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per.packet2Bdirections2Bfall2B2021_1_.docxPersonality Packet
This activity has two parts. This first section requires you to take and compare two personality tests and answer some questions about them. First access the link named personality test 1 on the course website on this week’s lesson page and take that test. The link to this test is also found here:
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp
Once you finish you need to read your results carefully and answer the following questions.
1. What was your personality type? Make sure to give the four letters here and the percentages for each.
Now read the full description of your type listed just below your score (and slightly to the left…it should say something like ENTP type description). Read all the way down through the functional analysis section of the description. Then google your type (for example, ENTP) and read the short descriptions offered at 16personalities.com and the personality page (which offers a portrait of your type). These should be the first two links that come up, or very close to that. If for some reason they are not functional, you can choose two other sites to read descriptions of your type.
2. How accurate were these website’s description of your personality? Include details and give a paragraph response on how valid you found the descriptions of your personality and why.
3. Now access the link named personality test 2 on the lessons page and take that test. The link to this test is also found here:
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/personality-quiz/
Once you take that very short test then read the results that pop up below your score on the website. If you scroll down it explains what each of the categories in your personality score means. Once you have done that then compare this second personality test to the first one you took. In at least a full paragraph give your score, and then describe which one you think better captured you and was more accurate. Explain why.
5. What have been the dominant influences on your personality? Why are you the way you are? What, if anything, would you like to change about your personality and how would you go about doing that?
Once you finish reflecting and writing on these questions it is time to complete the self-actualization interview portion of this activity. On the next page you will find information regarding this second part of the project. Simply follow those directions, complete the interview, and answer the questions on that sheet. You will turn in both these questions and the interview questions together as one word document or pdf file on the course Sakai site through the “assignments” tab on the left of the course home page to receive your grade for this personality packet activity.
Self-Actualization Interview Sheet
Abraham Maslow described human beings who have fulfilled their full potential as being self-actualized. Nobody is perfect, thus self-actualization is more of a process than an endpoint. Nevertheless, there are some traits that tend to be highly correlated with individuals who are considered self-actualized. They are accepting of themselves and other people, accurate in perceiving reality, problem centered not self-conscious, continually fresh and enthusiastic, spontaneous, and strong and independent. In other words, they are extremely psychologically healthy!
For this assignment you will be interviewing two adults (minimum age of 30) and getting their perspective on the top rung of Maslow’s hierarchy. Below are six questions that you need to ask each interviewee. You should also come up with at least two questions of your own that relate to the hierarchy of needs that you can ask them. Before you ask the following questions make sure you take a few minutes to explain the general idea of self-actualization and the hierarchy of needs to the person you will be interviewing. There are some tough questions that can get personal, so please be respectful and appreciative of those who volunteer to participate in your interviews.
1. When you reflect on all the people that you have known in your life, which person most embodies Maslow’s conception of a self-actualized person? In other words, who is the most psychologically healthy person you have ever known? Explain why?
2. Do you agree with Maslow that very few people (he said 1%) ever become self-actualized? Why or why not? For the people that don’t make it, what do you think it is that holds them back?
3. When you think back to your adolescence and young adulthood, what type of person did you dream of becoming? Why do you think you chose that ideal to strive for?
4. Now that you are older, have you become the ideal self that you hoped you would? Have you achieved your dreams? Please explain. Also, how did your dreams change as you got older?
5. Have you ever had a peak experience? Describe it if you have.
6. Do you think that it is necessary or helpful to travel internationally or have contact with different cultures in order to reach self-actualization? In other words, do you think people who have experienced life outside of the United States gain a perspective that can’t be gained by those who stay home?
Don’t worry about taking specific notes when conducting the two interviews. Instead, just focus on having a relaxed conversation and learning about the perspective of the person you are talking with. Once you are done with the interviews you should type a one-two page paper, double-spaced (12 point font, Times New Roman type) outlining what you learned from your interviews and your general thoughts about Maslow’s hierarchy and his idea of self-actualization. Again, I don’t need you to write down all the answers that were given to your interview questions. I also don’t want you to make a list with numbers with your interviewee answers (this should be written in regular paragraph form). I am more interested in what you think of their answers then in you simply listing what they said, so part two is about you summarizing the discussions in paragraph form instead of listing interview answers. After discussing how your interviews went in the paper, please reflect on the people you have met in your life and how well your experiences fit his theory. This paper will be on the same document as your answers to the personality test questions and will be submitted through the assignments tab in our Sakai website.
