Personality Theories
 
Personality can be defined as a person's enduring general style of dealing with others and the world around them. A personality theory is a set of ideas which helps us explain how we form our personalities.  These explanations  can be divided into four broad categories: The Psychoanalytic theories, humanistic  theories , Social-Cognitive theories and Trait theories. 

The objective of this webquest is to learn about the major personality theories and to analyze your own personality through the lens of each perspective.

Overview:  You will complete each section on your own. There are 5 components to this activity; each component involves your exploration of a personality perspective. For each component, you will review information about a perspective of personality by reading the information links included under that section. You will then complete an activity and/or answer a question. Each component will have complete instructions regarding what you need to do to complete the activity. When you complete all 5 activities, you will turn them in to your instructor as indicated.

The objective of each component is to learn about each perspective and to answer a question about your self that is related to a personality perspective. Hopefully, you will have a better understanding of that perspective as well as yourself!


Part 1:  Trait Theories

Part 2:  Psychoanalytic Theories

Part 3:  Humanistic Theories

Part 4: Social-Cognitive Theories

Part 5: Your Personality Theory


If you are ready to begin, then click the first page "Trait Theories" above.