Conducting Psychobiography Assignment The assignment is to conduct a psychobiography.
It is designed to help you think more critically about course content and apply it in an insightful way. Specifically, you will use 5 theories of personality (e.g., the five factor model of personality, psychoanalytic theory, personality development, or subcomponents of theories depending on breadth and focus) to describe, analyze, and interpret the personality of a specific individual. Psychobiography is best understood as a branch of applied personality science in which experimental findings are used to explore the lives and personalities of public figures, from artists to politicians. This article introduces the field, addresses questions commonly raised about it, and explores, among other subjects, what psychobiographical research might offer to the field of psychology.
