PROMPT:                                                            Personality Theory Paper 

Demonstrate your knowledge of the theory you choose via descriptions of its key concepts and use of them to explain how you developed your own personality. 

INSTRUCTIONS:

APA FORMAT

7-8 PAGES IN LENGTH

TIMES NEW ROMAN 12 FONT

Double-spaced with 1 inch margins on all sides of each page

1. ONLY USE THEORY BELOW
2. THEORY: Social cognitive learning theory 
3. Your paper will include three parts: A brief description of the premise and key components of the theory you selected. You should be thorough and concise in this section and not spend the bulk of the paper detailing the theory, but rather just give enough of a summary of the key points so that an intelligent but uniformed reader would be able to understand its basics. If you pick a more complicated theory, you should expect explaining its premise and key components to take longer than explaining the same for one of the simpler theories but, in either case, focus on the basics and keep in mind that a paper that is almost all theory description and little use of the theory described to explain your own personality will receive a significant point deduction as will the reverse case of the paper being largely personal experience sharing with little linkage to clearly described key theory components.

4. Description of how your chosen theory explains your personality and life choices with supporting examples.

5. Description of the limitations of the theory in explaining your personality or anyone else’s.

HALF OF THE PAPER WITH IN TEXT CITATIONS/HALF OF THE PAPER SUMMARIZED IN OWN WORDS

NO GRAMMAR ISSUES/NO ERRORS

6-7 CREDIBLE SCHOLARLY SOURCES REFERENCES 

PROMPT: ANSWER ALL 5 QUESTIONS

1. Describe 3 reasons psychology can be described as both a science and non-science. 
2. Discuss Aristotle’s views on emotions. Identify 3 ways that Aristotle’s views on emotions influence the practice of psychology today.
3. Summarize Descartes’s view of the mind–body relationship. Identify 3 ways that Descartes’ view of the mind-body relationship influences the practice of psychology today. 
4. Explain the concept of empiricism. What was it in other philosophies that the empiricists opposed most? Identify 3 ways that empiricism is evident in the practice of psychology today.
5. Explain behaviorism. Explain 3 ways behaviorism influences the practice of  psychology today.

INSTRUCTIONS:

APA FORMAT

250 WORDS FOR EACH QUESTION

TIMES NEW ROMAN 12 FONT

SUMMARIZE IN OWN WORDS/NO IN TEXT CITATIONS AT ALL

NO GRAMMAR ISSUES/NO ERRORS

4-5 CREDIBLE SCHOLARLY SOURCES REFERENCES FOR EACH QUESTION