RESPONSE 1 (Denise): With the help of past classes as well as this class, I often asked myself questions surrounding the future of psychology. With all of the changes in world, the study of psychology is no different: evolving. We can look back on how much it has currently change until now; where psychologist use to have their clients sit on a couch behind closed doors, often now some type of electronic device does most of then work. This will only go even farther from there. I personally believe that personality testing will become one of the largest online industries that more companies will begin to use as a hiring process.

I also believe that as assessments become more common in our workforce, candidates will begin to learn and share test taking strategies. As the word gets out, candidates will be able to ‘fake’ their way through pre-employment assessments in ways that will hinder testing to predict future behaviors. As with any other process, competency in the workplace is important, therefore employers should consider measuring it through as many modes of measurement as are everyday in your selection process. For example, attention to detail is important for many jobs today, therefore, measuring competency through personality tests as well as interview questions can help the hiring manager better understand a person’s true level on their job related abilities. As for future studies, I can imagine the use of simulators with interactive devices. This may include voice interaction, stress/emotion detection, etc.

RESPONSE 2 (Taylor): I believe the number one thing that is going to change when it comes to personality assessment procedures is the training of psychologists/professionals and the way the tests are administered. I believe the psychologists/professionals need to receive better training so they can properly administer the tests and explain how important it is for the individuals to answer the questions truthfully. To obtain accurate results from personality tests the individual must be completely honest and subjective with their responses. I believe for the assessor to accurately convey the severity of this topic they must be comfortable and an expert on the topic.

I believed technology and social media will alter the way we use personality tests. People are becoming more familiar and knowledgeable on topics due to the internet. This may hurt/help personality tests. Due to the internet, we are far more aware of what the society values, therefore, we may answer these questions to meet societal agendas. I personally have only taken personality tests when it comes to job applications/interviews and I will be the first to admit it is very hard to not alter my answers to fit the personality of someone the employer would want to fill the position.  The assessors simply told me “answer the questions best you can”. Now after taking this course and understanding how individuals may unintentionally alter their questions to fit social constructs, I feel that I could have received better guidance from the employer. Then again they were using a test they found on the internet and they probably did not receive very good training either. I am sure the test results would not have disqualified me from the position they said they were using it to “better understand my personality type” but, in the back of my mind I was still a little nervous.

I hope we use technology to better our understanding of things and improve life. I have seen a LOT of Black Mirror and technology truly does scare me sometimes.

RESPONSE 3 (Marie):

Personality assessment:

Personality assessment is a broad concept in psychology that reflects the measurement of personal characteristics. Human nature is widely based on diversity and environment in the world. People will adopt different traits and habits that make them unique from others. It is upon such practices that the field of psychology can associate one with a specific identity or affiliation.

To assess one’s personality, it may be necessary to come up with a result of gathering a wide range of information that is intended to advance psychological theory research (Parkash & Kumar, 2016). For this reason, there are specific measuring constructs that are manifested as the efforts to measure personality by the use of particular methods and styles.

Future changes in personality assessment:

The various methods of personality assessment in the current world include the Myer-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Disc assessment method, Process communication Model, Revised Neo Personality Inventory, the Personality Assessment System, and many others. In this case, all the methods are based on a clear system of assessment that makes use of a self-report questionnaire that is applied with a series of questions. In this case, the questions are a converter, in other words, reading questions that may not reveal what it actually measures. In addition, the questions are also designed to relate to specific aspects of an individual’s life such as different environments including school, work, and many other background settings that are of influence (Visser & Campbell, 2016).  Most importantly, personality tests may not be timed due to the fact that diversity calls for different abilities and speeds of individual participants to respond to the questions that are asked.

Many factors and questions may influence the future of personality assessment in the field of psychology such as:

• Do personalities of individuals      change?
• What is the connection between      personality and regime or generations?
• What is the influence of      technology on the personality of an individual?

If the personality of individuals changes based on a number of factors including regime and generations of the world, then the field of psychology may have to be adaptive and innovative enough to keep up with the changes that take place. One of the most influential factors of change around human existence is technology. As technology changes to improve systems and to automate services, there would be certain effects that may manifest in the form of personalities of human beings (Visser & Campbell, 2016). Also, different types of technologies that are applied in the various methods of personality assessment as mentioned above would also change as a result on innovation, improving efficiency, and accuracy of the results that are obtained from the assessment process.

Changes foreseen in the functions and applications:

There are specific changes that are obvious and automatic. First, there are particular methods that are designed to use specific forms of technology in order to generate the best result when conducting the assessment process. For instance, a lie detector is one of the functions and systems of technology that may detect how true an individual is in their sentiments (Weiner, 2017). In this case, development and innovation of different forms of technology to match new generations and regimes are one of the changes that are expected to manifest in the field of psychology as far as personality assessment is concerned.

References

Parkash, V., & Kumar, U. (2016). Personality Assessment Paradigms. The Wiley Handbook of Personality Assessment, 302-322. doi:10.1002/9781119173489.ch22

Visser, B. A., & Campbell, S. (2016). Measuring the Dark Side of Personality. The SAGE Handbook of Personality and Individual Differences: Volume I: The Science of Personality and Individual Differences, 573-591. doi:10.4135/9781526451163.n27

Weiner, I. B. (2017). Society for Personality Assessment/Journal of Personality Assessment: A History. Journal of Personality Assessment, 100(1), 2-15. doi:10.1080/00223891.2017.1394869

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review Chapters 5, 7, 8, 11, and 12, which are the primary chapters in the textbook and provide you with the theoretical foundations for this project. Also review the Exploring Borderlands–American Passages: A Literary Survey video. Many of the other resources in the previous weeks may also be helpful.

Remember that you have already created nine of the required 15 activities for this assignment in Weeks 2, 3, and 4. You received feedback from your instructor and from the Writing Center on those activity papers. You are expected to incorporate that feedback into the nine activities already created. During this last week, you will place those activities in the appropriate room in your proposal and create the remaining six activities.

Focus of the Final Project:

Your community is planning to open a brand-new child development community center. Now that you are an expert in the field, you have been chosen to create a proposal for interactive, fun, and educational programming activities that will be provided for children and adolescents in this center. The chosen activities must be developmentally appropriate and based in theory. You will present your ideas to the city council with a written proposal describing the programming in detail. You have been asked to propose programming for the following five different age groups in the child development community center:

• Infant (0-1 year)
• Toddler (1-3 years)
• Early Childhood (3-6 years)
• Middle to Late Childhood (7-12 years)
• Adolescence (13-18 years)

Use this Community Child Development Center Proposal Template to organize your proposal. Enter the requested information on the title page where indicated. Where you find the text, “In this section you will describe the activity …” within the proposal template, please remove that and enter your own content. The headings in bold should not be altered. The final content for each “room” will consist of three paragraphs that will address three distinct activities that address physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development for that age group. Table 5.1 in your textbook will be very useful in identifying the major milestones in physical development.

In your Community Child Proposal,

• Describe the activity in some detail (provide more than just the name of the activity).
• Identify the specific domain related theory concept that supports the use of this activity.
• Identify how the activity enhances physical, cognitive, or psychosocial development.

Special Notes:

A good way to brainstorm different age appropriate activities is using Google’s search tool before researching. Please review What Is CRAAP? A Guide to Evaluating Web SourcesLinks to an external site.. For example, enter “activities to support cognitive development in toddlers” and numerous sites with suggested activities will be displayed. Remember that your activities may be simple (especially with newborns), but they must also be specific and age appropriate, and you are to connect them to developmental theory within the proposal. You must also cite the sources in your proposal.

While much of the theoretical support for your proposal will come from the textbook, you must include information somewhere in the proposal from three credible or scholarly sources. If you included a source in your Weeks 2, 3, and 4 papers, then you have already met this requirement. Just transfer the source to the final proposal. Remember to cite all your sources (including the textbook) according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

The Community Center Proposal

• Must be nine to 10 double-spaced pages in length (not including the title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA StyleLinks to an external site.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of project
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted

For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013Links to an external site..

• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance.
• Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
  • For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions Links to an external site.as well as Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site., refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources.
• Must use at least three scholarly or credible sources in addition to the text book. Be sure to integrate your sourcesLinks to an external site. rather than simply inserting them.
  • The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
• Must document any information used form sources in APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List Links to an external site.resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.

Carefully review the Grading RubricLinks to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Waypoint Assignment Submission

The assignments in this course will be submitted to Waypoint.  Please refer to the instructions below to submit your assignment.

1. Click on the Assignment Submission button below. The Waypoint “Student Dashboard” will open in a new browser window.
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