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Psychology: Personality
Extending Beyond Psychodynamics
How Our Personal Identity is FormedSlide2
Personality, What
is it?
Personality
It is
an individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting
IOW
it is comprised of characteristics/
behaviours
that make everyone unique
Personality is
shaped by
our
environment & genetics
Our past experience shapes our personality & specifically how we respond in specific situations
All people demonstrate
traits
Traits
are predispositions to behave in a certain way in a given situation
Animals
appear to demonstrate personality traits however, they act according to the
conditioning
they undergo
Conditioning
is a type of learning in which the subject responds to a stimulus in a way that normally does not bring about that response
Conditioning will be discussed more specifically during our next lesson on
BehaviourismSlide3
Categorizing Personality
Categorizing personality types began in
ancient Greece
Categorized in terms of the
humors
(aka body fluids)Greeks classified personality according to the idea that ppl had excessive amounts of 1Modern psychologists have their own theories & use tests to categorize personality
Blood = optimistic
Yellow = irritable
Black = depressed
Phlegm = calm/unemotionalSlide4
Jung on Personality
Jung categorized all PPL based on the following
;
Introverted
or
Extroverted
Function Types (4)
Thinking (uses reason)
Feeling (uses emotions)Sensation (uses the senses)Intuition (uses perception)
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) was a test developed to determine personality based off of Jung’s ideasIn fact, you probably already did one in GR 10 Careers
Either the CDN Personality Dimensions or US True Colors TestsSlide5
Take Out Your iPad
Go to
http
://
www.humanmetrics.com/CGI-WIN/JTYPES1.HTM
Or Google – Human Metrics Personality TestWhat type of Personality do you have?Slide6Slide7Slide8
Criticisms of the MBTI & other Tests
MBTI is believed to be accurate in determining the
introversion/extroversion
portion of personality
Less accurate relating to its other scales, WHY?
Think about your responsesPPL can fake themPPL can rush through instead of reflecting properlyPPL can misread/misunderstand questionsTests need to take this into consideration when they are developed to determine if answers could be
faked or exaggeratedSlide9
A closer look at our
VERTEDness
Extroversion:
directing one’s interests outward, especially towards social contacts
Introversion:
directing one’s interests inward, away from social contactsNeuroticism: is a personality trait that describes a person’s stability in terms of their ability to deal with stress, anxiety, moodiness, jealousy & envy.Slide10
The Big Five Theory
Contemporary theorists believe that every individual posses a mix of each of the following traits however, one side is more dominant than others. Which are you?
THE BIG FIVE
Trait Dimension
Description
Openness
Imaginative/independent vs. practical/conforming
ConscientiousnessOrganized/careful vs. disorganized/careless
ExtroversionOutgoing/energetic vs. shy/reserved
AgreeablenessFriendly/helpful vs.
cold/unkind
Neuroticism
Anxious/insecure
vs.
calm/secureSlide11
The Big Five Theory
Often people are classified as Type A or Type B – the following are the two prototypical personality types. People are a mix of these traits though
Personality Type A
Personality Type B
Unstable
Worrying, vulnerable, self-pitying, impatient
ExtrovertSociable, fun loving, talkative, spontaneousOpen to ExperienceImaginative, independent, curious, broad interestsAgreeableCourteous, selfless, trusting, co-operative
UndirectedCareless, undependable, lax, aimless
StableCalm, hardy, self-satisfied, patientIntrovertReserved, sober, quiet, self-controlled
Not open to ExperienceUnimaginative, conforming, incurious, narrow interestsAntagonisticRude, selfish, suspicious,
unco
-operative
Conscientious
Careful, reliable, persevering,
ambitiousSlide12
Let’s Assess this GuySlide13
The Big Five Theory
What would personality theorists say about Cookie Monster’s personality?
Personality Type A
Personality Type B
Unstable
Worrying, vulnerable, self-pitying, impatient
ExtrovertSociable, fun loving, talkative, spontaneousOpen to ExperienceImaginative, independent, curious, broad interestsAgreeableCourteous, selfless, trusting, co-operativeUndirected
Careless, undependable, lax, aimless
StableCalm, hardy, self-satisfied, patientIntrovertReserved, sober, quiet, self-controlledNot open to Experience
Unimaginative, conforming, incurious, narrow interestsAntagonisticRude, selfish, suspicious, unco-operative
Conscientious
Careful, reliable, persevering,
ambitiousSlide14
Determining Personality & Behaviour
Psychologists use a technique called
factor analysis
Factor analysis:
a statistical technique that identifies patterns of related test items (factors)
Subjects respond to a series of written questions that ask how they would react in a hypothetical situationPsychologists
look for patterns when analyzing the dataUsing these patterns, they make predictions of how personality & behaviour are linkedSlide15