A simple discussion about Personality in Personality Development

1. HOMAPON HIGH SCHOOL
Homapon, Legazpi City
By: ROCHELLE S. NATO
Subject Teacher
Reference: Personality
Development
By: Ricardo Rubio Santos

2. Objectives
1.Define the word Personality
2.Discuss the Nature, Nurture
and Personality
3.Elaborate and Evaluate
your own personality.

3. Personality –
is referred to as
set of
behaviors,
feelings,
thoughts and
motives that
identifies an
individual.

4. Personality - is the
essence of who we
are and is the
embodiment of one’s
physical,
psychological,
cognitive, affective
and spiritual self.

5. Viewpoints of Personality
Psychologist about Personality
 Personality refers to the unique and
relatively enduring set of;
1. Behaviors
2. Feelings
3. Thoughts
4. Motives
that characterize an individual. (
Feist and Rosenberg)

6. 2 key components of
Personality
1.Uniqueness
2.Relatively enduring
(being consistent)

7. Gordon Allport
Personality- as a “pattern of
habits, attitudes and traits that
determine an individual’s
characteristics, behavior and
traits..
Gordon Allport, in full Gordon Willard
Allport (born November 11, 1897,
Montezuma, Indiana, U.S.—died
October 9, 1967, Cambridge,
Massachusetts), American
psychologist and educator who
developed an original theory of
personality.

8. Nature, Nurture and
Personality
Personality is influenced by
NATURE (heredity or genetic make-
up)
NURTURE (environment)

9. One general point of view explains that
personality deals with traits, wherein it
is major factor in personality.
Trait Theory- is an approach in
identifying types of personalities based
on certain traits or attributes, which may
vary from one person to the other.

10. Norman
(1967)
Smith
(1967)
Goldberg
(1981)
McCrae and
Costa
(1987)
D.W. Fiske
(1949)
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11. BIG FIVE
Low Scores High Scores
1. Extroversion Loner
Quiet
Passive
Reserved
Joiner
Talkative
Affectionate
Active
2. Agreeableness Suspicious
Critical
Ruthless
Irritable
Trusting
Lenient
Soft-hearted
Good-natured
3. Conscientiousness Negligent
Lazy
Disorganized
Late
Conscientious
Hard-working
Well-organized
Punctual
4. Neuroticism Calm
Even-tempered
Comfortable
Unemotional
Worried
Temperemental
Sel-conscious
emotional
5. Openness to
experience
Down to earth
uncreative
Imaginative
Creative

12. Paul T. Costa, Robert R.
McCrae
Psychologist and developed a categorized
scheme that described personality. Based
on their researched, they discovered the
existence of five universal and widely
agreed upon dimensions of personality.
They called it the Big Five or Five-Factor

13. These dimensions or tendencies are;
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Openness to experience
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism

14. Openness to experience
Curiosity, interest, imagination,
and creativity to new ideas
Conscientiousness
Planning organizing, hard-
working, controlling, persevering
and punctuality

15. Extraversion
Sociable, Talkative, active,
outgoing, and fun-loving
Agreeableness
Friendly, warm, trusting, generous
and kind-hearted
Neuroticism
Calm, relaxed, and comfortable

16. What is the difference between
Personality and Personality
Trait?

17. Personality Trait – is a
disposition to behave
consistently in a particular
way while Personality is a
broader term that comprises
of traits, motives, thoughts,
self-concept and feelings
Ex. Shyness or
social
awkwardness.

18. How to measure your
personality?

19. Personality can be measured using
different kinds of tests
1. Rorschach Inkblot Test
2. Myers-Briggs type indicator (MBTI)
3. Keirsey Temperament Sorter.
Isabel Brigs Myers and Katherine Briggs
personality model based on four preferences
of individuals
1.E or I
2.S or N
3.T or F
4.J or P

20. Extraverted
Characteristics
•Act first, think/reflect
later
•Feel deprived when
cutoff from interaction
with the outside world
•Usually open to and
motivated by outside
world of people and
things
•Enjoy wide variety
and change in people
relationships
Introverted
Characteristics
•Think/reflect first,
then Act
•Regularly require an
amount of "private
time" to recharge
batteries
•Motivated internally,
mind is sometimes so
active it is "closed" to
outside world
•Prefer one-to-one
communication and
relationships

21. Sensing Characteristics
•Mentally live in the Now,
attending to present
opportunities
•Using common sense and
creating practical solutions is
automatic-instinctual
•Memory recall is rich in
detail of facts and past
events
•Best improvise from past
experience
•Like clear and concrete
information; dislike guessing
when facts are "fuzzy"
Intuitive Characteristics
•Mentally live in the Future,
attending to future
possibilities
•Using imagination and
creating/inventing new
possibilities is automatic-
instinctual
•Memory recall emphasizes
patterns, contexts, and
connections
•Best improvise from
theoretical understanding
•Comfortable with
ambiguous, fuzzy data and
with guessing its meaning.

22. Thinking Characteristics
•Instinctively search for
facts and logic in a decision
situation.
•Naturally notices tasks and
work to be accomplished.
•Easily able to provide an
objective and critical
analysis.
•Accept conflict as a
natural, normal part of
relationships with people.
Feeling Characteristics
•Instinctively employ
personal feelings and
impact on people in
decision situations
•Naturally sensitive to
people needs and
reactions.
•Naturally seek consensus
and popular opinions.
•Unsettled by conflict; have
almost a toxic reaction to
disharmony.

23. Judging Characteristics
•Plan many of the details in
advance before moving into
action.
•Focus on task-related
action; complete meaningful
segments before moving on.
•Work best and avoid stress
when able to keep ahead of
deadlines.
•Naturally use targets, dates
and standard routines to
manage life.
Perceiving Characteristics
•Comfortable moving into
action without a plan; plan
on-the-go.
•Like to multitask, have
variety, mix work and play.
•Naturally tolerant of time
pressure; work best close to
the deadlines.
•Instinctively avoid
commitments which interfere
with flexibility, freedom and
variety

24. Elaborate and Evaluate
 Of the Big Five dimensions or
tendencies of personality, which ones
are you most inclined to have? Give
some real- life situations that you went
through to affirm these choices.
 Explain the Quotation by Oscar Wilde:
“To love oneself is the beginning of a
lifelong romance.”

25.  Write down how you define yourself in
terms of philosophy, psychology and
spirituality. What are the differences
among the three?
 How does knowing oneself better
make a person accept his strengths
and limitations, and improve the way
he deals with others?