Personality Theory For your Final Paper, you will identify and synthesize the concepts and constructs of personality theory that you find to be the most accurate and appropriate in explaining personality and development. Throughout the course, you have engaged, probed, picked apart, and evaluated the thinking of a large number of theorists who wrote during different historical periods from different disciplinary, paradigmatic, and ideological perspectives. Based on different realms of human experience, the theorists moved toward a fundamental understanding of a single topic and fundamental question: What is the human personality, and, more generally, what makes us what we are as individuals and as a species? You have already begun this task by identifying what you feel are the most compelling concepts in the first four of the seven theoretical models covered in the course during the Week 3 Primary Concepts assignment. You will continue that process in the first part of this Personality Theory Final Paper by identifying what you find to be the most compelling concepts in the remaining three models. Then you will continue that assessment by synthesizing the concepts of personality that Best explain the roles of heredity and environment. Provide the best means of assessing personality. Provide the best theoretical explanation for your personal journey of personality development. Provide the most useful applications for you as a scholar and professional. Your paper should be organized according to the following scheme, with sections organized under the following APA-formatted headings. Address the following specifications for each heading.  In your paper, include the following: Introduction Start your paper with a general, academic introduction to the topic of theories of personality. Explain what you plan to cover and the direction your paper will take. Major Concepts In Week 3, you identified what you considered to be the most important concepts from the psychodynamic, the neurobiological, the cognitive, and the trait models of personality. In this section of the Final Paper, you will present a concept from each of the remaining three models—behavioral, interpersonal, and self-psychology models. For each of these three concepts: Apply a proper APA heading to separate the section. Describe the concept. Identify the theorist associated with the concept. Provide a rationale for why the selected concept is the most applicable from that model. Keep in mind that the object of this assignment is to identify and discuss a specific concept from each model and not to focus on just one model or provide overviews of the models per se. The Roles of Heredity and Environment In this class, we have explored the roles heredity, the environment, and epigenetics play in the development of personality. In this section, Synthesize your views on how heredity and the environment affect personality development. Assessment in Personalit.

1. Personality Theory
For your Final Paper, you will identify and synthesize the
concepts and constructs of personality theory that you find to be
the most accurate and appropriate in explaining personality and
development.
Throughout the course, you have engaged, probed, picked apart,
and evaluated the thinking of a large number of theorists who
wrote during different historical periods from different
disciplinary, paradigmatic, and ideological perspectives. Based
on different realms of human experience, the theorists moved
toward a fundamental understanding of a single topic and
fundamental question: What is the human personality, and, more
generally, what makes us what we are as individuals and as a
species?
You have already begun this task by identifying what you feel
are the most compelling concepts in the first four of the seven
theoretical models covered in the course during the Week 3
Primary Concepts assignment. You will continue that process in
the first part of this Personality Theory Final Paper by
identifying what you find to be the most compelling concepts in
the remaining three models. Then you will continue that
assessment by synthesizing the concepts of personality that
Best explain the roles of heredity and environment.
Provide the best means of assessing personality.
Provide the best theoretical explanation for your personal
journey of personality development.

2. Provide the most useful applications for you as a scholar and
professional.
Your paper should be organized according to the following
scheme, with sections organized under the following APA-
formatted headings. Address the following specifications for
each heading.
In your paper, include the following:
Introduction
Start your paper with a general, academic introduction to the
topic of theories of personality.
Explain what you plan to cover and the direction your paper
will take.
Major Concepts
In Week 3, you identified what you considered to be the most
important concepts from the psychodynamic, the
neurobiological, the cognitive, and the trait models of
personality. In this section of the Final Paper, you will present a
concept from each of the remaining three models—behavioral,
interpersonal, and self-psychology models.
For each of these three concepts:
Apply a proper APA heading to separate the section.
Describe the concept.

3. Identify the theorist associated with the concept.
Provide a rationale for why the selected concept is the most
applicable from that model.
Keep in mind that the object of this assignment is to identify
and discuss a specific concept from each model and not to focus
on just one model or provide overviews of the models per se.
The Roles of Heredity and Environment
In this class, we have explored the roles heredity, the
environment, and epigenetics play in the development of
personality. In this section,
Synthesize your views on how heredity and the environment
affect personality development.
Assessment in Personality Theory
In this section, reflect on the various methods for assessing
personality that have been presented in this course, and select
one that you feel is most useful.
Describe briefly the assessment method that you believe is most
useful in assessing personality.
Justify your selection of this method.
Personal Applications

4. In this section of the paper, reflect on your personality and
address the following items:
Identify which of the seven models best explains your
developmental journey.
Provide at least one specific example of an element or elements
of your personality that are explained by your selected model.
Career Applications
In this section, consider how you can use the knowledge from
this course as a professional, addressing the following item:
Explain how you can use the knowledge you have gained about
personality development to help achieve your career goals.
Conclusion
Provide a brief conclusion, addressing the following:
Summarize the ideas presented in your synthesis of, and
reflection on, personality theory.
The Personality Theory Final Paper
Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length

5. Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted