Personality Theory Paper

Select a fictional character from television or film (a book may also be used if desired). Selections may include (but are not limited to):

·         The Blind Side

·         Rudy

·         A Beautiful Mind

·         Pursuit of Happy-ness

·         Fearless

·         The Fisher King

·         Fatal Attraction (the movie, not the TV show)

·         What about Bob?

·         Girl Interrupted

·         Gone Girl

·         The Color Purple

·         Harry Potter series

·         Star Wars

Note: If you are going to use a character that is not from the above list, you will need to get prior approval before writing your paper.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you analyzeyour chosen character’s personality using one theorist or theory from each of the following columns:

Search the University Library, the Theory Tables Learning Team Assignment, and other resources for information on each of the theorists or theories you selected. You must use a minimum of 3 cited sources in your paper: the text, a peer-reviewed journal article and one other source of your choosing.

Describe the connection between the character’s personality and the theory used to explain it using relevant information such as direct quotes, descriptions of events provided in the movie, show or book, examples of interpersonal behavior, and so on.

Include the following components in the body of your paper (as well as a clear introduction and conclusion):

·         A short synopsis outlining the demographic and background information of the chosen character

·         An evaluation of how each of the chosen personality theorists or theories explains the personality of the chosen character, making sure to use one from column A, one from column B and one from column C

·         A discussion of how the selected character’s behavior might be interpreted differently, depending on which theoretical approach is used(for this portion, compare/contrast the theorists that you’ve been discussing, and their approach to the character)

·         A discussion of the extent to which each chosen theorist or theory would address relevant social, cultural, environmental, biological, or unconscious factors that may be influencing  the character’s behavior(for this portion, use examples that demonstrate this relationship)

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines (keep in mind that in addition to providing citations, APA formatting also includes having an introduction and conclusion, as well as correct title and reference pages).

Note that if you are using a movie, it does need to be cited and referenced. A movie reference should look like this:

Producer Surname, First Initial. Second Initial. (Producer), & Director Surname, First
Initial. Second Initial. (Director). (Year). Title of movie [Format e.g. Motion picture or
DVD]. Country where movie was produced: Name of Studio.

The citation for the movie should look like this: (Producer’s last name & Director’s last name, year).

Prior to completing this discussion, please read chapter 15 in the textbook, read the Shetgiri et. al (2012) article, review the information from chapter 1 about Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological theory, and review any relevant Instructor Guidance. Your post must be a minimum of 300 words and you must cite all your sources.

Utilize Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory to address the topic of motivations for and influences on bullying.

• Using each of the five systems in Bronfenbrenner’s theory, identify and describe how a child’s environment might pre-dispose him or her to bully.
  • For example, within a person’s microsystem are the parents.  How might parents be an influencing factor on whether or not a child is prone to bullying?
• Find and report (with proper citation) one current statistic on the factors influencing school bullying behaviors.
  • Does this statistic seem to follow the same trend supported by Bronfenbrenner’s theory?  If not, explain how it challenges the theory.
• Then, reflect on friendships in childhood and adolescence and address the positive and negative influences that they can have on bullying behaviors.
• Finally, utilize problem-solving techniques in exploring developmental issues, grounded in child development, in order to provide one unique solution to reduce or completely end bullying.

Guided Response: Respond to at least two peers. In your responses, consider and comment on the probability and logistics of your classmate’s bullying solution.  Provide additional unique insights to either the causes or prevention of bullying behaviors based on information from the textbook or the Shetgiri et. al. (2012) article, and/or ask further questions about their response to encourage them to think of different points-of-view and reflect on their statements in another way. Continue to monitor this discussion through 5:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) on Day 7 of this week. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses