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Write a 1,000- to 1,250-word informational article for a newspaper in which you do the following:
- Describe the differences between dispositional and evolutionary or biological personality theories.
- Discuss the strengths and limitations of dispositional and evolutionary or biological personality theories as they apply to behavior.
- Discuss the Big Five personality test and how it is used to study personality.
Include a minimum of two to three sources.
Format your article consistent with APA guidelines.
This assignment is a look at two theoretical approaches dispositional and either evolutionary or biological.
Ignore the Grading Guide because it says you do all three.
Instead of the article format, you can do the paper in APA format with title and reference pages and the minimum 1000 words of text.
Book must be used as a reference:
Feist, J., Feist, G. J., & Roberts, T-A. (2013). Theories of personality (8thed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
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Personality Theories - Outline
Thesis statement: An examination on dispositional and biological theoretical approaches
1. Differences between dispositional and biological personality theories
a) Dispositional
b) Biological
2. The strengths and limitations of dispositional and biological personality theories
as they apply to behaviour
a) Dispositional
b) Biological
3. The Big Five personality test and how it is used to study personality
Running head: PERSONALITY THEORIES
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Personality Theories
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PERSONALITY THEORIES
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Personality Theories
Personality studies have evolved and transformed over the last numerous years, and
persistent assessment and review of contemporary models and theories continue to increase
contemporary interpretation and examination into personality and the position it holds in
understanding psychology. Personality is the analysis of the personal variances in behavior,
feeling, and thinking, and how all the features of an individual combine to create a whole being
(APA, 2015). Although there are several different personality theories which try to describe
personality, two of these offer understanding through a biological setting of personality including
an emphasis on the individualism and uniqueness of one’s personality. These theories are the
biological personality theories and the dispositional personality theories.
Dispositional personality theories were established by Gordon Allport and had taken a
huge role in the elucidation of personality in the discipline of psychology. Allport describes
personality as the dynamic organization existing in all individuals and the psychophysical
structures that influence their different beh...
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