McCrae & Costa’s Five Factor Model
ESSAY ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
Throughout this course, you will complete three essays. These essays will focus on three different theories of personality and will include biblical integration and scholarly references. Understanding the connection between the theories you are studying, and the Scriptures is vital.
INSTRUCTIONS
In each essay you will:
● Answer the prompt with at least 500 words of content.
● Be sure to use current APA formatting through the assignment.
o A title page is not required, but a reference page is required.
o Please use third person writing.
● There should be at least three references in total.
o Two scholarly journal articles are required (published within the last 5 years)
o The Bible must also be included as a reference
o Be sure to use in-text citations throughout the essay.
▪ The in-text citations should match the references listed on the reference page and vice versa.
Essay Prompts:
Essay: Adler Examine Adler’s 3 safeguarding tendencies in the text. Select 1 of the tendencies and compare that tendency with instances of safeguarding that you find in Scripture. Demonstrate how that situation would have been improved if safeguarding tendencies were not used.
Essay: Maslow Identify Maslow’s 5 basic assumptions regarding motivation as well as Maslow’s Hierarchy of
Needs. Discuss each assumption and hierarchy level. Include specific examples from Scripture regarding motivation.
Essay: Costa and McCrae: Review the section in Chapter 13 titled “In Search of the Big Five” and the article “Big Five Personality Factors and Facets as Predictors of Openness to Diversity” (Han & Pistole, 2017). Select one of the Five-Factors and discuss how this factor relates to an open attitude toward diversity as related to Costa and McCrae’s Five-Factor Model of Personality? Make sure to incorporate Han and Pistole (2017)’s discussion of openness to diversity in your essay.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
