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PSY 530 Module Two Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

This paper will help to you explain and apply impression management and the implicit personality theory.

Prompt

Write a short paper on implicit personality theory and impression management that engages the following:

1. What is implicit personality theory?
2. Explain how a person would use this theory in order to enhance his or her impression management.
3. Find an article or a book on a celebrity, politician, or athlete who used impression management to create a certain image. What role might implicit personality theory have played in regards to how this individual worked to create or enhance his or her image?
4. What are the implications of impression management or implicit personality theory for social welfare or social change? Support your reasoning with evidence.
5. Finally, how have you used impression management to enhance your own personal or professional image? Be specific. Did changing one aspect of your image affect other aspects of your image?

Use the Shapiro Library for your research. Do not use internet references (e.g, .com, .org, .net websites).

What to Submit

Submit a paper of two to three double-spaced pages, submitted in Microsoft Word, with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, title page, subject headers, and all sources cited in APA style within the text and in the reference section.

Module Two Short Paper Rubric

Criteria	Exemplary (100%)	Proficient (90%)	Needs Improvement (70%)	Not Evident (0%)	Value
Implicit Personality Theory: Definition	Meets “Proficient” criteria and crafts the definition to fluently relate to impression management	Accurately defines implicit personality theory with a sufficient level of detail	Defines implicit personality theory in a manner that may not be fully accurate or may lack sufficient detail	Does not define implicit personality theory	10
Implicit Personality Theory: Connection to Impression Management	Meets “Proficient” criteria and shows keen insight into the relationship between implicit personality theory and impression management	Accurately connects implicit personality theory to impression management with a sufficient level of detail	Connects implicit personality theory to impression management, but does so in a manner that may not be fully accurate or may be cursory	Does not connect implicit personality theory to impression management	20
Implicit Personality Theory/ Impression Management: Case Example	Meets “Proficient” criteria and shows keen insight in showing how the example of impression management in the case of the public person illustrates implicit personality theory	Describes the relationship between implicit personality theory and impression management using the case of a public person, as described in a published source	Describes the relationship between implicit personality theory and impression management using the case of a public person, but the description may be cursory or may not be based on a published source	Does not describe the relationship between implicit personality theory and impression management using the case of a public person	20
Implicit Personality Theory/ Impression Management: Social Welfare or Social Change	Meets “Proficient” criteria and shows keen insight and solid evidentiary support in connecting impression management or implicit personality theory to social change	Explains how impression management and implicit personality theory may impact social welfare or social change and supports this reasoning with evidence	Describes how impression management and implicit personality theory may impact social welfare or social change, but this explanation may be cursory or not well supported	Does not explain how impression management and implicit personality theory may impact social welfare or social change	20
Implicit Personality Theory/ Impression Management: Your Personal or Professional Image	Meets “Proficient” criteria and shows keen insight in relating the creation of an image to impression management or implicit personality theory	Describes in suitable detail how you have used impression management to enhance your image	Describes how you have used impression management to enhance your image but the description may be cursory or may be off subject	Does not describe how you have used impression management to enhance your image	15
Use of Sources and Citation	Meets “Proficient” criteria and fluently utilizes a group of sources to support reasoning	Uses appropriate library sources and correctly cites them in APA style in the document and in the reference list	Does not use appropriate library sources or does not properly cite them in APA style	Does not use or cite sources	5
Articulation of Response	Submission is free of errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to-read format	Submission has no major errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization	Submission has major errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas	Submission has critical errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas	10
Total:	100%