Reflective Essay: Theories Of Personality

From this Theories of Personality course, I have learned many concepts that I can apply to my life and would help me in my future career. I really enjoyed the chapter on personality disorders. I find it interesting that there are various types of personality disorders that surround me on a daily basis and not being aware of them. The three types of personalities are distinguished by Cluster A (weird); Cluster B (wild); Cluster C (worried). The one that I am most intrigued by is the wild cluster. Cluster B is called the dramatic, emotional, and erratic cluster. Some personality disorders associated with it are antisocial, narcissistic, borderline, and histrionic. Between these disorders, I became most interested in in borderline and histrionic. I have encountered some individuals with this type of personality disorder before and now I can diagnose them. My previous relationship, I believe that my ex was in between borderline and histrionic. He used to be very controlling and would say things like he would die or kill himself if him and I were ever to break up. He
I learned in more depth the type of person I am and what I am characterized according to the Myers Briggs Test Indictor as ‘The Executive”. Overall, my personality as being extroverted thinking with introverted intuition does sound like the person I am. I believe that my personality fits into the course because everyone brings something into the class and we can all express our different views on issues. I can relate to other people who also have my personality type as well as those who do not. I believe my personality has facilitated in this course because it has broaden my knowledge to acknowledge the concepts that significantly influence my environment. This was actually the best personality course I have taken. I liked that we discussed the different topics of related to personality but also had an interactive experience by relating them to real life