To get a clearer sense of the kinds of judgments you make, think of specific people who fit the following categories: a family member, a teacher, a male friend, a female friend, a person you dislike, and a person you work or socialize with. Choose two of these people and list 5 to 10 adjectives that describe ways in which these people are similar and 5 to 10 adjectives that describe ways in which they are different. Then choose two other people and repeat the exercise. Don't worry if you use some of the same adjectives again. Finally, choose another person (or one of the people you examined earlier) and compare them to yourself. List 5 to 10 adjectives that describe how you and this person are similar and 5 to 10 adjectives that describe how the two of you are different. These adjectives represent some of your personal constructs. Now analyze your list, clustering together constructs that are similar. Write a 2-3 page paper in which you discuss what your list tells you about your values? Do you have a relatively stable set of constructs about people, or do your constructs vary widely depending on whom you are judging? Does stereotyping enter your judgment process; for example, do you use different kinds of constructs to describe men than to describe women? Are the constructs you use fair? Are they complete? Do they allow you to make adequate assessments of others? Did you judge yourself more favorably than you did others? Discuss these issues and any other insights you gained from completing the paper. How do the constructs you use affect the way you communicate with others? Discuss how people can be encouraged to develop a rich and complex set of personal constructs. You will also incorporate information from this paper into the final paper due in Week Five of this course. TIP: Note that this written assignment has 2 components: lists of adjectives for the selected people and a 2-3 page paper describing your personal constructs. Be sure to include both sections in order to get full credit.