EXTENDED-RESPONSE QUESTION: PERSONALITY

Answer the following question in this section on the pages provided. You
should spend 5 minutes planning.

Tim is an outgoing person with a very busy schedule. He is employed as a

landscaper and loves his job. He is a perfectionist and gets annoyed at
other workers when they don’t care about a job. Tim loves going out with
his friends and rarely has a moment to himself. Tim plays football and
softball and loves both games but is also very competitive and hates to
lose.

Tim works hard at everything he does and as a result is getting offered

the assistant manager position at his work. Although Tim thinks he
deserves the position he feels guilty that he has been promoted above
other friends/workers.

Discuss conceptions of personality. Your response should include a

description of

 One trait conception of personality

 At least two of Tim’s personality traits that illustrate the trait
conception of personality you described above
 One strength and one weakness of trait conceptions of personality –
explained in detail
 Either one psychodynamic conception of personality or one
humanistic conception of personality