EXTENDED-RESPONSE QUESTION: PERSONALITY
Answer the following question in this section on the pages provided. You
should spend 5 minutes planning.
Tim is an outgoing person with a very busy schedule. He is employed as a
landscaper and loves his job. He is a perfectionist and gets annoyed at
other workers when they don’t care about a job. Tim loves going out with
his friends and rarely has a moment to himself. Tim plays football and
softball and loves both games but is also very competitive and hates to
lose.
Tim works hard at everything he does and as a result is getting offered
the assistant manager position at his work. Although Tim thinks he
deserves the position he feels guilty that he has been promoted above
other friends/workers.
Discuss conceptions of personality. Your response should include a
description of
One trait conception of personality
At least two of Tim’s personality traits that illustrate the trait
conception of personality you described above
One strength and one weakness of trait conceptions of personality –
explained in detail
Either one psychodynamic conception of personality or one
humanistic conception of personality