Personality Reflection Worksheet
Personality Reflection Worksheet
1.How would you define personality?
Understanding personality and the different personality traits revolve around the different perspectives and theories of professional researchers. Researchers such as biologist, personality psychologist, scientist, and anthropologist provide evidential detailed test studies on the personalities that make up the unique characteristics of people. The perspectives and theories from these professional researchers include the different detailed researches and scientific studies conducted by such theorist. To better understand personality, we should first define what personality is? We should view personality how professional researchers view personality. Personality is viewed as personality psychology by most researcher, and is observed as the scientific study of the psychological forces that make people uniquely themselves (Friedman & Schustack, 2012, p. 2).
2.What are some key personality features that define you?
Some key featured personality traits discovered as a part of aiding in the development of my character include some of the eight key aspects of personality (Friedman & Schustack, 2012, p. 2). The unconscious aspect, which is described as a not moment-to-moment …show more content…
awareness. For example, many people say I sound like my dad when I discipline my children. When I discipline my children I might say jokingly “I brought you into this world and I’ll take you out”. The ego forces are another aspect personality trait I have. For example, when I play any games and win I have the tendency to brag on my self-accomplishment. The culture aspect also played a role with aiding in the development of my character personality by way of the environment and experiences I encountered as a child.
As a child I grow up in a culture and environment where my siblings and, and our peers had to say “yes sir’ and yes ma-am” to our older peer adults. This was believed to be a form of respect to the older generation. However, in this culture today such saying statements are rarely heard among this generational group. I also developed the spiritual aspect as a child. As a child I was brought up in a church environment of very strong religious beliefs.
3.What key concepts or “constructs” are used to explain your personality?
Some key concepts and constructs used to explain my personality include the perspective of personality theorist B. F. Skinner, on his theory of behavioral patterns (Friedman & Schustack, 2012, p. 8). The behaviorist pattern perspective of believing that individual inhabit the personality traits from others surrounding or apart of their environment. For example, people often told me that I will be like my father. However I tried so hard not to be like him in many ways. However, I in so many ways I took on his humanitarian personality trait. I found myself involved in community service groups that deal with troubled teens.
4.Are your personality features consistent or do they change according to the situation?
I found that as I got older some of the personality traits I developed as a child growing up, began to diminish with every time frame of my life with age.
For example, as a child I wanted to be just like my Dad, Uncles and Grandfather. My grandfather was a man that fought in World War II, He came from a background that was very militant. I lived with my grandfather in my teenage years form age 13-19 years old. So, I developed very strong and organizational skill mind set. I needed to be in control of everything in relations to decision making, if I was not in control I had a problem. However, once I got married my wife became the person in charge. I learned to be considerate and open minded to her skills as
well.
5.Have you ever taken a personality test before? If so, what was your reaction to the analysis? If not, what would you expect a proper test to measure?
I have taken a personality test. The test was a self-report test for an employment position, as a supervisor. The responsibility was to placing other potential candidates for certain job positions. The analysis report was somewhat shocking both on a personal level and non-personal level. After taking the test the result showed that I did not have the leadership skill to oversee a group of people as a supervisor. However, I had the ability to team lead a small group of individuals.
6.What would make a personality test reliable and valid?
A reliable and valid personality test would be if the questions that pertain to the situation in which the test are pertaining are in consistency with the score, and the result are the same. For example, the reliability personality test can be determined in two ways. The two ways of reliability include internal consistency and test-retest reliability (Friedman & Schustack, 2012, chapter 2, p. 25, 27). Some examples would be the (ACT) and (TAT) test. The validity of a test include the extent to which a test truly measures a theoretical construct (Friedman & Schustack, 2012, chapter 2, p. 29).
References: Friedman, H. S., & Schustack, M. W. (2012). Personality: Classic Theories and Modern Research, (5th ed.). Retrieved from University of Phoenix eBook.
1.How would you define personality?
Understanding personality and the different personality traits revolve around the different perspectives and theories of professional researchers. Researchers such as biologist, personality psychologist, scientist, and anthropologist provide evidential detailed test studies on the personalities that make up the unique characteristics of people. The perspectives and theories from these professional researchers include the different detailed researches and scientific studies conducted by such theorist. To better understand personality, we should first define what personality is? We should view personality how professional researchers view personality. Personality is viewed as personality psychology by most researcher, and is observed as the scientific study of the psychological forces that make people uniquely themselves (Friedman & Schustack, 2012, p. 2).
2.What are some key personality features that define you?
Some key featured personality traits discovered as a part of aiding in the development of my character include some of the eight key aspects of personality (Friedman & Schustack, 2012, p. 2). The unconscious aspect, which is described as a not moment-to-moment …show more content…
awareness. For example, many people say I sound like my dad when I discipline my children. When I discipline my children I might say jokingly “I brought you into this world and I’ll take you out”. The ego forces are another aspect personality trait I have. For example, when I play any games and win I have the tendency to brag on my self-accomplishment. The culture aspect also played a role with aiding in the development of my character personality by way of the environment and experiences I encountered as a child.
As a child I grow up in a culture and environment where my siblings and, and our peers had to say “yes sir’ and yes ma-am” to our older peer adults. This was believed to be a form of respect to the older generation. However, in this culture today such saying statements are rarely heard among this generational group. I also developed the spiritual aspect as a child. As a child I was brought up in a church environment of very strong religious beliefs.
3.What key concepts or “constructs” are used to explain your personality?
Some key concepts and constructs used to explain my personality include the perspective of personality theorist B. F. Skinner, on his theory of behavioral patterns (Friedman & Schustack, 2012, p. 8). The behaviorist pattern perspective of believing that individual inhabit the personality traits from others surrounding or apart of their environment. For example, people often told me that I will be like my father. However I tried so hard not to be like him in many ways. However, I in so many ways I took on his humanitarian personality trait. I found myself involved in community service groups that deal with troubled teens.
4.Are your personality features consistent or do they change according to the situation?
I found that as I got older some of the personality traits I developed as a child growing up, began to diminish with every time frame of my life with age.
For example, as a child I wanted to be just like my Dad, Uncles and Grandfather. My grandfather was a man that fought in World War II, He came from a background that was very militant. I lived with my grandfather in my teenage years form age 13-19 years old. So, I developed very strong and organizational skill mind set. I needed to be in control of everything in relations to decision making, if I was not in control I had a problem. However, once I got married my wife became the person in charge. I learned to be considerate and open minded to her skills as
well.
5.Have you ever taken a personality test before? If so, what was your reaction to the analysis? If not, what would you expect a proper test to measure?
I have taken a personality test. The test was a self-report test for an employment position, as a supervisor. The responsibility was to placing other potential candidates for certain job positions. The analysis report was somewhat shocking both on a personal level and non-personal level. After taking the test the result showed that I did not have the leadership skill to oversee a group of people as a supervisor. However, I had the ability to team lead a small group of individuals.
6.What would make a personality test reliable and valid?
A reliable and valid personality test would be if the questions that pertain to the situation in which the test are pertaining are in consistency with the score, and the result are the same. For example, the reliability personality test can be determined in two ways. The two ways of reliability include internal consistency and test-retest reliability (Friedman & Schustack, 2012, chapter 2, p. 25, 27). Some examples would be the (ACT) and (TAT) test. The validity of a test include the extent to which a test truly measures a theoretical construct (Friedman & Schustack, 2012, chapter 2, p. 29).
References: Friedman, H. S., & Schustack, M. W. (2012). Personality: Classic Theories and Modern Research, (5th ed.). Retrieved from University of Phoenix eBook.