about 26-minutes in length. Point out which part of the video you found most interesting or intriguing? Explain why.

2.   Personality is defined in the textbook as “ an individual’s characteristic style of behaving, thinking, and feeling”. It also mentions various ways in which psychologists measure personality including personality inventories, projective techniques. There are four (4) theoretical approaches that attempt to explain personality – The Trait Approach, The Psychodynamic Approach, The Humanistic-Existential Approach, and the Social-Cognitive Approach. Which of these theoretical approaches make more sense to you? Explain your answer.