Based on your Big Five Personality scores, and what you know from the readings, would you make a good fit for the new Manager of Potato Smashing role? 

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The Big Five Personality Test

How true is each of the following characteristics in describing me?

Interpretation:

Scale O: Openness to Experience [high score of 34](curious versus consistent). People with high scores are described as adventurous, daring, imaginative, and variety loving.

Scale C: Conscientiousness  [high score of 34] (organized versus careless). People with high scores are described as well organized, scrupulous, responsible, and reliable.

Scale E: Extroversion   [second highest score of 33](social versus reserved). People with high scores are described as outgoing, sociable, friendly, and people oriented.

Scale A: Agreeableness   [third highest score of 32](compassionate versus contentious). People with high scores are described as good-natured, considerate, cooperative, and kind.

Scale N: Neuroticism  [lowest score of 22](nervous versus calm). People with high scores are described as anxious, emotional, temperamental, and highly strung.

Case Study:

Your CEO is looking for someone to head up the Potato-Smashing department. This person must be highly critical, and a bit pessimistic. They also need to be dutiful and willing to follow instructions at all cost. High attention to detail, and more focus on the tasks of potato smashing than the people doing the smashing! Potato smashing is a big deal. In the city of Spud, mashed potatoes make up 45% of the GDP; and Potatoes ‘R’ Us is a monopoly. The CEO needs to see your Big Five Personality scores, and a brief explanation as to why you are, or are not a good fit.

Based on your Big Five Personality scores, and what you know from the readings, would you make a good fit for the new Manager of Potato Smashing role?

Be sure to do the following:

  1. Report how you scored for each scale. (Listed above)
  2. Explain how you would interpret each score.
  3. Provide an overall conclusion of why you are or are not a good fit for the case study.

GUIDELINES

  • Length: 1.5-2 pages (not including title page or references page)
  • 1-inch margins
  • Double spaced
  • 12-point Times New Roman font
  • Title page
  • References page (minimum of 1 scholarly source in addition to your textbook… Manning. (2021). ISE EBOOK ONLINE ACCESS FOR THE ART OF LEADERSHIP (Sixth ed.). New York, NY: MCGRAW-HILL US HIGHER ED.)

Discuss your personal approach using Scripture and class materials and how you think that will affect your decision-making process.

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Read the article in this module/week by Horton (2009), “Discerning Spiritual Discernment,” and review Case Study 1. Provide a brief summary for each approach of discerning the will of God (bull’s eye, wisdom, and relationship-formation).

Then, discuss the following questions:

Which approach does Thomas follow in discerning the will of God for his life?

How would you approach this situation?

Discuss your personal approach using Scripture and class materials and how you think that will affect your decision-making process.

How would you talk with someone who holds to another approach?

Thomas is a 20 year old college student who is currently a pre-med major. Thomas explains to you that he has been enjoying his major and is getting good grades. Also, his father and grandfather were both doctors, so he is proud to continue on that legacy. However, Thomas has a roommate who is a Biblical Studies major, and he finds himself more interested in his roommate’s work than his own. Additionally, Thomas is very gifted in leadership and teaching and has found himself praying about becoming a pastor. When you ask Thomas how he has been praying about it, he says he has been praying that God would make it clear that He should be a pastor and that all of the doors should open for him in that endeavor if that is God’s will for his life.

Develop an original intervention strategy based on social psychological theory, research, and your evaluation of this specific social problem.

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Prior to completing the summative assignment, consider the various topics studied by social psychologists:

  • Social thinking (attitudes, the self, judgment and decision making, etc.),
  • Social relations (attraction, aggression, prosocial behavior, etc.)
  • Social influence (conformity and obedience, persuasion, group processes, etc.)

Consider also your own interests and career aspirations and identify a problem of interest or relevance to you and amenable to a social psychological solution.  (For example, those interested in healthcare might consider programs that aspire to get kids moving or help adults stop smoking, enhance caregiving practices amongst the elderly, or encourage safe or healthy habits.).  For ideas—and/or to increase awareness of the broad range of applicability of social psychological insight—browse the solutions catalog available via Stanford SPARQ  at https://sparq.stanford.edu/solutions (Links to an external site.); you may also contact your instructor for specific suggestions.  Next, evaluate contributing social factors in light of theoretical principles and design an ethical, feasible intervention program.  (Refer to “Writing a Review Article for Psychological Bulletin” (Bem, 2016) for advice regarding academic writing of this nature.  In addition, review the guide for Graduate Writing (Links to an external site.), available through the Ashford Writing Center, including information on Writing a Literature Review (Links to an external site.).).

Your final paper should encompass the following:

  • Assess social behavior, including factors that influence social behavior as well as the role behavior plays in producing and perpetuating social issues and problems.
  • Describe a resulting social problem in the context of social psychological theory and research.
  • Interpret relevant theoretical perspectives derived from social psychology.
  • Distinguish scientific methods for studying this specific social problem.
  • Develop an original intervention strategy based on social psychological theory, research, and your evaluation of this specific social problem.
  • Suggest, propose, or assess career paths to which this insight may be applicable.

The Final Paper

Prior to completing the summative assignment, consider the various topics studied by social psychologists:

  • Social thinking (attitudes, the self, judgment and decision making, etc.),
  • Social relations (attraction, aggression, prosocial behavior, etc.)
  • Social influence (conformity and obedience, persuasion, group processes, etc.)

Consider also your own interests and career aspirations and identify a problem of interest or relevance to you and amenable to a social psychological solution.  (For example, those interested in healthcare might consider programs that aspire to get kids moving or help adults stop smoking, enhance caregiving practices amongst the elderly, or encourage safe or healthy habits.).  For ideas—and/or to increase awareness of the broad range of applicability of social psychological insight—browse the solutions catalog available via Stanford SPARQ  at https://sparq.stanford.edu/solutions (Links to an external site.); you may also contact your instructor for specific suggestions.  Next, evaluate contributing social factors in light of theoretical principles and design an ethical, feasible intervention program.  (Refer to “Writing a Review Article for Psychological Bulletin” (Bem, 2016) for advice regarding academic writing of this nature.  In addition, review the guide for Graduate Writing (Links to an external site.), available through the Ashford Writing Center, including information on Writing a Literature Review (Links to an external site.).).

Your final paper should encompass the following:

  • Assess social behavior, including factors that influence social behavior as well as the role behavior plays in producing and perpetuating social issues and problems.
  • Describe a resulting social problem in the context of social psychological theory and research.
  • Interpret relevant theoretical perspectives derived from social psychology.
  • Distinguish scientific methods for studying this specific social problem.
  • Develop an original intervention strategy based on social psychological theory, research, and your evaluation of this specific social problem.
  • Suggest, propose, or assess career paths to which this insight may be applicable.

The Final Paper

Choose a drawing that interests you from an art book. Turn the drawing upside down and begin to copy what you see. Do not turn the drawing right side up until you have completed your artwork. Finish the drawing in one time period allow at least 35-40 minutes. Set a timer if this helps.

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This exercise is worth 20 points. To turn in your work you will need to scan it in and created a PDF file (please send a copy of the original work as well so I can see what you were trying to copy). You are not being graded on your artwork rather on your ability to describe your experience in two to three paragraphs. Talk about how you were feeling prior to the exercise, during it and when it was done. Comment on what you think of this exercise in creativity and relaxation, how it felt to actually do the drawing, how you felt during and after the inverted drawing exercise. Note how you were feeling, what your brain was doing and engaged in before, during and after the exercise.

According to Kalat for almost all right handed people and more than 60% of left handers, the left hemisphere of the brain controls speech while the right hemisphere is responsible for spatial relationships such as what an object would look like if it was rotated. The left brain is verbal, logical, rational and analytical while the right brain deals with images, patterns, dreams, analogies and new ideas. Because of this difference in processing, the right brain is more conducive to the relaxation response (Davis, Eshelman, McKay, 2000).

Using the imaginative and creative part of the brain can be relaxing. This exercise is adapted from The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook (pg 58).I used this exercise in a Stress and Coping course. This exercise draws on the theory and work by Betty Edwards an art teacher and researcher (see the vase-face exercise on the moodle site). She forces her students to shift from thinking about a drawing exercise to intuiting the drawing exercise by asking them to draw the image upside down.

The inverted drawing exercise is designed to cognitively shift you from labeling, logical, rational mode to a nonverbal, visual, intuitive mode the left brain can’t process. After the inverted drawing exercise, according to Edwards, “students reported less time urgency, less attachment to meaning, and a heightened sense of alertness, while feeling relaxed, calm, confident and exhilarated.”

 

Find a quiet place to draw where you will not be disturbed. Play music if you like. Choose a drawing that interests you from an art book. Turn the drawing upside down and begin to copy what you see. Do not turn the drawing right side up until you have completed your artwork. Finish the drawing in one time period allow at least 35-40 minutes. Set a timer if this helps.

To begin:

Look at the inverted drawing for a minute and take in the lines, angles and shapes. You can see how it fits together, when you draw start at the top and copy each line, moving from line to line, putting it together like a puzzle. Do not name parts as you draw. Take your time, line to line, don’t make the exercise hard. Allow your movements to be easy and slow.

After you’ve finished drawing, take a moment to recognize how you feel and your state of mind. Do you feel calm and relaxed? Did you lose track of time, were you able to turn off the left brain chatter? Did you allow yourself to not label the parts, or judge and criticize your work? Now turn the drawing right side up and see how you did. Surprisingly mos

(adapted from Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain as it appeared in The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook (pg 58).

Kalat, J.W. (2008). Introduction to Psychology 9e.

Davis, M., Eshelman, E. R., & McKay, M. (2000). The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook.