Personality Traits

. Dr. Evita March is a researcher and senior lecturer whose areas of study include personality predictors of online anti-social behavior (like cyber trolling, cyber bullying, and cyber hate).  Her research explores determining the personality traits that predict online anti-social behavior, and using knowledge of what those traits are to design interventions and treatments.   Watch her TedXCasey talk about empathy as a tool to combat cyber abuse.   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4-yV3pOTWM) Now, apply what you have learned in this module about the research method to Dr. March’s talk on cyber abuse.    Answer the following questions based on the video:   – What is the initial observation that prompted Dr. March’s interest in the topic? – What research question does Dr. March set out to answer? – Based on her research, what does Dr. March conclude is the best tool to combat cyber abuse?  – Why does she conclude that? II. In her video, Dr. March references  literature that she explored related to this topic.  Go online and locate four articles that are related to the topics discussed in this video (at least two of these articles must be examples of scholarly research) .  Give a brief description of each article,  its reference information, and indicate whether you think it is an example of a popular article, or scholarly research.  How do each of the articles you have chosen relate to what is presented in the video. Dr. March and her colleagues published several articles about this topic.  You can find one of them at this link that examines (pdf will be attached) the relationship between certain personality characteristics and online anti-social behavior.   Answer the following questions based on the article: – How do the authors of the article define online trolling and how do they distinguish it from cyber bullying? – What personality characteristics are being studied? – What do the authors conclude? – How is this article related to the Ted Talk given by Dr.  March.