Examine the extent to which their behaviour is *consistent with* the criteria/symptoms and/or determine if there would be a low/moderate/high *likelihood* of the individual being diagnosed by a clinician. You could also narrow in on some specific aspect of a personality disorder and examine that in isolation, which would obviously not be diagnosable in any regard.

Pick up a famous person  whom you might think have a personality disorder and analyze it based on the PPT I have provided.

Examine the extent to which their behaviour is *consistent with* the criteria/symptoms and/or determine if there would be a low/moderate/high *likelihood* of the individual being diagnosed by a clinician. You could also narrow in on some specific aspect of a personality disorder and examine that in isolation, which would obviously not be diagnosable in any regard.

use critical thinking in this assignment. You can think about some counterarguments and then address these counterarguments.

The information from the PPT is common knowledge. You can directly use it without references.

For each case study, you must choose one individual to analyze according to any one concept or theory learned in the respective unit. You can choose to analyze any real or fictional person as long as they are well known enough so as to not require background information for clarity. Importantly, the purpose of this assignment is NOT to write a biography. Your goal is to consider the concept or theory within the context of the person’s life; and/or to interpret their behaviour or experience according to the concept or theory.
In the case of discussing psychological disorders , you should remain speculative and not imply that the person “has” a diagnosis or disorder .

The audience should be someone who has completed this course. As such, there should be very little time spent restating what has already been stated. Instead, you should be demonstrating critical thinking by presenting original insight(s). The primary goal of these assignments is to apply course content; however, if it is either necessary or appropriate for your topic, you may cite outside sources as you see fit . If referring to ideas or research findings presented in lecture content or in the textbook, you may simply treat this information as general knowledge and no formal citations are needed . If you refer to any other literature or outside sources in a case study assignment , then you must cite the information according to APA style AND also include an additional References page listing the full reference(s) for this new information. A References page is therefore NOT required in all cases. It depends on the approach you take. In many cases, logic or reason alone are sufficient in the application of course content, and some individuals are very well known, so outside sources are not always necessary.

Case studies are not meant to be summaries of course material. Rather, they are intended to encourage critical thinking about specific research topics, theories, and concepts/models in order to provide insight about some individual.

 

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