case study answer ques about personality about 2.5 pages double spaced
case study answer ques about personality about 2.5 pages double spaced
“Eric’s Personality”
Eric is a beginning assistant professor of meteorology at the University of Washington in Seattle. Sometimes he wonders how he got this far. During graduate school, he always thought that if he were going to be successful it would be because of his dissertation or the articles he wrote. He is fairly unattractive physically and has always been painfully aware of that fact. He also understands that his social skills are not the best. So he did not believe he would be able to obtain any type of job where he needed to routinely interact with people. He assumed that he would be rejected at the interview stage and hoped that his research and writing skills would be enough to get him a secure job.
Eric was a misfit as a graduate student. He was the lone LGBTQ student in the Department of Meteorology and was quite aware of that. He was very proud to be an out gay man – it was actually one of his defining characteristics – and his concern about increasing the awareness of others about LGBTQ issues was admirable. However, it was offset by his paranoia. He frequently felt persecuted because he is gay. Any slight, real or imagined, was considered homophobic, but that was not always accurate. For example, as a graduate student, he initially was not asked to be a teaching assistant because of his lack of social skills. His professors did not believe that he could adequately fulfill the more interactive duties of the job. Eric, however, believes that he had been discriminated against because of his gayness.
Eric was an extremely precise researcher. His dissertation was based on a study of one storm that lasted five days. He spent two years studying the storm and another year writing his analysis. Although it was very specific, it was an excellent piece of research, and was published in a national journal.
He also was very exacting when he played a forecasting game with other meteorology students every week. The graduate students would determine their forecasts for a period of five days, and the student who was most accurate won the contest. Eric spent a lot of time determining his prediction, but even with this activity, Eric would show some paranoia. He was concerned that the other students would use his forecast as a basis for theirs and win the contest. Eric was very secretive about his forecast and was among the last to post his predictions even if he had completed them much earlier.
Eric’s meticulous nature also showed itself in his sole social outlet outside of work; his fantasy baseball league. In this league, online players play out baseball seasons by managing their team and determining such characteristics as batting lineup, injuries, and RBIs. Fantasy baseball suited Eric well because he preferred not to interact with many other people. He rarely went out, and took great pains to avoid the gay dating scene. He was convinced that no man would be interested in him because he felt physically unattractive. In fact, one first year meteorology student, a young man in his class, introduced himself to Eric, and he responded, “I’m Eric, you don’t want to know me.”
Eric did make a few friends during the time he was in graduate school, but these relationships took a long time to develop. Eric did not trust anyone until he knew that person for a long time, and there were many other graduate students who he did not like or trust. He certainly did not endear himself to many of the other graduate students with his self-deprecation and persecution beliefs, but other behaviors alienated Eric even more. For example, his office was located next to the department mailroom, so many people would go in and out to grab their mail. His officemate, being friendlier than Eric, would often greet and talk to the other people who stopped to pick up their mail. This irritated Eric, and he would frequently comment that he was “working here!” He would also complain to his officemate about playing podcasts in their office, saying it disturbed Eric’s ability to concentrate.
Some of Eric’s friends tried to get him to try other activities, but they were unsuccessful. He did not want to go to museums, sporting events, or the theatre. Eric preferred a simple, uncomplicated life. In many of his practices, he was very set in his ways. His clothing and his apartment were all utilitarian, and when something wore out, he simply replaced it with something similar. He did not have a true sense of style and really did not care whether his apartment or his clothes were aesthetically pleasing. In fact, his only piece of clothing that was frivolous was his Seattle Mariners baseball cap.
address the following issues or questions as they relate to the Trait Theory Perspective:
- What type of traits are Eric demonstrating?
- Cattell’s model of personality consists of 16 factors. Which are applicable to Eric?
- How would Eric’s personality be described using the Big Five Factors model?
Rubric
Case Study Rubric
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This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome1. Provided a brief summary of the case study using APA format. |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome2. Answered questions at bottom of case study and included at least 3 citations using APA format. |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome3. Gave your personal reaction in the last section of your paper. |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome4. 2 full pages to 3 full pages long and written using APA format. |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome5. Free of spelling and grammar errors. |
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Total Points: 20.0 |
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