PERSONALITY 1. The study of personality is concerned with generalities about people (human nature) as well as with individual differences. Personality is understood in terms of what characteristics individuals have‚ how they became that way (the determinants of personality)‚ and why they behave the way they do (motivation). 2. There are several perspectives or approaches that one can use to understand a person’s personality: A. Psychodynamic Perspective: Early life experiences‚ particularly
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Determinants of Personality Following are the factors which help in shaping one’s personality: 1. Heredity - Heredity refers to factors that are determined once an individual is born. An individual’s physique‚ attractiveness‚ body type‚ complexion‚ body weight depend on his/her parents biological makeup. 2. Environment - The environment to which an individual is subjected to during his growing years plays an important role in determining his/her personality. The varied cultures in which we are
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Personality The word personality itself derives from the Latin word persona that refers to a theatrical mask work by performers in order to either project different roles or disguise their identities. Personality is the unique combination of emotional‚ attitudinal‚ and behavioural response patterns of an individual. Personality can also be described as the psychological characteristics that both determine and reflect how a person responds to his or her environment. Although personality tends
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What Is Personality Psychology? Joyce S. Pang‚ PhD Division of Psychology‚ HSS‚ NTU Why Use the Construct? • 1. Conveys a sense of consistency or continuity – Across time – Across situations Joyce S. Pang‚ PhD Division of Psychology‚ HSS‚ NTU Why Use the Construct? • 2. Suggests internal origins of thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behaviors Two Sources of Influence Situation Person Behavior Personality psychology emphasizes the role of person variables on behavior Joyce
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The word personality originates from the Latin word “persona” which means mask. From the modern meaning of mask‚ it means a cover used for disguise. However from the ancient Latin-speaking world‚ the word is used not to conceal something but to typify or represent a character in theater plays. Thus‚ personality is what differentiates or distinguishes a person. It is a mask that sets an individual apart from others. For a more detailed description of personality‚ it is defined as the sum total
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How would Freud explain the personality differences between Mike and Marty Scanlon? According to Freud‚ the mind can be divided into two main parts: The conscious mind includes everything that we are aware of. This is the aspect of our mental processing that we can think and talk about rationally. A part of this includes our memory‚ which is not always part of consciousness but can be retrieved easily at any time and brought into our awareness. Freud called this ordinary memory the preconscious
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his abilities have consequences for his actions. If Shakespeare had a low self-belief‚ nobody would have come to know Macbeth. According to Ehrlinger and Dunning‚ as cited by Martinez and Swank (2003) one possible reason why women avoid career in science is that they underestimate their scientific reasoning ability. What is Self – Assessment? Self-Assessment acts as a powerful mechanism which allows an individual to look at their own performance‚ form conclusions about performance levels and act
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IDENTIFYING STRENGTHS AND AREAS TO IMPROVE I found the result of my Personality Test to be a very insightful and accurate description of myself. I must use my strength as an advantage‚ and I believed that my strength would help‚ and benefit my other team. As my ESFP personality code strengths generally have the following traits: Genuine warmth and interest towards people. I get along with all sorts of people. Practical and realistic. Cooperative and quick to encourage people. I managed
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Introduction to Personality PSY/405 Personality is defined as the combination of physical‚ mental‚ emotional and social characteristics of an individual. All together a person combining their physical such as looks their mental which would be the persons mind‚ emotional such as their emotions towards things and their social behavior with everyone. Each person has their own personality and not one person has the same type of personality as the next. This is what makes us all unique and gives
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Compare & Contrast Personality Personality is an intriguing component in psychology vital for perception of human beings. Different theories of personality adopt different levels of explaining features of human beings. Two theories meet the conditions of personality and theories of development‚ Freud’s psychoanalytic theory later followed by Erikson’s psychosocial theory. Freud’s theory of personality development relates to his theories of personality structure and motivation. His topographical
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