This document discusses the foundations of personality. It defines personality as the unique embodiment of feelings and behaviors that make each individual who they are. It then outlines the main components that make up personality, including habits, attitudes, interests, values, principles, and mental capacity. The document provides examples for each component. It also discusses the aspects that make up an individual's personality, such as their mental, emotional, social, physical, moral, and spiritual aspects. Finally, it poses discussion questions about the significance of personality in personal, social, and professional life.
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Foundation of personality
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FOUNDATIONS OF
PERSONALITY
Prepared by:
Ms. Thelma G Castillo, MBA
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Personality
is the embodiment of feelings and behavior
which make man the unique person that he
is
The way an individual is interrelated
through his ideas, actions and attitudes
with the many nonhuman aspects of his
environment and his biological heritage
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Personality
The overall pattern or integration of a
person’s structure, modes of behavior,
attitudes, aptitudes, interests, intellectual
abilities and many other distinguishable
personality traits
5. Components of Personality
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Habits – actions repeated at regular
intervals
- fixed characteristics and difficult to
unlearn.
Example of negative habits: no.59-60
smoking, drugs, gambling and drinking
6. Components of Personality
Attitudes – certain ways of viewing things
as ingrained, acquired and developed
- this comes from years of man’s exposure
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to family, school and community
- older family members greatly influence
attitude of young children
Example:
Loyalty, Helpfulness, Friendly, Courteous, Obedient, Reverent,
Dramatic, Pessimistic, Guilt
7. Components of Personality
Interest – natural inclination focused on
one’s specific area of work.
- a sense of concern with and curiosity
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about someone or something.
- factors like age, sex, region, family
background, education or personality.
Example:
playing computer games, sports, musical instrument, taking
care of pets, collecting things
8. Components of Personality
Values – ways of upholding certain priorities
in accordance with the hierarchy of needs by
Abraham Maslow.
-belief, a mission, or a philosophy that is
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meaningful.
-reflect a person’s sense of right and
wrong or what “ought” to be.
Examples:
commitment to social justice, helping the poor, improving the
environment,
9. Components of Personality
Principles – guides to a person in making
judgments.
- standard or rule of personal conduct:
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a man of principle
- moral code
Examples:
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day
in your life.” - Confucius
10. Components of Personality
Mental capacity or Intelligence – innate
faculty of the mind which gives him/her the
power to discern, to recognize and to
comprehend.
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capacity for learning, reasoning, understandi
ng
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forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping
truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc
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work when you like it, is work no longer but
sheer enjoyment
If you like your work, you work no more. For
a work a day in your life.
Choose a job you like and you will never have
largely on your thinking today
What you can do tomorrow will depend
cannot see the shadows
Keep your face to the sunshine and you
Some Principles
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yourself but also to other people
Means how useful you are not only to
Personal effectiveness
consistently means total development
Growing and learning continuously and
Personal growth
talents, industriousness etc.
Based on factors such as intelligence,
Assessment of personal assets and liabilities
Indicates what kind of person you are
Self awareness
Developing One’s
Personality
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Great deal to do when holding a job
Keep ourselves on the job
Confidence to face anybody
Self confidence
Feeling of comfort and happiness
Self-satisfaction
he acquires
The better the personality the more friends
For social acceptance
Reasons for developing
Personality
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Aspects of Individual Personality
Mental Aspect
The mental aspect of an individual refers
to his intellectual capacity.
How a person talks, the range of ideas he
expresses, and the things he talks about,
as well as his values and mental alertness
give evidence of his mental capacity.
The mental aspect depends upon the
intelligence.
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Aspects of Individual Personality
Emotional Aspect- shown in a
person’s likes dislikes, whether he is
aggressive or docile, how he responds
when things become difficult, how quickly
he is given to anger, or whether he can
take a job or not.
Emotional behavior is interrelated with
other aspects of a child’s growth.
Age to emotions
Experiences to responses
Emotions to hopes/aspirations
Standards and values to reactions
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Aspects of Individual Personality
Social aspect - how well a person
conducts himself with other people, rules
of etiquette
Factors affecting social development
• Socio economic status
• Physiological conditions
• Mental alertness
• Level of maturity
• Family cultural background
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Physical aspect
Heredity environment determine the entire
physiological system of an individual
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Moral aspect-persons awareness of
the difference between what is wrong or
right
Spiritual aspect- consciousness of
the higher values in life. Religion
expresses spiritual value.
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1st Seatwork:
What is the significance of one’s personality
to his personal life, social life, and
professional life?
How can the family be the social laboratory
of a growing child?
What are the reasons of developing
Personality?
What is your principle/s in life?