Prior to beginning work on this discussion, please read the required Churchill and Mruk (2014), Hayes (2012), and Waterman (2013) articles, and review the APA’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and Chapters 14 through 17 in your textbook.
For this discussion, you will choose a person who has an important
presence in popular media today. This person might be a political,
business, human rights, education, or entertainment figure. Examine the
major theoretical approaches studied in the class so far (psychodynamic,
behavioral, learning, trait and type, and humanistic). Briefly describe
your chosen figure’s personality from the point of view of each of
these five approaches. Evaluate and describe any cultural considerations
which may affect the personality assessment within each of the given
approaches. Analyze the ethical implications of basing your personality
assessment on the information available through the popular media.
Select the theoretical approach you think best describes the person and
elaborate on his or her personality using this approach.
