PERSONALITY PACKET ASSIGNMENT RESOURCES
Most students don’t have a problem using the two links below, but a few have and I am still trying to sort out why. If you do have trouble with the links to the personality tests below you can try using a different web browser. Some students have also had success by typing in the URL of these same two personality test websites that I give you in the directions on the previous module page instead of going through these Canvas links. One of those two options seems to be working for the few people whose computers seem to have issues with the posted links below.
For this first Personality Test website, once you click on that link you may need to click on the button that says “Take the Test” in the center of the screen. Avoid clicking on the button that says “Start” or any other buttons. The “Take the Test” button should take you right to a 64 question test which is the correct one and will give you a 4 letter score after taking it for free.
The first Personality Test you need to take for Part One of the assignment
The 2nd Personality Test you need to take for Part One of the assignmentLinks to an external site.
Everyone has hang-ups, flaws, and problems. Still, it is true that some individuals are functioning at a higher psychological level than others. Self-actualization is a concept that Maslow came up with to describe these type of individuals who had reached their full potential as human beings. American society tends to define success in narrow terms that include wealth and social status. This is quite different from the deeper measure of life success that Maslow was interested in. An individual could have little education and be quite poor and even seem very ordinary at first glance and yet be self-actualized because they are truly authentic, have a deep sense of who they are and what they stand for, and possess self-awareness and insight.
This is the key concept that you will be discussing in your interviews in part two of your paper, so click the video links below to hear a description of what this idea is all about. If you have a shallow understanding of what self-actualization means then your interview conversations are more likely to remain at a shallow level. Thus it is important that you watch these clips before doing your interviews so you have a good grasp on Maslow’s big idea.
Here is another video clip that can provide additional depth to your understanding of Maslow’s concept of self-actualization. It covers a few of the same ideas as the clip above, but also goes in some new directions as well.
This last, brief video clip shows Maslow describing what a peak experience is like. Remember that many of the self-actualized people he interviewed had been influenced by peak experiences. Although Maslow claimed only one percent of people reach their full potential and achieve self actualization, many others who have not reached self-actualization have nevertheless had peak experiences and been affected by them as well. Some of the things that have been shown to trigger peak experiences are encounters with nature, death, birth, travel, psychedelic and other psychoactive drugs, art, and more. While watching Maslow describe peak experiences ask yourself: Have I ever had a peak experience?
