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1. In psychoanalysis, what is the basic influence on personality? Give examples of thoughts or actions that reflect the Id, Ego, and Superego. Indicate the level of awareness of each thought/action . Give examples from personal experience of each of the defense mechanisms . Why do people use defense mechanisms (explain in terms of the id, ego, or superego)? Give an original example of a fixation at each development stage . Summarize the scientific evidence for the psychoanalytic theory.

2. Give an example from personal experience of how unconditional positive regard promoted your ‘self-actualization' and how it affected your self-concept (or, give an example of the opposite process). What are the strengths and weaknesses of the humanistic approach?

3. Describe the concept of a trait, its stability over a lifetime, and its genetic basis. Give examples from personal experience of each of the traits in the Five Factor model . Which of the five factors are included in Eysenck's theory ?

4. Give an example from personal experience of self-efficacy and how it reflected reciprocal Determinism . How would the biopsychosocial approach explain your own personality

5. Describe the positive and negative aspects of self-esteem and the self-serving bias. Which do you think is greater: its strengths or weaknesses?

6. Describe the differences in the self between collectivism and individualism (see table 11.5). What are the strengths and weaknesses of each approach? Which political party is more collectivist and which is more individualist? Which approach do you prefer, and why?

7. Describe the basic assumptions about human nature made by each personality perspective. Describe the differences and similarities between each of the four perspectives

*8. Give a brief biographic sketch of someone you know (or know about). Describe their personality and background. Describe and explain this person using the concepts of two of the four personality perspectives in your text:

Psychoanalytic Perspective - fixation, defense mechanisms, personality structure (id, ego, superego)

Humanistic Perspective - self actualization, unconditional positive regard

Social-Cognitive Perspective - reciprocal determinism, self efficacy

Trait Perspective - five Factor model, genetic basis

How do these two explanations differ? Is one explanation better than another in explain this case? If so, explain why. If not, explain how the explanations fit together. (Or, provide a better explanation of this person other than one of the perspectives.