GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
WHAT IS PERSONALITY?
FUNCTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF PERSONALITY
IN PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES.
By,
Arijit Panigrahy
14CS30005
Email Id: arijitpanigrahy@gmail.com
Cell: +91-9933906939
DEFINITION OF PERSONALITY
Personality refers to individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. It is a dynamic and organized set of characteristics possessed by a person that uniquely influences their environment, cognitions, emotions, motivations, and behavioral science in various situations. The word "personality" originates from the Latin persona, which means mask.
The study of personality focuses on two broad areas: One is understanding individual differences in particular personality characteristics, …show more content…
Self-reliance
15. Perfectionism
16. Tension
Three Dimensions of Personality
This model of personality that is based upon just three universal trails was developed by an English psychologist Hans Eysenck. The 3 trails are:
1. Introversion- Extraversion
People are of two types, Introvert and Extrovert. Introvert are those who focus on the inner world while extroverts attends to their environment and outer world.
2. Neuroticism-Emotional Stability
Similar to "moodiness versus even-temperedness", where in a neurotic person changes emotions more frequently as compared to an emotionally stable person. 3. Psychoticism
This refers to finding it hard to deal with reality. A psychotic person may be hostile, manipulative, anti-social and non-empathetic.
Five-Factor Model
Big five theory was formulated based on Cattell’s and Eysenck’s theories. This model states that there are 5 core traits which collaborate in order to form a single personality. These include:
1. Extraversion - tendency to be active, sociable, person-oriented, talkative, optimistic, empathetic
2. Openness to Experience - tendency to be imaginative, curious, creative and may have unconventional beliefs and values.
3. Agreeableness - tendency to be good-natured, kind-hearted, helpful, altruistic and …show more content…
He believed that a person is born with Id, the pleasure-seeker portion of our personality. He believed that as newborns, the Id was crucial because it drives us to get our basic needs satisfied.
After three years, the baby grows and starts to learn new things as he interacts with the environment. During this time his Ego develops. The ego is based on the principle of reality as it is the part of one's personality.
When the child reaches the age of five, he begins to learn about the moral and ethical rules and restraints imposed by his parents, teachers and other people. This is the time the Superego develops. It is based on the moral principle as it tells us whether something is right or wrong.
According to Freud, the healthy person has his ego as the strongest part of his personality.
Inferiority and Birth Order
Alfred Adler's theory states that all of us are born with a sense of inferiority as evidenced by how weak and helpless a newborn is. By this, Adler was able to explain that this inferiority is a crucial part of our personality, in the sense that it is the driving force that pushes us to strive in order to become
WHAT IS PERSONALITY?
FUNCTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF PERSONALITY
IN PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES.
By,
Arijit Panigrahy
14CS30005
Email Id: arijitpanigrahy@gmail.com
Cell: +91-9933906939
DEFINITION OF PERSONALITY
Personality refers to individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. It is a dynamic and organized set of characteristics possessed by a person that uniquely influences their environment, cognitions, emotions, motivations, and behavioral science in various situations. The word "personality" originates from the Latin persona, which means mask.
The study of personality focuses on two broad areas: One is understanding individual differences in particular personality characteristics, …show more content…
Self-reliance
15. Perfectionism
16. Tension
Three Dimensions of Personality
This model of personality that is based upon just three universal trails was developed by an English psychologist Hans Eysenck. The 3 trails are:
1. Introversion- Extraversion
People are of two types, Introvert and Extrovert. Introvert are those who focus on the inner world while extroverts attends to their environment and outer world.
2. Neuroticism-Emotional Stability
Similar to "moodiness versus even-temperedness", where in a neurotic person changes emotions more frequently as compared to an emotionally stable person. 3. Psychoticism
This refers to finding it hard to deal with reality. A psychotic person may be hostile, manipulative, anti-social and non-empathetic.
Five-Factor Model
Big five theory was formulated based on Cattell’s and Eysenck’s theories. This model states that there are 5 core traits which collaborate in order to form a single personality. These include:
1. Extraversion - tendency to be active, sociable, person-oriented, talkative, optimistic, empathetic
2. Openness to Experience - tendency to be imaginative, curious, creative and may have unconventional beliefs and values.
3. Agreeableness - tendency to be good-natured, kind-hearted, helpful, altruistic and …show more content…
He believed that a person is born with Id, the pleasure-seeker portion of our personality. He believed that as newborns, the Id was crucial because it drives us to get our basic needs satisfied.
After three years, the baby grows and starts to learn new things as he interacts with the environment. During this time his Ego develops. The ego is based on the principle of reality as it is the part of one's personality.
When the child reaches the age of five, he begins to learn about the moral and ethical rules and restraints imposed by his parents, teachers and other people. This is the time the Superego develops. It is based on the moral principle as it tells us whether something is right or wrong.
According to Freud, the healthy person has his ego as the strongest part of his personality.
Inferiority and Birth Order
Alfred Adler's theory states that all of us are born with a sense of inferiority as evidenced by how weak and helpless a newborn is. By this, Adler was able to explain that this inferiority is a crucial part of our personality, in the sense that it is the driving force that pushes us to strive in order to become