Book: The Story of Psychology
Discussion: Personality Psychology is
essentially the study of traits. Personality psychologists want to
know “What accounts for the differences in individuals and in their
behavior?” and laypeople want to know “How can I correctly predict
others’ behavior and make judgments accordingly?” Is human nature
determined from within or from without? Are our minds and behavior
the products of inner forces, or are we shaped and prodded into
thought and action by the stimuli of the...
Identify a personal goal that relates to some of your
personality traits and explain that relationship. (for example, I
have a goal of seeing as many countries as possible and meeting
individuals from different cultures and this goal relates to my
trait of openness)
Discuss whether you typically experience an internal or external
locus of control and give a personal example.
A study conducted at a large university was aimed at discovering
whether personality traits influence choice of college major. A
random sample of psychology and music majors were selected from the
university's corresponding college/school. Each student was given
the "need dependence" scale. The researchers hypothesize that
psychology majors have less need dependence than music majors. What
can be concluded with α = 0.10?
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Why is it that marketers generally find greater dissimilarities
in social and cultural values as they do down the economic strata?
Remember, this is an international business class. Your answer
should not be limited to markets in one country. It’s a global
question. As well, it is an economic question (marketers). What
changes as target markets become less wealthy? Why? What is the
impact of technology on this concept? Will technology ultimately
create globalized markets? Use at least two sources...