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The etymological derivative of personality comes from the word____?

Persona

a theatrical masks worn by Romans in Greek and Latin drama.

Persona

Personality also comes from the two latin word_ _? which means "to sound through"

per and sonare

the commonly accepted definition of personality is that "it is a relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to a person’s behavior" who said this?

Roberts & Mroczek, 2008 Signup and view all the answers

What is the commonly accepted definition of personality that was said by Roberts and mroczek in 2008?

it is a relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to a person’s behavior" Signup and view all the answers

Personality is the conglomeration of the following components

physical self, intelligence, character traits, attitudes, habits, interest, personal discipline, moral values, principles and philosophies of life. Signup and view all the answers

What are the four factors of personality

Environmental factor of personality, biological factor, situational factor and cultural factor Signup and view all the answers

The surroundings of an individual compose the_____?.This includes the neighborhood a person lives in, his school, college, university and workplace. Moreover, it also counts the social circle the individual has. Friends, paren

Environmental factor of personality Signup and view all the answers

Although these factors do not literally create and shape up an individual’s personality, this factors do alter a person’s behavior and response from time to time. This can be commonly observed when a person behaves contrastingly and exhibits different traits and characteristics.

Situational factor Signup and view all the answers

traditionally considered as the major determinants of an individual’s personality.

Cultural factor of personality Signup and view all the answers

reflect people’s characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors

Personality traits Signup and view all the answers

The most widely used system of traits is called the

Five factor model Signup and view all the answers

The tendency to appreciate new art, ideas, values, feelings, and behaviors.

Openness Signup and view all the answers

The tendency to be careful, on-time for appointments, to follow rules, and to be hard working.

Conscientiousness Signup and view all the answers

The tendency to be talkative, sociable, and to enjoy others; the tendency to have a dominant style.

Extraversion Signup and view all the answers

The tendency to agree and go along with others rather than to assert one owns opinions and choices.

Agreeableness Signup and view all the answers

The tendency to be frequently experience negative emotions such as anger, worry, and sadness, as well as being itnerpersonally sensitive.

Neurotism Signup and view all the answers

Understanding of who you are as a person is called__?

Self concept Signup and view all the answers

understanding what your motives are when you act is called____?

Self understanding Signup and view all the answers

lf consists of attributes and personality traits that differentiate us from other individuals. Examples include introversion or extroversion.

Individuals self Signup and view all the answers

is defined by our relationships with significant others. Examples include siblings, friends, and spouses

Relational self Signup and view all the answers

reflects our membership in social groups. Examples include British, Republican, African-American, or gay.

Collective self Signup and view all the answers

Is defined as the study of knowledge or wisdom

Philosophy Signup and view all the answers

PHILO which means? And Sophia which means?

Love and wisdom Signup and view all the answers

Philosophy also known as?

The queen of science Signup and view all the answers

A philosopher from Athens, Greece and said to have the greatest influence on European thought

Socrates Signup and view all the answers

Socrates had a unique style of asking questions called___?

Socratic method Signup and view all the answers

According to him self is dichotomous which means composed of two things: The physical realm or the one that is changeable, temporal, and imperfect. And the The ideal realm is the one that is imperfect and unchanging, eternal, and immortal.

Socrates Signup and view all the answers

acoording to him a human is composed of body and soul, the first belongs to the physical realm because it changed, it is imperfect, and it dies, and the latter belongs to ideal realm for it survives the death

Socrates Signup and view all the answers

A student of Socrates, who introduced the idea of a threepart soul/self that is composed of reason, physical appetite and spirit or passion

Plato Signup and view all the answers

Plato introduced the idea of a threepart soul/self that is composed of

Reason, physical appetite, spirit or passion Signup and view all the answers

enables human to think deeply, make wise choices and achieve a true understanding of eternal truths. Plato also called this as divine essence.

Reason Signup and view all the answers

is the basic biological needs of human being such as hunger, thirst, and sexual desire.

Physical appetite Signup and view all the answers

is the basic emotions of human being such as love, anger, ambition, aggressiveness and empathy

Spirit or passion Signup and view all the answers

He is considered as the last of the great ancient philosophers whose ideas were greatly Platonic

St. Augustine Signup and view all the answers

He has been characterized as Christianity’s first theologian

St. Augustine Signup and view all the answers

According to st Augustine that human nature is composed of two realms.

God as the source of all reality and truth, The sinfulness of man. Signup and view all the answers

The cause of sin or evil is an act of mans’ freewill. Moral goodness can only be achieved through the grace of God

The sinfulness of man. Signup and view all the answers

A French philosopher, mathematician, and considered the founder of modern philosophy

Rene Descartes Signup and view all the answers

Descartes, famous principle the “cogito, ergo sum. What does this mean?

I think, therefore I exist Signup and view all the answers

He declared that the essential self or the self as the thinking entity is radically different from the physical body. The thinking self or soul is a non-material, immortal, conscious being, independent of the physical laws of the universe while the physical body is a material, mortal, non-thinking entity, fully governed by the physical laws of nature.

Rene Descartes Signup and view all the answers

He also maintained that the soul and the body are independent of one another and each can exist and function without the other

Rene Descartes Signup and view all the answers

An English philosopher and physician and famous in his concept of “Tabula Rasa” or Blank Slate that assumes the nurture side of human development.

John locke Signup and view all the answers

. The bottom line of his theory on self is that self is not tied to any particular body or substance. It only exists in other times and places because of the memory of those experiences.

John locke Signup and view all the answers

He was a Scottish philosopher and also an empiricist

David hume Signup and view all the answers

His claim about self is quite controversial because he assumed that there is no self! In his essay entitled, “On Personal Identity” he said that, if we carefully examine the contents of [our] experience, we find that there are only two distinct entities, "impressions" and "ideas".

David hume Signup and view all the answers

A well-known Australian psychologist and considered as the Father and Founder of Psychoanalysis.

Sigmund freud Signup and view all the answers

What are the three levels of mind by Sigmund Freud?

Id, ego and superego Signup and view all the answers

This is primarily based on the pleasure principle. It demands immediate satisfaction and is not hindered by societal expectations

Id Signup and view all the answers

The structure that is primarily based on the reality principle. This mediates between the impulses of the id and restraints of the superego.

Ego Signup and view all the answers

This is primarily dependent on learning the difference between right and wrong, thus it is called moral principle. Morality of actions is largely dependent on childhood upbringing particularly on rewards and punishments.

Superego Signup and view all the answers

What are the two are two kinds of instinct that drive individual behavior by Sigmund Freud?

The Eros of the life instinct and the Thanatos of the death instinct Signup and view all the answers

A British analytical philosopher. He was an important Figure in the field of Linguistic Analysis which focused on the solving of philosophical puzzles through an analysis of language.

Gilbert ryle Signup and view all the answers

According to him the self is best understood as a pattern of behavior, the tendency or disposition for a person to behave in a certain way in certain circumstances.

Gilbert ryle Signup and view all the answers

This happens when we speak about the self as something independent of the physical body: a purely mental entity existing in time but not space

Category mistake Signup and view all the answers

A German Philosopher who made great contribution to the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. He is widely regarded as the greatest philosopher of the modern period.

Immanuel Kant Signup and view all the answers

For him, the kingdom of God is within man. God is manifested in people’s lives therefore it is man’s duty to move towards perfection. He emphasized that people should always see duty as a divine command

Immanuel Kant Signup and view all the answers

An American philosopher interested in the fields of philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, cognitive neurobiology, epistemology, and perception.

Paul and Patricia Churchland Signup and view all the answers

claimed that man’s brain is responsible for the identity known as self. The biochemical properties of the brain according to this philosophy of neuroscience is really responsible for man’s thoughts, feelings, and behavior.

Patricia Churchland Signup and view all the answers

is one of the many philosophers and psychologists that viewed the self from a materialistic point of view, contending that in the final analysis mental states are identical with, reducible to, or explainable in terms of physical brain states

Paul Churchland Signup and view all the answers

A French philosopher and phenomenologist

Maurice marleau ponty Signup and view all the answers

According to him he world and the sense of self are emergent phenomena in the ongoing process of man’s becoming.

Maurice Merleau ponty Signup and view all the answers

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Questions and Answers

The etymological derivative of personality comes from the word____?

a theatrical masks worn by Romans in Greek and Latin drama.

Personality also comes from the two latin word___ ___? which means "to sound through"

the commonly accepted definition of personality is that "it is a relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to a person’s behavior" who said this?

What is the commonly accepted definition of personality that was said by Roberts and mroczek in 2008?

Personality is the conglomeration of the following components

What are the four factors of personality

The surroundings of an individual compose the_____?.This includes the neighborhood a person lives in, his school, college, university and workplace. Moreover, it also counts the social circle the individual has. Friends, paren

Although these factors do not literally create and shape up an individual’s personality, this factors do alter a person’s behavior and response from time to time. This can be commonly observed when a person behaves contrastingly and exhibits different traits and characteristics.

traditionally considered as the major determinants of an individual’s personality.

reflect people’s characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors

The most widely used system of traits is called the

The tendency to appreciate new art, ideas, values, feelings, and behaviors.

The tendency to be careful, on-time for appointments, to follow rules, and to be hard working.

The tendency to be talkative, sociable, and to enjoy others; the tendency to have a dominant style.

The tendency to agree and go along with others rather than to assert one owns opinions and choices.

The tendency to be frequently experience negative emotions such as anger, worry, and sadness, as well as being itnerpersonally sensitive.

Understanding of who you are as a person is called__?

understanding what your motives are when you act is called____?

lf consists of attributes and personality traits that differentiate us from other individuals. Examples include introversion or extroversion.

is defined by our relationships with significant others. Examples include siblings, friends, and spouses

reflects our membership in social groups. Examples include British, Republican, African-American, or gay.

Is defined as the study of knowledge or wisdom

PHILO which means? And Sophia which means?

Philosophy also known as?

A philosopher from Athens, Greece and said to have the greatest influence on European thought

Socrates had a unique style of asking questions called___?

According to him self is dichotomous which means composed of two things: The physical realm or the one that is changeable, temporal, and imperfect. And the The ideal realm is the one that is imperfect and unchanging, eternal, and immortal.

acoording to him a human is composed of body and soul, the first belongs to the physical realm because it changed, it is imperfect, and it dies, and the latter belongs to ideal realm for it survives the death

A student of Socrates, who introduced the idea of a threepart soul/self that is composed of reason, physical appetite and spirit or passion

Plato introduced the idea of a threepart soul/self that is composed of

enables human to think deeply, make wise choices and achieve a true understanding of eternal truths. Plato also called this as divine essence.

is the basic biological needs of human being such as hunger, thirst, and sexual desire.

is the basic emotions of human being such as love, anger, ambition, aggressiveness and empathy

He is considered as the last of the great ancient philosophers whose ideas were greatly Platonic

He has been characterized as Christianity’s first theologian

According to st Augustine that human nature is composed of two realms.

The cause of sin or evil is an act of mans’ freewill. Moral goodness can only be achieved through the grace of God

A French philosopher, mathematician, and considered the founder of modern philosophy

Descartes, famous principle the “cogito, ergo sum. What does this mean?

He also maintained that the soul and the body are independent of one another and each can exist and function without the other

An English philosopher and physician and famous in his concept of “Tabula Rasa” or Blank Slate that assumes the nurture side of human development.

. The bottom line of his theory on self is that self is not tied to any particular body or substance. It only exists in other times and places because of the memory of those experiences.

He was a Scottish philosopher and also an empiricist

His claim about self is quite controversial because he assumed that there is no self! In his essay entitled, “On Personal Identity” he said that, if we carefully examine the contents of [our] experience, we find that there are only two distinct entities, "impressions" and "ideas".

A well-known Australian psychologist and considered as the Father and Founder of Psychoanalysis.

What are the three levels of mind by Sigmund Freud?

This is primarily based on the pleasure principle. It demands immediate satisfaction and is not hindered by societal expectations

The structure that is primarily based on the reality principle. This mediates between the impulses of the id and restraints of the superego.

This is primarily dependent on learning the difference between right and wrong, thus it is called moral principle. Morality of actions is largely dependent on childhood upbringing particularly on rewards and punishments.

What are the two are two kinds of instinct that drive individual behavior by Sigmund Freud?

A British analytical philosopher. He was an important Figure in the field of Linguistic Analysis which focused on the solving of philosophical puzzles through an analysis of language.

According to him the self is best understood as a pattern of behavior, the tendency or disposition for a person to behave in a certain way in certain circumstances.

This happens when we speak about the self as something independent of the physical body: a purely mental entity existing in time but not space

A German Philosopher who made great contribution to the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. He is widely regarded as the greatest philosopher of the modern period.

For him, the kingdom of God is within man. God is manifested in people’s lives therefore it is man’s duty to move towards perfection. He emphasized that people should always see duty as a divine command

An American philosopher interested in the fields of philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, cognitive neurobiology, epistemology, and perception.

claimed that man’s brain is responsible for the identity known as self. The biochemical properties of the brain according to this philosophy of neuroscience is really responsible for man’s thoughts, feelings, and behavior.

is one of the many philosophers and psychologists that viewed the self from a materialistic point of view, contending that in the final analysis mental states are identical with, reducible to, or explainable in terms of physical brain states

A French philosopher and phenomenologist

According to him he world and the sense of self are emergent phenomena in the ongoing process of man’s becoming.

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Personality also comes from the two latin word_ _? which means "to sound through"