Sunday 18 May 2014

Personality and behavior

An individual's personality is the characteristics and qualities they display that can influence their behavior. Personality can affect the level of energy and the direction that energy is focused towards, in other words personality can affect motivation towards particular behaviors. Different theories of personality look at different ways personality affects an individual's motivation.

personality development

How do i apply the person situation interaction to determine the development of my personality through my life's most significant events?

Temporal Motivation

Adults are motivated by some external factorcs, such as promotions, salaries, and pressure from authority figures. However, internal motivators that help adults solve problems in their life, such as increased job satisfaction, self-esteem, quality of life, and the opportunity to self-actualize, tend to be more powerful motivators

When does the use of professional discretion by law enforcement cross ethical boundaries?

What are the triggers of BPR projects?

ripe old age

In contrast to how living to a "ripe old age" is viewed in industrial societies, how did the people of colonial America view aging?

What factors are involved in a young person being defined as an adult?

What does it mean to be "grown up" in our society?

Which of the three content motivation theories do you prefer? Why?

Which leadership model do you prefer? Why?

self-actualization occurs when a person’s “ideal self” (i.e. who they would like to be) is congruent with their actual behavior (self-image).

Identify and describe three (3) specific religious practices of any religion.

cultural and geographical origin of religion

Select two (2) religions from those that we have studied so far. Identify and describe the cultural and geographical origin of each religion.

Discuss how marriage and family are viewed from the three sociological perspectives.

birth rate


Although women are having children at a later time in life, more married women give birth today than did twenty years ago.

Define the term “graying of America,” and describe the consequences of this social transformation.

What is gender stratification? Generally speaking, what are the consequences of gender stratification?

What is feminism?

Who proposed the Social Security plan that was finally adopted by Congress in 1934?

Prejudice, discrimination, and hostility directed against people because of their age is called

What term refers to the maximum length of life that is possible for a species?

Sociologically, females are appropriately classified as a minority group. Argue

List the ways in which social class affects people's experiences in life.

Discuss the three reasons social class has such an impact on someone’s health.

Define social class.

What is Durkheim's term for a condition in which people become detached from the norms that guide their behavior?

What are the three variables Max Weber identified as defining social class

What are the three models of global stratification

Define social stratification AND discuss the three systems of social stratification.