Critical Thinking Essay #2
Your responses to all two assignments are due by Sunday at 11:55 p.m. CST to the appropriate
drop box and in a format readable by your instructor (Word or PDF).
1. Thinking About Prediction and Consistency
Think about the following questions and type up your answers
a. Briefly describe your personality.
b. Identify a few behaviors that could be predicted from your description of your
personality.
c. How consistent are you in the identified behaviors and provide examples of times
you have been consistent and times you have behaved differently.
d. Discuss the factors that influence whether or not you behaved consistently with the
prediction based on your personality.
2. Thinking about Reputation and Judgment
Think about the following questions and type up your answers
a. What is your reputation? How does it affect how other people think about you or
treat you?
b. Do you wish your reputation could be different? How might you change your
reputation?
c. Think of a time when you made a personality judgment about someone that turned
out to be wrong. What was the cause of your mistake? How did you find out that you
were wrong?
and if your responses provide detail/depth/examples. Please make sure you provide proper credit
for the sources you utilize. Please also remember to type your answers and submit to the
appropriate drop box by Sunday at 11:55 p.m. CST.
