ESSAY QUESTION: Consider the description of the ATE “focus behaviour” provided below and critically discuss how adequately the behaviour can be explained from the point of view of ANY TWO of the following personality theories

Description

The prescribed textbook ‘Knowing You, Knowing Me’ by Glenn Newbury (2012) has been provided in the files where there are photos of each theory from the hard copy. This book must be used and referenced. No internet sources only sources from the theorists.

ESSAY QUESTION: Consider the description of the ATE “focus behaviour” provided below and critically discuss how adequately the behaviour can be explained from the point of view of ANY TWO of the following personality theories:

(i) Freud’s theory

(ii) Jung’s theory

(iii) Skinner’s theory

(iv) Bandura’s theory

(v) Rogers’ theory

(vi) Deci and Ryan’s theory

(vii) Eysenck’s theory

The provided description in the short-essay question will be the “violin playing” ATE focus behaviour.

Focus behaviour

The behaviour is violin playing. The person displaying this behaviour rests the violin under his chin

with his left hand. In his right hand he holds a bow. In playing the violin, he draws the bow back and

forth across the violin’s strings while his left hand moves up and down the violin’s neck, allowing his

fingers to sound notes. The person spends a lot of time playing the violin. He makes no income from

playing; he says he does it just because he loves it.

Instructions:

*No more than 1000 words

*Don’t take internet sources I will send pages of the prescribed textbook. So only take sources from the 2 chosen theorists