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Personality theory
What each personality theory question is really asking, how to structure the answer, and where the marks are likely to sit.
Discussion Questions III: Skinner, Kelly, social cognition
Personality theory
A four to six page graduate personality theory assignment answering four questions on Skinner's environmental determinism, Kelly's constructive alternativism, expectancies in social cognitive theory, and the theory's account of mood and coping.
Dispositional vs evolutionary personality theories
Personality theory
The two families answer different questions — one describes what traits people have, the other explains why the species has traits at all — and confusing description with explanation is the error the grader is watching for.