Social Graces: Personality and the Big Five Model

• Social Graces is for the Second Semester, AY 2024-2025

Personality

• A relatively stable set of characteristics, tendencies, and temperaments formed by heredity and social, cultural, and environmental factors.
• Personality traits are enduring characteristics that describe an individual's attitude and behavior which are stable over time.
• These traits determine how people interact with and react to various people and situations.

"Big Five" Model

• EXTROVERSION represents how social an individual is; extroversion or introversion is not necessarily bad, but extremes can be dysfunctional.
• AGREEABLENESS measures how friendly a person is; people who are too agreeable may be taken advantage of.
• EMOTIONAL STABILITY refers to how consistent someone is in their reactions to events; emotionally stable people are calm and objective.
• CONSCIENTIOUSNESS is the degree to which an individual is dependable; those with lower scores may be viewed as lazy.
• OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE characterizes how willing people are to broaden their horizons; individuals high in this factor are broad-minded, and professionals willing to reflect on feedback.

Self-Monitoring of Personality

• Defined as the tendency to adjust behavior relative to the changing demands of social situations.
• High self-monitors are sensitive to external cues and adapt to conform to expectations
• Low self-monitors are consistent and display true feelings in every situation.

Self-Concept

• Self-concept is the image people have of themselves influenced by interactions with others
• Beliefs such as "I am a good friend" are part of an overall self-concept.
• Self-concept includes how you view your personality traits and how feel about your interactions with the world.
• Self-perception affects motivations, attitudes, and behaviors.
• Self-concept is malleable in youth, but becomes more detailed with age.
• Self-concept can be changed based on environment and people in your life especially people in leadership.
• Self-concept is developed through interaction with family, friends, and social media.

Tactics to Improve Self-Esteem

• List things you admire about yourself.
• Avoid being a people pleaser..
• Step outside your comfort zone.
• Avoid comparing yourself to others.
• Forgive your past thoughts.
• Set boundaries in relationships.
• Celebrate your wins.
• Let go of negative people.

Values

• Described as fundamental attitudes guiding mental processes and behavior, producing the belief that life is meaningful.
• Values clarification involves identifying a personal value system and creating a hierarchy of values.
• Values are formed through family, education, workplace, community, and culture/society.

Augustinian Core Values

• UNTIAS (UNITY): Includes harmony between God and man, man and his neighbor, and man's essential components. It refers to harmony between man and nature, and among all existing things in the universe.
  • Includes unity in diversity and love, care for the common good, oneness in goal, co-responsibility, collaboration, mutual help, communication, good leadership, and fraternal correction.
• VERITAS (TRUTH): Saint Augustine's life was a search for truth. Possession of truth is necessary for man to be happy.
  • Includes dedication to research, inquisitiveness, academic freedom, pursuit of excellence, sharing of knowledge, sincerity, objectivity, willingness to improve, critical discernment, and orientation towards God.
• CARITAS (CHARITY or LOVE): Saint Augustine speaks of four objects of love: God, ourselves, our neighbors, and our body. Love is what moves man and motivates all his actions in the City of God
  • Includes love of God and neighbor, prayerfulness, friendship, sympathy, trust, patience, honest concern for others, mutual support, interpersonal tact, and forgiveness.

Explore personality as a stable set of characteristics shaped by heredity, social, cultural, and environmental factors. Understand personality traits and the 'Big Five' model, including extroversion, agreeableness, emotional stability, conscientiousness, and openness to experience. Learn how these traits influence interactions and behaviors.