Review the personality theories specifically, review trait theories, psychodynamic theories, phenomenological theories, biological theories, social and cognitive theories. Then, choose a famous person, and in your initial post, analyze his or her personality according to one of the theories. For example, according to your chosen theory, why does this person think, feel, or behave the way that he or she does? Next, address the following: You have had the opportunity to assess your own personality throughout this course. what new insights have you had regarding your own personality? Further, how will the knowledge you gained from this course help you in your future studies or professional life? How you will incorporate your studies in personality psychology into your future career goals? Respond to student posts In responding to your classmates, share your reaction to their analysis of a famous person and offer your own assessment. Also, comment on the insights they have offered about their own personalities and how they will apply what they have learned going forward. Zachary post Billie Eilish has been singing from a young age.  When she reached the age of thirteen, she sang "Ocean Eyes," a song written by her brother, Finneas, and this started her career as a professional vocalist (CBS News, 2020).  The song, like most of her other music, is one of heartbreak and tragedy.  The first verse is about someone falling in love with someone, specifically looking into his or her eyes and seeing someone for who he or she truly is.  It plays on the idea that the eyes are the windows to the soul.  The second verse has the same theme of a girl obsessing over someone; however, Finneas has made it clear that the pair have split up, or perhaps they were never together to begin with, and their incompatibility has just become apparent to the protagonist of this song (AZ Lyrics, 2016).  She also has a song about running from the police after committing multiple murders and one that is basically a suicide note in musical form, "Listen Before I Go."      Despite her preference for melancholic music, Billie stated the following in an interview: "Nobody that knows me thinks I'm a dark person" (CBS News, 2020, n.p.).  This is a very interesting concept indeed: despite singing such sad songs constantly, Billie would not describe herself as 'dark.'  Another interesting takeaway from the interview was when it is stated that Billie experienced "...fame that [she] didn't want..." last year (CBS News, 2020), which strongly contradicts the stereotype of an attention-seeking celebrity.      The trait perspective explains personality as being composed of traits.  Traits might not always show themselves, but they generally do.  For example, a very agreeable person might hoard food in the aftermath of a war that has had apocalyptic repercussions, despite the fact that agreeable people are helpful and kind in most settings (Cervone & Pervin, 2019).  This pers.

1. Review the personality theories specifically, review trait
theories, psychodynamic theories, phenomenological theories,
biological theories, social and cognitive theories.
Then, choose a famous person, and in your initial post, analyze
his or her personality according to one of the theories. For
example, according to your chosen theory, why does this person
think, feel, or behave the way that he or she does?
Next, address the following: You have had the opportunity to
assess your own personality throughout this course. what new
insights have you had regarding your own personality? Further,
how will the knowledge you gained from this course help you in
your future studies or professional life? How you will
incorporate your studies in personality psychology into your
future career goals?
Respond to student posts
In responding to your classmates, share your reaction to their
analysis of a famous person and offer your own assessment.
Also, comment on the insights they have offered about their
own personalities and how they will apply what they have
learned going forward.
Zachary post

2. Billie Eilish has been singing from a young age. When she
reached the age of thirteen, she sang "Ocean Eyes," a song
written by her brother, Finneas, and this started her career as a
professional vocalist (CBS News, 2020). The song, like most of
her other music, is one of heartbreak and tragedy. The first
verse is about someone falling in love with someone,
specifically looking into his or her eyes and seeing someone for
who he or she truly is. It plays on the idea that the eyes are the
windows to the soul. The second verse has the same theme of a
girl obsessing over someone; however, Finneas has made it
clear that the pair have split up, or perhaps they were never
together to begin with, and their incompatibility has just
become apparent to the protagonist of this song (AZ Lyrics,
2016). She also has a song about running from the police after
committing multiple murders and one that is basically a suicide
note in musical form, "Listen Before I Go."
Despite her preference for melancholic music, Billie stated
the following in an interview: "Nobody that knows me thinks
I'm a dark person" (CBS News, 2020, n.p.). This is a very
interesting concept indeed: despite singing such sad songs
constantly, Billie would not describe herself as 'dark.' Another
interesting takeaway from the interview was when it is stated
that Billie experienced "...fame that [she] didn't want..." last
year (CBS News, 2020), which strongly contradicts the
stereotype of an attention-seeking celebrity.
The trait perspective explains personality as being composed
of traits. Traits might not always show themselves, but they
generally do. For example, a very agreeable person might hoard
food in the aftermath of a war that has had apocalyptic
repercussions, despite the fact that agreeable people are helpful
and kind in most settings (Cervone & Pervin, 2019). This
perspective can be used to explain several takeaways from
Billie's interview. First, trait theory involves people having

3. certain levels of each trait. For example, very few people are
100% agreeable, walking down the street handing money to
anyone who walks by while they live homelessly. There is a
generally balance between traits. With this in mind, Billie
states that she is always laughing (CBS News, 2020), making it
sound like she is generally a fun-loving person, but perhaps her
music reflects a more minor, darker trait that she possesses, a
small part of her personality. Or perhaps the darkness in her
music is not a trait at all but is rather a symptom of her
depression. Maybe singing helps Billie to manage her
depressive symptoms. In regards to Billie stating that she did
not wish to become famous, elaborating that she hates not being
able to go out in public without being swarmed by fans, it
sounds like Billie has very low levels of extraversion, resulting
in her being timid and reserved (Cervone & Pervin, 2019).
The journal entry in Module One focused on The Big Five
Test, which uses the trait perspective. During this course, I
have fallen in love with the psychodynamic perspective (I have
actually gotten into many arguments with my coworkers about
this, who find the perspective to be ridiculous). With this in
mind, I can add to my initial entry some ideas that I believe
have slowly emerged from my subconscious. Specifically, I
think I am sabotaging myself when I work on improving my
mental health because deep down, I believe that changing
myself in this way would be pretending to be somebody I am
not. Second, I seem to have an idea that everyone is trying to
attack me, either emotionally or physically. When I walk down
the street and see someone walking behind me, I am almost
positive that person is about to shoot me (Yes, I literally mean
that I am under the impression that a stranger intends to pull out
a weapon and use it to propel rounds at me, while on a public
sidewalk. Nobody ever said the subconscious mind was
rational I do not really believe this idea, but the anxiety is still
there, supporting the idea of the id, ego, and superego all
communicating in my head). When I talk to someone about

4. anything that is not casual, I generally twist whatever he or she
says to be a personal attack. Worse yet, I assume that he or she
does the same, so I always worry that my tone sounded just a
little off and upset him or her. Going back to trait theory, I
think this also stems from my high levels of introversion.
These theories have helped me to understand myself and
others better. I have identified some obviously problematic and
illogical ways of thinking, so I can now work on these thoughts.
Jaimie post
I chose Oprah Winfrey because she fits the trait theory. She
didn't have a good upbringing. She was abused as an adolescent,
which I believe has made her behave the way she does now.
Oprah gives away stuff and money to people who need it.
"Winfrey's open, warm-hearted personal style had won her
100,000 more viewers than Donahue and had taken her show
from last place to first in the ratings" ( Oprah Winfrey, 2020).
Her personality connected with millions of people, which
helped her boost her career. "Although ratings initially fell, she
earned the respect of her viewers and was soon rewarded with
an upsurge in popularity" (Oprah Winfrey, 2020). I feel that she
was determined not to continue to live the way she did when she
was younger. Oprah was looking to make sure other people who
were struggling could get what they needed from her. I feel that
when someone has less than an average person, they appreciate
what they have while wanting to share it with others.
I can improve where I lack in my personality. I can achieve
more goals because I can motivate myself. As I read the
assignment back to myself, I still see places where I need to
work on myself. "Obviously, there is more to personality than

5. traits, but traits have loomed larger throughout the history of
personality psychology" (Cervone & Pervin, 2016). I know
there are places where I struggle with when it comes to either
showing my personality to people or finding a way to express
myself for others to see me. I will take what I learned in this
course to use for my future career goals because I can learn how
to address different personalities. I want to work in a school
system, so there will be different personalities and traits. I will
know how to handle the children by using what I learned with
personality theories.