Assignment 1: Personality Strayer University Kenneth Baez BUS322 January 25‚ 2013 Describe each of the ‘Big 5’ personality traits. For each trait‚ provide an example of how it might contribute positively to an individual’s performance. 1. Extraversion- A person that is extraverted is someone that is outgoing and full of life. Most people like to think of extraverts as those people in a social group that love to be the center of attention or outspoken. According to Kendra Cherry‚ writer
Free Psychology Personality psychology Big Five personality traits
The Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a personality test used both in professional and personal life to identify the psychological type an individual. It is used by the vast majority of employers‚ and is known as the world’s most popular personality tool. The MBTI test was first published in 1943‚ and initially established by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers. Briggs and Myers’ model is based on personality theories and ideas of Carl Jung‚ a well-known Swiss psychologist
Premium Personality psychology Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Antisocial Personality Disorder: A Psychological Curiosity A personality disorder is a dysfunction in an individual’s social behavior. Examples include‚ but are not limited to‚ Borderline Personality Disorder‚ Histrionic Personality Disorder‚ and Schizoid Personality Disorder. One of the most dangerous known personality disorders is Antisocial Personality Disorder. According to one website‚ Antisocial Personality Disorder is‚ “a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy and remorse
Premium Antisocial personality disorder Psychology Personality disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder and Substance Use Disorders Psychology of Addictions Alyx Brake Introduction Do you know anyone with drug and/or alcohol abuse disorder? Anyone with borderline personality disorder? Have you ever known anyone with both borderline personality disorder and drug and/or alcohol abuse disorder? When a person has a personality disorder they are more likely to become someone with a substance and/ or alcohol abuse disorder. A co-occurring disorder is a condition
Premium Addiction Drug addiction Alcoholism
We currently have four different theories of how personality forms. These are the psychodynamic perspective‚ behaviorist perspective‚ trait perspective‚ and the humanistic perspective. Our personality is very complex and each on these theories serve as a good base for grasping its concept. Each of the four are unique. They each also present some advantages and disadvantages. The psychodynamic perspective theory ideas was pioneered by Sigmund Freud. He believes that much of the behavior
Premium Psychology Personality psychology Person
Antisocial Personality Disorder “Antisocial” is a constantly used slang for different‚ abnormal‚ or socially awkward individuals. But do we really know what’s behind this word’s meaning? In the U.S‚ approximately 1% of the population have an antisocial disorder‚ of which three percent of them are males and only one percent are female. Why is that number so low? These individuals are incredibly difficult to identify and tend to blend into society very easily. Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD)
Premium Antisocial personality disorder Mental disorder
Blood Type Lab Report Sherman Chen 3B Introduction: The purpose‚ nature‚ and expected findings of the activity. In this lab activity‚ we were first asked to find the blood types and then count the number of blood cells. In the first part of the lab‚ we had to find the ABO and Rh blood type of four simulated blood samples. We did this by observing the antigen/antibody reaction in each of the four samples of simulated blood; if there was agglutination it meant that was the blood type. In the
Free Blood Red blood cell Hematology
7.0513 > 6‚ which implies that the sample should be sand but not gravels. Furthermore‚ we may classify the sample following the table below accurately: As we see our sample contains 17.16% of gravel which satisfy the constraints of gravelly sand. So we may further conclude that the sample is poorly-graded gravelly sand. (3) For the engineering application of results‚ we may see that as sieve analysis test (dry sieve) results in gradation of sample in well-graded or poorly graded on the
Premium
or better known as Disco Di‚ has had a history of episodes which led to concerns on the nature of her mental stability. She has been hospitalized on numerous occasions‚ and had been diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder as well as Borderline Personality Disorder. Both disorders are ultimately life changing and ensue learned helplessness‚ a theory introduced by Martin Seligman (1975).
Premium Psychology Mental disorder Abnormal psychology
various personality methods and the validity of each method. Moreover‚ the author will undertake one of these methods to assess their own personality and evaluate the outcome and the methodology used to assess their personality. Furthermore‚ the author will provide a brief evaluation of the theory behind the assessment and critically evaluate the theoretical assumptions of the study‚ relating to other approaches to personality. Assessment methods There are various methods to assess personality. In
Premium Personality psychology Psychology Projective test