Take-home Assignment
2022 Spring Term
| Submission Deadline: | 9 June 2022, 11:00 P.M. | Time Allowed: | 5 Days |
| This question paper has a total of THREE pages. | |
| Instructions | |
| 1. | There are 3 sections: Section A 20%, Section B 40%, and Section C 40% for a total score of 100. |
| 2. | For section A, write the answers directly in the blanks to fill up. For section B, write an answer of no more than 800 words for each question. For section C, write an answer of no more than 1,200 words. |
| 3. | Answers should be based on the course materials only, except where illustration examples of your own are required. |
| 4. | Direct adoption of course materials, i.e., copy and paste without any paraphrasing or rewriting, is prohibited. In-text citation is required. |
| 5. | This take-home assignment should be YOUR OWN WORK. Please do not collaborate or discuss your answers with any fellow classmate. Answers, taken as a whole, found highly similar to one another will all receive a zero mark. |
| 6. | The contents of this take-home-assignment are strictly confidential, and the copyrights rest solely with Hong Kong Metropolitan University. You are strictly prohibited from disclosing any of these contents to an unauthorized party or placing any of these contents onto any websites without official written approvals from the President and the Dean (A&SS). Legal advice will be sought should we find out any such case. |
| 7. | Write down your name and student number on the blank spaces below. Unidentifiable scripts would be treated as absent cases. |
| Student name | Student number |
| 8. | Submit this question paper with all the answers in one file to OLE before deadline. |
Section A – Fill in the Blanks (20%)
Fill in all of the following 5 blanks with suitable answers. Each answer carries 4% of the total score.
- A researcher is trying to figure out the key factors for developing an optimistic personality from the data amassed. He is engaged in _______________reasoning.
- When asked on a questionnaire if he was cooperative, conscientious, and calm, Peter’s answers were all positive though he knew privately that he was not like that at all. His response is an example of ___ __________ bias that undermines the validity of measurement.
- Carl Jung believed that our universal tendency to fear the unknown or to develop a social self reflects the influence of ___________________.
- John had applied sunscreen and did not get sunburn even after playing on the beach for the whole afternoon. Skinner would say that John is likely to apply sunscreen for the beach again. The operant conditioning term for sunscreen in this case is __ ____________.
- Modern trait theories make use of ________ _______ to extract broad personality dimensions from numerous traits by their maximum common variance.
Section B – Short Questions (40%)
Answer the following 2 questions. Each question carries 20% of the total score.
Section C – Long Question (40%)
Choose 1 out of the following 2 questions to answer. Important. If you answer both questions, only the first one will be scored.
- Enji is working hard to keep his job. Unfortunately, his boss is very demanding and never spares Enji harsh criticism if anything goes wrong. According to Freud, how might Enji’s id, ego and superego be reacting to such a situation? Explain 3 different defence mechanisms that Enji may use to cope with the anxiety so arisen.
- As humanistic psychologists, both Rogers and Maslow emphasized the importance of self-fulfillment for a healthy personality. Discuss their similarities and differences in the account and the challenges involved.
END OF TAKE-HOME ASSIGNMENT
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