Problem:
To prepare:
Review the Learning Resources.
For this assignment, select one theory from each theoretical approach in the table:
Post 1: Trait Approaches Post 2: Biological Perspectives
Allport Temperament
Cattell Molecular Genetics
Eysenck Evolutionary Psychology
Five Factor Model
Consider how the two selected theories could be used to inform your understanding of your selected clinical disorder. Throughout your work on your blog, you should use the same disorder you selected (Social Anxiety Disorder). Need Assignment Help?
The Assignment:
In the Blog Template, create two 300-word blog posts. One post should explain your selected clinical issue based on a trait theory or model of personality; the second should explain this same clinical issue based on a biological theory.
Module 3: Post 1: Clinical Application Based on a Trait Theory of Personality
Module 3: Post 2: Clinical Application Based on a Biological Theory of Personality
In explaining how each theory explains the selected clinical issues, include the following personality dimensions (see Cervone & Pervin, 2023, p. 10):
Structure
Processes/dynamics
Growth and development
Psychopathology and therapeutic change
Cite at least two peer-reviewed articles to support each entry.
References:
Cervone, D., & Pervin, L. A. (2023). Personality: Theory and research (15th ed.). Wiley.
- Chapter 7, "Trait Theories of Personality: Allport, Eysenck, and Cattell"
- Chapter 8, "Trait Theory: The Five-Factor Model and Contemporary Developments"
- Chapter 14, "Genes, Brains, and Biological Bases of Personality and its Development"
Paunonen, S. V., & Hong, R. Y. (2015). On the properties of personality traits. In M. Mikulincer, P. R. Shaver, M. L. Cooper, & R. J. Larsen (Eds.), APA handbook of personality and social psychology, Volume 4: Personality processes and individual differences (pp. 233-259). American Psychological Association.
South, S. C., Reichborn-Kjennerud, T., Eaton, N. R., & Krueger, R. F. (2015). Genetics of personality. In M. Mikulincer, P. R. Shaver, M. L. Cooper, & R. J. Larsen (Eds.), APA handbook of personality and social psychology, Volume 4: Personality processes and individual differences (pp. 31-60). American Psychological Association.
Yarkoni, T. (2015). Neurobiological substrates of personality: A critical overview. In M. Mikulincer, P. R. Shaver, M. L. Cooper, & R. J. Larsen (Eds.), APA handbook of personality and social psychology, Volume 4: Personality processes and individual differences (pp. 61-83). American Psychological Association.