PSY 230 Personality Psychology- DQ (Wk4 & Wk5)

4.1. List the key points in the controversy about genes and personality. With regard to the controversy, where do you stand? Explain.

4.2. Do the major findings on heritability presented by our authors (e.g. preferences, drinking and smoking, marriage) ring true for you in your family? Explain.

4.3. Do you feel the MBTI is a useful tool for business owners and managers? Would you be opposed to managers using this test as a screening tool for hiring the "best" workers for the job? Why or why not?

5.1. Our authors describe the personality characteristics desired by most people in marriage partners. How closely do the characteristics mirror your own desires?

5.2. Read "Do People Get the Mates They Want? And Are They Happy?" on p. 469 and respond to the text. Do you agree or disagree with our authors? Explain.

5.3. The personality model "Socionics" is meant to describe relations between Myers-Briggs types, so you can better understand why you get along better with some people and not others. Do you find this model helpful or not? Why?