Understanding Personality Theories

WebQuest

Step 1

• Follow the Personality WebQuest to complete the middle column of the comparison chart

• Click on hyperlinks to go to the various web pages.• Scroll down to the Biography and Theory sections to

find the information you need

Freud 1856-1939

• Death Instincts

• Projection

• Oral Aggressive or

Sadistic

• Id

Alfred Adler 1870-1926• Organic Source of

Inferiority

• Superiority Complex

• Avoiding Social Interest

Karen Horney 1885-1952

• Basic Anxiety

• Self-Protective Mechanism of Attaining Power

• Aggressive Personality • Neurotic Needs for Power

and Exploitation • Need for a Dominant Partner

What is womb envy??

Abraham Maslow 1908-1970

• Deficiency

• Belongingness and Love Needs

• Peak Experience

• Jonah Complex

Carl Rogers 1902-1987

• Positive Regard

• Unconditional Positive

Regard

• Incongruence

• Fully Functioning Person

Step 2 http://www.outofservice.com/bigfive/ For each of the

following 5 dimensions of personality, describe what your score percentile was and what it means…

Openness- Conscientiousness- Extraversion- Agreeableness- Neuroticism- Do you agree or disagree with any of the results? Explain…

(For fun, if you have time) http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Reviews/HarryPotter/Docs/Quiz-House.html

1. What house do you belong to? 2. What personality traits do you possess? 3. Do you agree with the personality findings? Why?

Personality Analysis:Step 3

• We will watch a video in class and analyze how each of the personality theories you have researched relate to the main character in the video.