For your final paper, you will complete the rest of the assignment which you began in week three and create your own theory of personality development by synthesizing the concepts and constructs of all the theories that seem most accurate and appropriate to you and by using those concepts to reflect on your own personality and development.  Remember to use the template provided to guide you through the steps. Research a minimum of eight scholarly sources related to these concepts in the Ashford University Library to support your statements in the paper. Popular websites and your textbook may augment, but they will not count toward, the minimum number of sources needed for the paper.  The following content and headings must be included in your paper. Please visit the Ashford Writing Center for guidance on how to format headings in APA Style. Also, please take note of the suggestions provided for the length for each section in the instructions below.   Instructions: Provide a general introduction to the topic of theories of personality. Explain what you plan to cover and describe the direction your paper will take. This section will not feature a heading, and it will be approximately two to three paragraphs. Major Concepts In this section, you will present the seven specific concepts identified from the seven models you think best apply to the study of personality in distinct subheadings.  For each concept, identify the major personality model from which the concept was taken as well as the theorist associated with that model.  This completed section will be approximately four to five pages.    Excluded Concepts In this section, present the concepts you have chosen to exclude in your theory of personality development.  Reflect on the basic assumptions that define personality and identify three specific excluded concepts from any of the theories studied in the course.  For each of the excluded concepts, provide a rationale explaining the various aspects of the concept that make it unsuitable for your use.  This section will be approximately one to two pages.    The Differences between Healthy and Unhealthy Personalities Describe the basic differences between healthy and unhealthy personality, based on the concepts that you have chosen to include and exclude from your theory.  This completed section will be approximately one page. The Roles of Heredity, the Environment, and Epigenetics Provide your analysis of the roles heredity, the environment, and epigenetics play in the development of personality. Discuss how heredity and the environment might affect personality disorders. This completed section will be approximately one page. Assessment and Measurement of the Theory Reflect on the major concepts you have selected for inclusion and provide a brief description about how those concepts are measured and/or assessed. Review the assessment sections of each chapter and discuss those measures you think are most appli ...

1. For your final paper, you will complete the rest of the
assignment which you began in week three and create your own
theory of personality development by synthesizing the concepts
and constructs of all the theories that seem most accurate and
appropriate to you and by using those concepts to reflect on
your own personality and development. Remember to use
the template
provided to guide you through the steps.
Research a minimum of eight scholarly sources related to these
concepts in the Ashford University Library to support your
statements in the paper. Popular websites and your textbook
may augment, but they will not count toward, the minimum
number of sources needed for the paper. The following content
and headings must be included in your paper.
Please visit the Ashford Writing Center for guidance on how to
format headings in APA Style. Also, please take note of the
suggestions provided for the length for each section in the
instructions below.
Instructions:
Provide a general introduction to the topic of theories of
personality. Explain what you plan to cover and describe the
direction your paper will take. This section will not feature a
heading, and it will be approximately two to three paragraphs.
Major Concepts

2. In this section, you will present the seven specific concepts
identified from the seven models you think best apply to the
study of personality in distinct subheadings. For each concept,
identify the major personality model from which the concept
was taken as well as the theorist associated with that model.
This completed section will be approximately four to five
pages.
Excluded Concepts
In this section, present the concepts you have chosen to
exclude in your theory of personality development. Reflect on
the basic assumptions that define personality and identify three
specific excluded concepts from any of the theories studied in
the course. For each of the excluded concepts, provide a
rationale explaining the various aspects of the concept that
make it unsuitable for your use. This section will be
approximately one to two pages.
The Differences between Healthy and Unhealthy Personalities
Describe the basic differences between healthy and unhealthy
personality, based on the concepts that you have chosen to
include and exclude from your theory. This completed section
will be approximately one page.
The Roles of Heredity, the Environment, and Epigenetics
Provide your analysis of the roles heredity, the environment,
and epigenetics play in the development of personality. Discuss
how heredity and the environment might affect personality
disorders. This completed section will be approximately one

3. page.
Assessment and Measurement of the Theory
Reflect on the major concepts you have selected for inclusion
and provide a brief description about how those concepts are
measured and/or assessed. Review the assessment sections of
each chapter and discuss those measures you think are most
applicable and effective. This completed section will be
approximately one page.
Self-Reflection
In this section of the paper, review the self-reflection you
wrote in Week One of this class and describe how and in what
ways your views have or have not changed. Analyze your Week
One self-assessment using the concepts that you have included
in your integrative theory and describe how your theory
explains your personality. This section will be approximately
one page.
Provide a brief conclusion that summarizes the ideas presented
in your integrative theory of personality. This section will not
feature a heading and it will be approximately two to four
paragraphs.
Allport, G. W. (1968). The person in psychology: Selected
essays. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
The Integrative Personality Theory paper:

4. Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length (not
including the title page and references page) and formatted
according to APA style as outlined in the
Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to
an external site.
.
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must use at least eight scholarly sources in addition to the
course text.
Must document all sources in APA style
Articles
Clarkin, J. F., Cain, N., & Livesley, W. J. (2015).
An integrated approach to treatment of patients with

5. personality disorders
.
Journal Of Psychotherapy Integration, 25
(1), 3-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0038766
The full version of this article is available through the
EBSCOhost database in the Ashford University Library. The
authors of this article describe an integrated approach to
treating patients with personality disorders.
Kealy, D., Steinberg, P. I., & Ogrodniczuk, J. S. (2015).
"Difficult" Patient? Or Is It a Personality Disorder?
.
Clinician Reviews, 25
(2), 40-46. Retrieved from http://www.clinicianreviews.com
The authors of this article discuss the identification and
management of personality disorders.
Miller, J. D., Few, L. R., Lynam, D. R., & MacKillop, J.
(2015).
Pathological personality traits can capture DSM–IV
personality disorder types
.
Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, And Treatment, 6
(1), 32-40. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1037/per0000064

6. The full version of this article is available through the
EBSCOhost database in the Ashford University Library. The
authors of this article discuss and compare the interview
method and the trait methods for diagnosing personality
disorder in the DSM-IV.