Exploring the Role of Behavioral and Social Learning in Personality Development

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Personality (new class) Week 7 discussion: behaviroal/social learning approaches part 2 Behavioral/Social Learning researchers describe how gender roles, aggression, learned helplessness, and locus of control contribute to personality, either in a healthy or unhealthy manner.  Select one area from the list above and discuss how that behavioral trait is socially relevant to one's overall personality and health. Explain and support your position. Week 7 assignment: research in personalityanalyisis The purpose of this assignment is:  To locate, review, and analyze personality research focused on a topic you are interested in. To assess personality theory research methods and results. To craft a discussion-style format post based on student-selected articles, adhering to the Personality Assignment Guidelines (.docx).  To encourage the class to share opinions and feedback on your research-centered discussion posts.  Your topic for your article must pertain to the course material covered in the Week 4 and Week 5 readings. Below are several topics to consider:   Behaviorism Classical conditioning B.F. Skinner Social Learning Theory Observational Learning Albert Bandura  Week 7 jo0urnal: procrastination Do you procrastinate or are you an individual who stays away from procrastination? Using the behavioral/social-learning approach, in what way have you learned to be a procrastinator/non-procrastinator? In what way has this trait contributed to your personality?  Week8 final. Paper Purpose Throughout this course, you will examine the major theories in personality by evaluating the background and development of each theory, the research, and the strengths and weaknesses of each theory. For this final paper, you will demonstrate your understanding of two (2) theories in human behavior by applying research in personality theories to a favorite and familiar character. You will explain why you chose these two specific theories to analyze your chosen character, and provide a short reflection on which theories and methods we have studied in this course you think are most useful in explaining personality, and why. Description For your final paper you will select a character from either a favorite novel, play, drama, movie or television show to analyze.  Using the Personality theories you have examined throughout the course, construct a well-thought out research paper that addresses the following: Describe the personality of the...