My Psych101 Term Paper outline. Now what?

Yes I am having trouble with my term paper. It’s due in 2 weeks and I have nothing done other than the outline.

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Outline

· Definition and Research:

o Positive regard is warmth, affection, love, and respect that come from significant others in one’s life. (Psychology custom edition for College of the Canyons, 2007, p. 458)

o How a person perceives the receipt of positive regard from a significant other will determine whether it would be categorized as conditional or unconditional. OR The difference between unconditional and conditional positive regard is how the subject perceives receiving positive regard from a significant other.

o What type of positive regard you receive will have different effects on your personality.

§ Receiving unconditional positive regard will help build an independent and confident personality.

§ Receiving conditional positive regard will help build a dependant and un-confident personality.

· Application:

o Unconditional positive regard has a large effect on my self-confidence and my feeling of self-worth. Where as conditional positive regard has an effect but because of the unconditional positive regard, the effects are minimized.

o Positive regard has an essential role in a person’s development into a successful member of society.

§ Receiving unconditional positive regard from family, friends, and mentor’s helps build a persons self-worth. Whereas only receiving unconditional positive regard at the work place may have negative effects on one’s growth in their career.

§ Receiving conditional positive regard from your manager or other authority figure can have a positive effect on your growth and need to achieve success at the work place.

o Without positive regard a person can never become fully-functioning.

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Psychology custom edition for College of the Canyons (2007, 2005, 2004) Psychology (Pearson Custom Publishing), Chapter 12 – Theories of Personality (p.458-459)

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