Assignment 4: Your Traits, Values, and Attitudes
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to help you understand your personality traits, values, and overall attitude. For this assignment, you will work independently.
Learning Objectives
LO1. Compare and contrast Psychodynamic, Learning and Cognitive, Biological, Inherent drives, and Sociocultural factors that influence personality.
LO2. Discuss how culture and society influence personality.
LO4. Apply personality traits, values, and attitudes to personal and workplace experiences.
Time
The time estimated to complete this activity is 45-60 minutes.
Instructions
You will be completing three short surveys to learn more about personality, values, and attitudes. Please use the links below to complete each survey. Make sure you save a copy of your results for each survey.
The Big Five Personality Test (OCEAN)
This online survey is meant to determine your levels of each of the five major personality traits. It has 120 items and will take about 10-15 minutes to complete.
This online assessment is meant to determine what you value the most. You will select at least 10 values from the list (you can select more). Then the test will have you rank the values. It takes about 5 minutes to complete.
This online assessment is meant to determine what you value most about work. You will sort 20 statements into a ranking of most to least important. It takes about 5 minutes to complete.
This online assessment is meant to determine whether your overall attitude is positive or negative. It has 12 items and will take about 2 minutes to complete.
After you have completed these surveys, please address the following questions in a 200-400 word written response. Follow formal writing conventions using complete sentences and checking spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
- Which factors (Psychodynamic, Learning and Cognitive, Biological, Inherent drives, or Sociocultural) do you think have been most influential on your personality traits? Why?
- What aspects of your own cultural upbringing do you think have impacted your personality? Why?
- How can you use the information learned in the surveys to improve your interactions with others in the workplace?
Optional Surveys
These surveys were not included in the assignment, but if you are interested in learning more about your personality, you can also complete these.
Cattell’s 16 personality factors
This online survey is meant to determine your levels on Cattell’s 16 personality factors. It has 164 items and will take about 20 minutes to complete.
This online survey is meant to determine your levels on 27 different personality traits. It covers the Big Five traits as well as factors from the 16PF. You should complete at least 100 items to get a good sense of each factor, however if you want to complete the entire survey, it has 200 items total. It will take about 25-30 minutes to complete.
