Theories of Personality

Spring 2009

Homework 2

Think of a personality characteristic that you find interesting. For example, you might consider such characteristics as activity level, risk taking, temper, or cooperativeness. Using the four main data sources, think of ways that you might gather information on this characteristic. Give specific examples of how you could asses this characteristic using S-, O-, T-, and L-data as sources of information on people’s level of this characteristic. Be specific in providing examples of how and what you might do to assess your chosen personality characteristic.