Understanding Personality Traits
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it is a relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to a person’s behavior

Personality

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is the overall pattern or integration of a person’s structure, modes of behavior, attitudes, aptitudes, interests, intellectual abilities, and many other distinguishable personality traits.

Personality

What are the four dertiminants of personality

<p>Environmental Factors, Biological Factors ,Situational Factors and Cultural Factors</p> Signup and view all the answers

This includes the neighborhood a person lives in, his school, college, university and workplace. Moreover, it also counts the social circle the individual has.

<p>Environmental factors</p> Signup and view all the answers

The surroundings of an individual compose of what determinants of personality

<p>Environmental factor</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three biological factor of personality?

<p>hereditary factor, physical features and brain</p> Signup and view all the answers

include the overall physical structure of a person: height, weight, color, sex, beauty and body language, etc

<p>Physical features</p> Signup and view all the answers

A determinant of biological factors that is the preliminary results from the electrical stimulation of the brain (ESB) research gives indication that better understanding of human personality and behavior might come from the study of the brain.

<p>Brain</p> Signup and view all the answers

This is a determinant factors of personality that do not literally create and shape up an individual’s personality, but these do alter a person’s behavior and response from time to time.

<p>Situational factor</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Cultural factor</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Personality traits</p> Signup and view all the answers

people tend to be friendly and gregarious

<p>Extravert</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the most widely used system of traits

<p>Five factor model</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the five major traits of five factor model

<p>Openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neurotism</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Agreeableness</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Neurotism</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Conscientiousness</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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understanding what your motives are when you act

<p>Self understanding</p> Signup and view all the answers

Understanding of who you are as a person

<p>Self concept</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between self concept and self understanding?

<p>Self concept is Understanding of who you are as a person while Self understanding is understanding what your motives are when you act.</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the book "essential social psychology" by Richard crisp and rhiannon tunner there are three types of self concept what are these?

<p>Individual self, relation self and collective self</p> Signup and view all the answers

A self that consists of attributes and personality traits that differentiate us from others

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is defined by our relationships with significant others.

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is defined by our relationships with significant others.

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

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According to himself is dichotomous which means composed of two things: The physical Realm and the ideal realm

<p>Socrates</p> Signup and view all the answers

is defined as the study of knowledge or wisdom from its Latin roots, philo (love) and sophia (wisdom).

<p>Philosophy</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why philosophy is also considered as the queen of all science

<p>because every scientific discipline has philosophical foundations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

The foundation of Socrates philosophy was the Delphic Oracle’s that command to?

<p>Know thyself</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Plato</p> Signup and view all the answers

He introduced the idea of a three part soul/self that is composed of reason, physical appetite and sirit or passion.

<p>Plato</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three part self according to plato?

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

<p>Physical Appetite</p> Signup and view all the answers

The basic emotions of human being such as love, anger, ambition, aggressiveness and empathy.

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Enables human to think deeply, make wise choices and achieve a true understanding of eternal truths.

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Socrates also called this devine essence

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According to Plato, it is always the responsibility of the____ to organize, control, and reestablish harmonious relationship between these three elements

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What did st. Augustine concluded in his beliefs that the physical body is different from immortal soul?

<p>St Augustine Viewed the body as “spouse” of the soul, with both attached to one another by a “natural appetite.” He concluded, “That the body is united with the soul, so that man may be entire and complete, is a fact we recognize on the evidence of our own nature.</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to him the human nature is composed of two realms the god is source of all reality and truth and the sinfulness of man.

<p>St. Augustine, God as the source of all reality and truth and The sinfulness of man.</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to plato human nature is composed of two realms what are these?

<p>The god is the source of all reality and truth, The sinfulness of man</p> 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.

<p>The sinfulness of man</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the famous principle of Rene Descartes?

<p>Cogito ergo sum means I think therefore I exist</p> Signup and view all the answers

In Rene Descartes famous principle the cogito ergo sum what it means?

<p>I think, therefore I exist</p> Signup and view all the answers

He explained that in order to gain true knowledge, one must doubt everything even own existence.

<p>Rene Descartes</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>John locke</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to him self is consciousness

<p>John locke</p> Signup and view all the answers

He believe that the self or the soul does not tied to any body or substance it only exist in other time because of the memory of those experiences

<p>John locke</p> Signup and view all the answers

He assumes that there is no self

<p>David hume</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to hume if we examine the contents of our experiences there is only two distinct entities. What are these?

<p>Impressions and ideas</p> Signup and view all the answers

He said that the self does not exist because all of the experiences that a person may have are just perceptions and this includes the perception of self.

<p>David hume</p> Signup and view all the answers

He viewed the self as dualistic that involves conscious self and unconscious self

<p>Sigmund freud</p> Signup and view all the answers

is governed by pleasure principle. It is the self that is aggressive, destructive, unrealistic and instinctual

<p>Unconscious self</p> Signup and view all the answers

is governed by reality principle. Here, the self is rational, practical, and appropriate to the social environment

<p>Conscious self</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Freud there are 3 levels of mind what are these

<p>Id, ego and superego</p> 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.

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This is primarily dependent on learning the difference between right and wrong, thus it is called moral principle.

<p>Superego</p> 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

<p>Id</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to himo there are two kinds of instinct that drives individual behavior which is the Eros or the life and the Thanatos or the death instinct

<p>Sigmund freud</p> 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 circumstance

<p>Gilbert ryle</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to him individual self makes the experience of the world comprehensible because it is esponsible for synthesizing the discreet data of sense xperience into a meaningful whole.

<p>Immanuel Kant</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to him the self is the product of reason, a regulative principle because the self regulates experience by making unified experience possible

<p>Immanuel Kant</p> 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.

<p>Patricia Churchland</p> Signup and view all the answers

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.

<p>Paul Churchland</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Maurice Merleau ponty</p> Signup and view all the answers

He developed the concept of self-subject and contended that perceptions occur existentially. Thus, the consciousness, the world, and the human body are all Interconnected as they mutually perceive the world.

<p>Maurice Merleau ponty</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Personality

  • Relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to a person’s behavior
  • Overall pattern or integration of a person’s structure, modes of behavior, attitudes, aptitudes, interests, intellectual abilities, and many other distinguishable personality traits.

Determinants of Personality

  • Four Determinants:
    • Biological Factors
    • Social Factors
    • Cultural Factors
    • Psychological Factors

Biological Factors

  • Overall physical structure of a person: height, weight, color, sex, beauty and body language, etc
  • Electrical stimulation of the brain (ESB) research gives indication that better understanding of human personality and behavior might come from the study of the brain
  • Hormones and neurotransmitters do not literally create and shape up an individual’s personality, but these do alter a person’s behavior and response from time to time.

Social Factors

  • This includes the neighborhood a person lives in, his school, college, university and workplace.
  • It also counts the social circle the individual has

Cultural Factors

  • Traditionally considered as the major determinants of an individual’s personality

Psychological Factors

  • Reflect people’s characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Trait Approach

  • Most widely used system of traits
  • Five-Factor Model (Big Five):
    • Openness: The tendency to be imaginative and intellectually curious.
    • Conscientiousness: The tendency to be careful, on-time for appointments, to follow rules, and to be hard-working.
    • Extraversion: The tendency to be talkative, sociable, and to enjoy others; the tendency to have a dominant style.
    • Agreeableness: The tendency to agree and go along with others rather than to assert one's opinions and choices.
    • Neuroticism: The tendency to frequently experience negative emotions such as anger, worry, and sadness, as well as being interpersonally sensitive.

Self-Concept

  • Understanding of who you are as a person
  • Self-Understanding: understanding what your motives are when you act.

Types of Self-Concept

  • Individual Self: A self that consists of attributes and personality traits that differentiate us from others.
  • Relational Self: Is defined by our relationships with significant others.
  • Collective Self: Reflects our membership in social groups. Examples include British, Republican, African-American, or gay.

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Explore the concept of personality traits, which are the relatively permanent and distinctive characteristics that shape an individual's behavior. This quiz delves into the consistency and individuality these traits provide to a person's actions and interactions.

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