Essay Instructions: biography of a person who played a significant role in developing some sort of theory related to personality psychology. Would love for it to be someone in the homosexuality field
.
The person may be well or lesser known, but should NOT
be a
major
person (
in o
ther words do not choose
Freud, Jung, Skinner, etc
) WRITTER--AFTER CHOOSING SOMEONE, PLEASE CONFIRM WITH ME.
.
Also, the
person you choose should have enough
scholarly
works, or work written about him or
her, so that you can
complete
the annotated bibliography section of the paper.
. The following questions should be addressed in your
paper:
1.
Early Life and Education
:
Describe the individual’s childhood. Wher
e did
he/she grow up? Where there any early influences or events that had a lasting
impact on his or her outlook
and actions
later in life?
How
was the individual
educated
? Who were her/his mentors?
How did the individual’s education affect
his/her
’
s concept of personality
in later life?
2.
Zeitgeist
:
Describe the historical
zeitgeist
of the place and time in the
individual’s life.
What influenced the individual in his or her own country, what
influences came from outside. Were there economic, racial, nationalistic, border,
issues, etc?
Describe the effects (if any) of gender, race, culture, or class on the
individual’s career and outlook.
3.
Discipline
:
In w
hat discipline
or area of psychology
did the person manifest
their
expertise
?"
clinical,
social, or even outside of psychology
?
How did the
individual’s discipline or profession affect his
/her later actions and beliefs?
Was
the person good at what they did? Bad? How did others in the their profession
view him or her?
4.
Ideas, Theories, & Schools
of Thought
:
Was the individual associated with a
particular school of thought,
e.g. religious,
philosophical
, evolutionary biology,
political
,
racial,
etc.
?
Thi
s is something more specific than their area of
psychology
(
You should look beyond the obvious here
)
.
What were the major
ideas or ideologies in this school of thought?
How does the individual’s work
relate to the mainstream of the general
ideas of
the t
ime?
How d
oes t
he
individual’s work relate to
current
or past historical, psychological, or other kinds
of theories
?
5.
Published Works
:
a.
Did the individual do any
research
or publish anything
?
If so, d
escribe
the
individual’s contribution
.
If they did no
t publish anything, describe what was
written about them.
b.
Provide a very brief
(
1
-
3 paragraphs maximum)
annotated bibliography of
THREE
selected works and
ONE
longer more in
-
depth summary
(
4
-
6
paragraphs minimum
)
of
another
work.
You should have
a total o
f
FOUR
annotated bibliographies
?"
3 short, and 1 long
.
If the person doesn’t have any
written work, then you may substitute pieces written about them.
These
annotated bibliographies should
include the reference and
be
put in the
Published Works of the pape
r. You may include the references (and just the
reference) from your annotated bibliographies in your
R
eference List at the
end of the paper.
These reference may count toward your total number of
references.
6
.
Conclusion
&
Personal Thoughts:
What are your
personal feelings/beliefs
about the
person
and his/her
contribution to personality theory
?"
good and bad?
7.
References
:
The reference section should include ALL sources used, whether
encyclopedias, biographical dictionaries, biographies, autobiographies,
anthologies, etc. Sources should be peer reviewed & scholarly
