Ang Sang Suu Kyi using BIG FIVE theory
INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
The term of personality comes from the Latin word persona, which brings the meaning of ‘mask’. What is personality? Personality is a complex hypothetical concept which consists of all the consistent ways in the behaviour of one person differs from other, especially in social situations. The concept of personality is used to explain the stability in a person’s behaviour over time and across situations, that is also the behavioural differences among people reacting to the same situation. By combining these ideas, personality refers to an individual unique collection of consistent behavioural traits.
‘What does it mean to be a person?’ In other words, ‘How are we unique as individuals? What is self-nature?’ Personality psychologists answer these questions using the terms of systematic observations about the ways of individuals behave by focusing on the thoughts, feelings and behaviours. In sum, personality psychology is defined as the scientific study of the psychological forces that make people uniquely themselves.
For well-known international leader who is acclaimed for a major achievement, I had selected Aung San Suu Kyi as a representative of political leadership. This is because she was a leader of the struggle for human rights and democracy or named as ‘freedom fighter’ in Burma. Therefore, she was awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 to recognize her hard work in the nonviolent struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma.
Besides that, she has also received numerous international awards such as the Rafto Human Rights Prize (1990), the Sakharov Prize (1990) from the European Parliament, United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, the International Simón Bolívar Prize (1992), and the Jawaharlal Nehru Award (1993) from India. She was the author of several books, including The Voice of Hope and Letters from Burma and Freedom from Fear and Other Writings. In 2005 she was named by Forbes magazine as
INTRODUCTION
The term of personality comes from the Latin word persona, which brings the meaning of ‘mask’. What is personality? Personality is a complex hypothetical concept which consists of all the consistent ways in the behaviour of one person differs from other, especially in social situations. The concept of personality is used to explain the stability in a person’s behaviour over time and across situations, that is also the behavioural differences among people reacting to the same situation. By combining these ideas, personality refers to an individual unique collection of consistent behavioural traits.
‘What does it mean to be a person?’ In other words, ‘How are we unique as individuals? What is self-nature?’ Personality psychologists answer these questions using the terms of systematic observations about the ways of individuals behave by focusing on the thoughts, feelings and behaviours. In sum, personality psychology is defined as the scientific study of the psychological forces that make people uniquely themselves.
For well-known international leader who is acclaimed for a major achievement, I had selected Aung San Suu Kyi as a representative of political leadership. This is because she was a leader of the struggle for human rights and democracy or named as ‘freedom fighter’ in Burma. Therefore, she was awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 to recognize her hard work in the nonviolent struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma.
Besides that, she has also received numerous international awards such as the Rafto Human Rights Prize (1990), the Sakharov Prize (1990) from the European Parliament, United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, the International Simón Bolívar Prize (1992), and the Jawaharlal Nehru Award (1993) from India. She was the author of several books, including The Voice of Hope and Letters from Burma and Freedom from Fear and Other Writings. In 2005 she was named by Forbes magazine as
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