Description
Please answer the questions separately:
1. If personality traits are merely descriptive and not explanatory, of what use are they? Can assigning a trait to a person be harmful - or helpful? Why or why not?
2. In what ways are psychoanalysis and cognitive therapy similar, and how do they differ? How would you choose between the two to get treatment for a psychological problem you may be experiencing?
3. Please watch this video about the Milgram Experiment then answar the question: ( Why do you think the Milgram experiment is so controversial? What sorts of effects might the experiment have had on participants? If you were a subject in the experiment, do you think you would have obeyed the authority figure? Why or why not?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTX42lVDwA4 (Links to an external site.)
Explanation & Answer
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Personality traits can give a better picture of the individual that is being described or talked
about. I think we use personality traits to describe others, for the same reason we use adjectives
to describe myriad of different items; to aid the mind in seeing multiple aspects of the person (or
item) being described. It is, of course, only an opinion of the person giving the description of the
personality trait to another. Assigning traits to other people can be both harmful and helpful. In
one aspect, we can see the strengths that the person is either known for or demonstrates
regularly, allowing us to acknowledge them for their strengths. On the other hand, when we use
negative traits to describe people, we are also attaching a negati...