Personality Presentation
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assessment_6.docx· Overview
Develop a brief staff training presentation about cluster B personality disorders, as part of your role of intake coordinator in a college counseling center.
Note: The assessments in this course build upon each other, so you are strongly encouraged to complete them in sequence.
Developing a presentation for professional enrichment is something many professionals are asked to do on the job.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
· Competency 1: Apply personality theories to traits, dispositions, and behaviors.
1. Describe the primary features of cluster B personality disorders.
. Competency 2: Evaluate how personality psychology is applied within the field of psychology and within various workplace environments.
2. Assess common obstacles in the treatment of individuals with cluster B disorders.
2. Examine the types of treatment that would be effective for the cluster B personality disorders
2. Examine one cluster B personality disorder and describe strategies for dealing with a particular disorder.
. Competency 3: Apply critical thinking, ethics, and communication skills expected of a professional in the field of psychology of personality.
3. Develop speaker's notes to explain every slide, with references from scholarly sources to support positions.
3. Apply proper APA formatting and style.
3. Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations of members of professional communities.
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Questions to Consider
As you complete the assessment, you may find it helpful to consider the questions below. You are encouraged to discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of the business community, in order to deepen your understanding of the topics.
Resources
Required Resources
The following resources are required to complete the assessment.
Capella Resources
Click the links provided to view the following resources:
. Additional Guidelines for Formatting Papers .
Capella Multimedia
Click the links provided below to view the following multimedia pieces:
The following media piece has information and guidelines that will help you develop an effective presentation:
. Death by PowerPoint | Transcript .
Suggested Resources
The following optional resources are provided to support you in completing the assessment or to provide a helpful context. For additional resources, refer to the Research Resources and Supplemental Resources in the left navigation menu of your courseroom.
Capella Resources
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. Writing and Research Resources .
Capella Multimedia
Click the links provided below to view the following multimedia pieces:
. Defining Theories of Development | Transcript .
The following interactive media pieces are designed to teach you how to properly format citations in APA:
. APA Citation: Citing a Book | Transcript .
. APA Citation: Citing a Journal Article | Transcript .
. APA Citation: Citing a Website | Transcript .
Library Resources
The following e-books or articles from the Capella University Library are linked directly in this course:
. Brown, J. D., & Marshall, M. A. (2001). Self-esteem and emotion: Some thoughts about feelings .Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 575–584.
. Carter, J. D., Joyce, P. R., Mulder, R. T., & Luty, S. E. (2001). The contribution of temperament, childhood neglect, and abuse to the development of personality dysfunction: A comparison of three models . Journal of Personality Disorders, 15(2), 123–135.
. Diener, E., & Lucas, R. E. (2000). Explaining differences in societal levels of happiness: Relative standards, need fulfillment, culture and evaluation theory . Journal of Happiness Studies, 1, 41–78.
. O'Neill, T. A., Lewis, R. J., & Carswell, J. J. (2011). Employee personality, justice perceptions, and the prediction of workplace deviance . Personality and Individual Differences, 51(5), 595–600.
. Sarason, I. G., Sarason, B. R., & Pierce, G. R. (1996). Views of the future . Journal of Research in Personality, 30(3), 447–453.
. Taylor, S. G., & Kluemper, D. H. (2012). Linking perceptions of role stress and incivility to workplace aggression: The moderating role of personality . Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 17(3), 316–329.
. Wiggins, J. S., & Pincus, A. L. (1992). Personality: Structure and assessment . Annual Review of Psychology, 43(1), 473–504.
Course Library Guide
A Capella University library guide has been created specifically for your use in this course. You are encouraged to refer to the resources in the PSYC-FP2900 – Introduction to the Psychology of Personality Library Guide to help direct your research.
Bookstore Resources
The resources listed below are relevant to the topics and assessments in this course and are not required. Unless noted otherwise, these materials are available for purchase from the Capella University Bookstore . When searching the bookstore, be sure to look for the Course ID with the specific –FP (FlexPath) course designation.
. Larsen, R. J., & Buss, D. M. (2014). Personality psychology: Domains of knowledge about human nature(5th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
15. Chapter 12, "Cognitive Topics in Personality."
15. Chapter 14, "Approaches to Self."
15. Chapter 19, "Disorders of Personality."
15. Chapter 20, "Summary and Future Directions."
· Assessment Instructions
Many jobs require the research and development of a presentation on a specific topic for staff training. For this assessment, you will create such a presentation. This assessment is called an "authentic assessment" because it can apply to many workplaces. You could even bring this presentation to a job interview to demonstrate your knowledge and skills.
For this assessment, use presentation software of your choice to develop a brief staff training presentation about cluster B personality disorders. Refer to the Death by PowerPoint media piece (linked in Resources under the Capella Multimedia heading) for tips on creating effective presentations.
Consider the following scenario:
You are an intake coordinator in a college counseling center. As a special project for the university, your department has been asked to make a presentation on various personality disorders. This information will be shared with all of your fellow office workers, including case managers, counselors, coaches, and clinicians.
Specifically, complete the following in your presentation:
. Describe the primary features of cluster B personality disorders.
. Explain common obstacles in the treatment of individuals who experience these disorders.
2. Explain the issues that make personality disorders resistant to treatment.
. Explain the types of treatment that may be effective for the cluster B personality disorders.
. Identify one specific cluster B personality disorder, and describe strategies for dealing with it.
. Include speaker's notes on every slide, and use APA citations to support your positions.
5. The speaker's notes should be an explanation of the bullets or phrases on the slide.
. Apply proper APA formatting and style.
. Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations of members of professional communities.
Additional Requirements
. Written communication: Ensure written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
. Software: Use any software of your choice for your presentation.
. Formatting: Format resources and citations according to APA style and formatting.
. Number of resources: Include a minimum of two current (within 5 years) peer-reviewed, scholarly resources in the speaker notes.
. Number of slides: Submit 10–12 slides with speaker notes explaining each slide.
