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Alyssa's questions
Hi Alyssa, I did not get to this sandbox last night, so am doing it now. I forgot when I said in class that I had taken care of everyone. Here are your questions? Would a little bit of background information on Henry Murray be good information? Should we provide any examples about how his system of needs has been applied? J.R. Council (talk) 23:22, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes - background is good. There is a lot of information available on Murray. Check History of Psychology in Autobiography - it's in the library. Yes to the second question as well. You should start a section on applications. Murray's system of needs has been applied in several personality tests, most famously the TAT.

Hannah's questions
Would it be a good idea to list specifically all six of Murray's needs, with a full detailed explanation of each. Or would that get too wordy/too much information? Is it necessary to have the able that is shown on the page? Where would be a good place to gather information on Murray?
 * First of all, there are more than 6 needs, and I think the Wikipedia article already lists the needs. For information on Murray, here is the chapter I mentioned above. Henry A. Murray. By Murray, Henry A. Boring, Edwin G. (Ed); Lindzey, Gardner (Ed), (1967). A history of psychology in autobiography, Vol V. The Century psychology series., (pp. 283-310). East Norwalk, CT, US: Appleton-Century-Crofts, xiii, 449 pp.
 * This is in the library

J.R. Council (talk) 23:27, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Section 2- Outline
Section 2- The Outline Alyssagoodpaster (talk) 00:31, 7 March 2015 (UTC) 1. Introduction- Main points 2. Basic background information on Murray 3. What the system of needs is- descriptive information 4. Purpose of the system of needs (why it was created and how it is used) 5. Application- How it is applied now 6. New and revised table of needs 7. References List

Missing pieces
Group 12, you need to get on the stick. Hannah has not done anything on Assignment 6. Alyssa has done an outline and references, but no to-do list. I don't see any statements of commitment either. J.R. Council (talk) 03:22, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

More Detailed Outline.
I will be reorganizing the chart and I would like the chart to look like this:

Reorganization of the Tables:

First I will talk about how Murray defines needs. He defines the needs in two ways, primary and secondary needs. By primary needs Murray means any biological need, such as oxygen, water, and food. By secondary needs Murray means needs that are generally psychological, such as achievement, nurturing, and independence. From these needs Murray has come up with 24 needs that can be identified, each having there own particular need category. Murray states that Ambition needs are: Achievement, Exhibition, and Recognition; Materialistic needs are: Acquisition, Construction, Order and Retention; Power needs are: Abasement, Autonomy, Aggression, Blame Avoidance, Deference, and Dominance; Affection needs are: Nurturance, Play, Rejection,and Succorance, Lastly Information needs are: Exposition and Cognizance. In the next assignment I will go over a more detailed definition, examples, but for now this will be the knew list that our group will be using for the table. I plan to reconstruct the table by having "Ambition, Materialistic, Power, Affection, and Information Needs" as headings, and then a detailed description of achievement, exhibition, recognition, acquisition, construction, order, retention, abasement, autonomy, aggression, blame Avoidance, deference, dominance, nurturance, play, rejection, succorance, exposition and cognizance.

(Htepp1226 (talk) 16:49, 30 March 2015 (UTC))

Application Section

First I will talk about how personality tests can be applied to Murray's System of Needs. To do this I will begin research throughout this week understanding why Murray's system of needs can be applied to personality tests.

I will also give definitions to the terms Thematic Apperception Test and Idiographic Approach. My reasoning for doing so is because these concepts were important throughout Murray's academic and professional career. These terms also help us to better understand how Murray's System of Needs can be applied today in Psychology.

The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a projective psychological test. Individuals using this technique stat that a person's responses reveal certain motives, concerns, and the way in which they see the social world through stories that they create in their minds about pictures of people they are shown.

The term "idiograhpic" comes from the Greek word "idios" which means "private" or "own". Individuals in psychology interested in this topic are interested in what makes each human being unique, they want to experience this as well as become more educated in this topic. This would be considered a social science of the individual, which you can see how this relates to personality testing.

(Htepp1226 (talk) 16:49, 30 March 2015 (UTC))

Dr. Council's comments on Assignment 7
You two have made a good start, but there's still a ways to go. Some specific comments:
 * 1) Hannah needs to start contributing to the article in the sandbox, not just talk page.
 * 2) You don't need to put in more background on Murray - just link to the Wikipedia article on Murray.
 * 3) The first paragraph should focus on the theory, not Murray. Make it a good, general introduction to the article.
 * 4) Your work on assignment 8 should focus on the outline at the bottom of the sandbox:
 * What the system of needs is- descriptive information
 * Purpose of the system of needs (why it was created and how it is used)
 * Application- How it is applied now
 * New and revised table of needs

J.R. Council (talk) 21:31, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

You need to start working on this
I really don't see anything new since my last comments on April 2. Please get to work on this. If you don't do anything else, make sure to craft a good introduction. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section J.R. Council (talk) 04:00, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Much much better!
You guys put a lot of good work into this at the last minute. It still needs some work, but it looks publishable at this point. Some specific things you should be doing: J.R. Council (talk) 21:45, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Put your references in proper format. I posted information in Blackboard announcements this week that should help you with this.
 * 2) Make sure that you have used your own words. If you're in a hurry, you can lose track of cut/paste and commit plagiarism. Some of the writing in this looks a bit too polished for undergrads.
 * 3) Proofread!
 * 4) The introductory paragraphis the most important part of the article. This pretty good, just needs a little polish. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section

Nothing new as of April 24
Please follow my suggestions above. This is looking good and I'd like to send the link to Ian. J.R. Council (talk) 16:38, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Nothing new as of April 30.J.R. Council (talk) 22:03, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

What still needs to be done
I would like to see a few more changes and then send the link to Ian for his feedback. Here's what you need to do: J.R. Council (talk) 22:49, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Correct section headings using the drop down menu or wiki markup. To do this with the visual editor, click on the box with Paragraph in it. Put cursor in front of section title, and click subhead 1. I did this for your first section heading. Get rid of numbers before section titles.
 * 2) Put sections in paragraph form, not sentences separated by blank lines. I did this for the intro.
 * 3) Put reference citations in text and reference list in proper form. I put instructions for this in an April 30 announcement on Blackboard.
 * Well along the way to publishing. Just need to fix reference citations/list now. Thanks for responding to my suggestions. J.R. Council (talk) 03:51, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Ian does not work on Tuesdays. If you fix up the references, I will send him this link for feedback. He is very quick to respond. I think this is an important article and you've done a good job improving it. Just a little more to go at this point. J.R. Council (talk) 03:53, 5 May 2015 (UTC)