Personality Theory

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PSY – Theories of Personality

Project One Milestone Template

To begin your milestone, first select two personality theories from the left column of the following table that you think contrast in meaningful ways. Next, from the right column of the table, select three topics that you will use to contrast your theories. Complete this template by replacing the bracketed text with the relevant information.

Personality Theories and Approaches

Topics

· Humanistic psychology

· Psychoanalytic theory

· Neo-Freudian/object relations theory

· Trait approach

· Biological perspective

· Motivation

A. Scientific nature

B. Nature versus nurture

C. Origin of problems

D. Pathology

E. Free will

F. Environmental influences

G. Internal versus external stimuli

1. Identify which two theories or approaches you will compare and contrast and explain why you chose them. Your response should be about 2 to 4 sentences.

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2. Describe how your two chosen theories differ on 3 topics. See the details for topics A through G in the assignment guidelines and rubric document. Your response for each topic should be about 3 to 5 sentences.

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· Topic 2

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· Topic 3

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3. Describe at least one similarity between your two selected theories. Your response should be about 3 to 5 sentences.

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References

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