SS10.P.14

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 09-12 - Psychology

Students know:

The schools of thought in psychology that have been concerned with personality development and assessment.
Their own notions of personality as a disposition.

Students are able to:

Cite specific textual and research-based evidence to support a holistic definition of personality.
Summarize complex theories of personality into simpler, yet still accurate, terms.
Assess one's own personality using multiple assessments that follow multistep procedures, analyzing the results in light of research presented in the text.
Consider the perspectives of various researchers and theorists to determine their reasons for constructing their particular theories of personality.
Synthesize information and research from multiple sources to develop a coherent understanding of personality as a disposition.

Students understand that:

There are differences among the perspectives on and theories of personality.
There are ways in which each perspective on personality prefers to assess personality.
It is important to attend to issues in reliability and validity when assessing personality.