Alabama Social Studies SS24.P.14

SS24.P.14 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.P.14a

  Describe different measures of personality, including the Neuroticism-Extroversion-Openness Personality Inventory (NEO-PI), the Minnesota Multiphasic Personalit...

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What Students Need to Do

Explain how personality develops and can shape behavior. Compare psychodynamic, trait, social cognitive, and humanistic explanations. Tell apart the NEO-PI, MMPI, and projective tests by what they ask and what they are used for.

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What Mastery Looks Like

Given a student who avoids presentations, students explain the behavior using two theories and show how the explanations differ. They identify the NEO-PI as a measure of five broad traits, the MMPI as a clinical questionnaire, and projective tests as responses to ambiguous prompts.

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Common Misconceptions

Students may treat a personality trait as a fixed label that predicts every choice. They may confuse the NEO-PI’s broad traits with the MMPI’s clinical scales or think one projective response gives a certain diagnosis.

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How to Assess It

Exit ticket: A student avoids giving speeches. Explain this behavior with two personality theories, then match the NEO-PI, MMPI, and projective tests to five traits, clinical scales, and ambiguous pictures.

1. 01

   Give pairs four theory cards and four explanations for why a student skips a speech; have them match and defend each pair.

2. 02

   Ask: Why might one student avoid presentations? Write two explanations using different theories and name what each leaves out.

3. 03

   Play test-match bingo with clue cards for five traits, clinical scales, and reactions to ambiguous pictures.

4. 04

   Read three mock test brochures and choose a tool for measuring broad traits versus clinical symptoms, then write one privacy safeguard.

• SS24.P.9

  Describe cognitive, physical, and social development across the human lifespan, citing theories of Carol Gilligan, Erik H. Erikson, Jean Piaget, and Lawrence Ko...

• SS24.P.15

  Explain the role of motivation and emotion in human behavior.*

• SS24.S.5c

  Investigate and explain the impact of psychological theories that influence sociology, including Erikson’s Psychosocial Development, Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral ...

• SS24.P.7a

  Explain the role of sensory systems in human behavior.