FINAL PROJECT
FINAL PROJECT
Personality Psychology (PSY 309)
Instructions: Choose a personality researcher from the list below. Your project will entail four steps: 1) Find several articles (at least 4) by your researcher, 2) Read these articles carefully, 3) Write an annotated bibliography of these articles, and 4) Write a 2-3 page paper critically evaluating their work based on what you have learned in class and proposing new directions or questions for their research.
1. Find the articles. Use the UT library’s online search tools to find the articles. PsycINFO is probably the best search engine to use. You will need your UT EID to use this search engine. Once you have found the references for your articles on the search engine, you will need to find the actual articles. Some articles may be available online but you will probably have to go to PCL to photocopy some. However you do it, make sure you have a hard copy (photocopy or printout) of each article.
2. Read the articles. Read them carefully. Read them several times. If you have questions, come to my office hours to discuss the articles. Use techniques such as highlighting an taking notes in the margins. After you read each article, take out a separate sheet of paper and write down the main points that you can remember, and a short summary of the conclusions.
3. Write an annotated bibliography. This is a reference list with two or three paragraphs after each reference describing the main findings of the article. This should include a few sentences about why the research was conducted (what was the question being addressed) and how it was conducted, but the bulk of the summary should focus on the findings and conclusions. DO NOT PLAGIARIZE. Do not copy even one sentence from the abstract or article. You should write the summaries based on your notes and what you took away from the articles. The summaries should be entirely in your own words.
4. Write a 3-5 page paper critiquing your researcher and proposing new directions. If you were applying to work as a graduate student in their lab, what would you improve about their research? How would you extend it? What are the next questions to be asked? What did they leave out or skip over?
You will turn in:
-One hard copy of each article
-The annotated bibliography
-The 3-5 page paper
Timeline
Feb. 8th: Turn in name of researcher
Mar. 1st: Turn in list of references
Mar. 31st: Bring hard copies of articles to class
April 28th: PROJECT DUE (copies of articles, annotated bibliography, paper)
List of Researchers
Researcher Topic
Daryl Bem Self-perception
Veronica Benet-Martinez Personality and culture, biculturalism
Jack Block General personality, ego-control, personality methods
Peter Borkenau Personality judgment, snap judgments
David Buss Personality and behavior
Avshalom Caspi Personality development and change
Paul Costa/Robert McCrae Personality traits, personality change, big five
Kenneth Craik Personality methods, personality and behavoir
Ed Diener Personality and happiness
William Fleeson States and traits, personality and behavior
R. Chris Fraley Personality in relationships, attachment style
David Funder General personality, personality judgment
R. Mike Furr Personality and behavior, personality methods
Carol Gohm Personality and emotions
Lew Goldberg Structure of personality
Sam Gosling Personality in our environments, animal personality
Bill Graziano Agreeableness, personality and pro-social behavior
Bob Hogan Personality and behavior, personality in the workplace
Oliver John General personality, personality traits, self-other perception
Dave Kenny Personality Judgment
Doug Kenrick Evolutionary psychology and personality
Dan McAdams Life narratives, personality and life stories
Matthias Mehl Personality and behavior, health
Julie Norem Defensive pessimism
Dan Ozer Personality methods
Del Paulhus Self-presentation, self-enhancement, narcissism
Sampo Paunonen Personality and behavior
Eshkol Rafaeli Personality and relationships, emotions, self-complexity
Brent Roberts Personality change, maturity, personality in the workplace
Rick Robins Personality traits, self-other perceptions, self-enhancement
Gerard Saucier Structure of personality, differences across cultures
Oliver Schultheiss Personality and hormones, power, motives
Phil Shaver Attachment style
Sanjay Srivastava Personality development
Frank Sulloway Birth order and personality
David Watson Emotions and personality, personality in relationships
David Winter Personality and needs, motives, political personality
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