Instructions: Write a reflective essay in which you provide an analysis of your personality using one of the approaches covered in this module. In your essay, you should:
? Briefly introduce the core definitions and assumptions within the field of personality psychology;
? Identify the approach/theory you have chosen to examine your personality;
? Give an overview of the central tenets and demonstrate your understanding of your chosen approach by clearly connecting theory with your personal experiences.
? Reflect on whether one approach/theory is sufficient in examining your personality or are you having to draw on multiple approaches/theories? Elaborate on your response to this question;
? What aspects of the selected personality theory holds (seems true for you and applies to you) when examining your personality and what aspects do not? Explain by using examples.
? Include a discussion on how gender and culture might have impacted your personality development;
? Critically reflect on issues within the field of personality psychology, its applicability to the African context and if/how these issues affect your ability to theorise about your personality.
? Conclude with recommendations of areas for further development within personality approaches. Where you provide a quote, a definition or refer to another author’s view, please reference the author in the text and the reference list. It is important that while your answers to some of the questions are literature-based, you phrase them in your own words so that your educator can assess your understanding, application and analysis of the content
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