...Personality Essay BUS 322 Professor Hassan Yemer April 19, 2013 Big 5 Traits Personality is defined as a dynamic and organized set of characteristics possessed by a person that uniquely influences his or her cognitions, motivations, and behaviors in various situations. (http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Personality_psychology.html) Many contemporary personality psychologists believe that there are five basic dimensions of personality, often referred to as the "Big 5" personality traits. These Big 5 traits of personality are: extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness. Each trait can contribute positively or negatively on an individual’s work performance. I will describe each personality trait and how it can contribute positively on an individual’s work performance. Extraversion is characterized by sociability, assertiveness, emotional expressiveness and excitability. People who are high in this trait are often described as being outgoing and talkative, while those low in this trait are described as quiet and reserved. (http://psychology.about.com/b/2011/06/17/extraversion-psychology-definition-of-the-week.htm) So, if people are high in this trait, it might help to win the confidence of customers for business deals. Obviously this has a positive effect on both the company and the individual and will most likely...
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...Historical and Contemporary Issues in Psychology Evaluate the use of the Construct of Personality in Modern Life Broadly speaking personality can be defined as patterns of behaviour, thoughts and feelings. Accordingly a person’s behaviour allows us to infer future behaviour and describe how we differ from each other (Pervin & John, 2001). Today the use of personality is widespread and can be seen in many areas of modern life such as clinical, health, educational, occupational and forensic settings. For this reason, in the western world personality is viewed as an important aspect or characteristic of a person, which people are forever seeking advice on how to change and improve (Brody & Ehrlichman, 1998). The use of psychological tests attempting to measure individual differences related to occupational behaviours have been used for over 60 years (Furnham, 1992). Frequently, they are used for selection and appraisal due to the vast number of applicants, the high costs of interviewing and the necessity for objective, comparative data (Hogan, Hogan & Roberts, 1996). Recent research in personnel psychology has relied on meta- analysis to develop generalizations about personality characteristics that are characteristic of success in job- related contexts. Accordingly, relating measures of the Big Five to job performance measures suggest that conscientiousness is the personality trait that is consistently related to measures of work- related performance (Barrick & Mount...
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...The big five personality traits are openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. Scoring high on openness to experience means that you tend to be interested in learning new things and you are creative. Scoring low on openness to experience means that you are reserved, conservative, and traditional. The second personality trait is conscientiousness. Scoring high on conscientiousness means that you are organized, determined, and careful. Scoring low on conscientiousness means that you are careless, you believe everything you hear (gullible), or you could be a follower. The third personality trait is extraversion. Extraverts are people who are very outgoing, usually prefer group activities, have lots of friends, and are very social people. Scoring low on extraversion means that you are an introvert and you prefer small group activities rather than large, prefer quiet music, and individual sports. The fourth personality trait is agreeableness. Scoring high on agreeableness usually means that you are a helpful and understanding person. Scoring low on agreeableness means that you like to argue and you are strong willed. Last but not least is neuroticism. People who score high on neuroticism have mood swings and exhibit instability in emotions and interactions. They tend to be nervous. People who score low on neuroticism are usually calm and relaxed. I scored in the 5th percentile for openness to experience. I scored low on the scale...
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...because I am a practical application or hands-on type of person, but that is just to cement information that I’ve already learned. For instance, when I first learned how to wire a three-way light switch, I used multiple forms of intelligence before I actually got to the hands-on. I used the verbal/linguistic because the instructor was talking out the steps as he progressed through the slide presentation. I also used visual/spatial because he had a slide show with a picture showing exactly what he was saying. In actuality, I already knew how to wire the switch before I even touched it. So, although I do learn by hands-on approach, intelligence is only a backup to two others. It just happens to be the most enjoyable. My scores on the personality section were pretty much what I expected. I know that I am an extrovert (11) mainly because the majority of my life has required me to work as a team. There was always an individual effort, but it was for a desired team result. I also figured that I would score higher for sensing (14) because I am a practical person. In the Corps the motto was “90% of your time will be spent on the 10%”. What that means is, 10% of Marines are the individuals that act without using common sense. Those are generally the people that are always in trouble. Therefore you spend a majority of your time with their legal matters, vice praising the ones that are utilizing common sense and staying out of trouble. I scored higher on thinking (12) because I...
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...external representations of Victor Frankenstein’s internal rage. It is ironic that his own self-replication in the form of the creature brings him to his eventual demise. Another element that correlates with the Narcissus story pertains to the escapes and pursuits that are present in the novel. “Since Mary Shelley’s novel employs the element of flight (Walton to the pole, Victor from the Creature, the Creature in pursuit of Victor), Frankenstein embodies an additional element of the Narcissus complex” (Kestner 69-70). The grandiosity of his creation and pursuits end in a chase to eliminate any evidence of his mistakes. Jeffrey Berman summarizes all of these examples in comparison of narcissistic personality disorder: Victor exhibits, in fact, all the characteristics of the narcissistic personality disorder as defined in DSM-III: a grandi- sense of self-importance; preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success; exhibitionism; cool indifference or feelings of...
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...“Development & Personality “Paper Development psychology is the study of change that occurs as an individual matures; this could affect an individual’s personality. A personality is the consistent, enduring and unique characteristics of a person. Although the personality never changes, it could be influenced by an individual’s development. A large influence of a person’s personality is their sexual development. The body is going through so many changes and the person, in him or herself is trying to figure out who he or she really is. Sexual development usually occurs as a young adult and mostly through love relationships. Based on Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development there are conflicts as an individual goes through the changes associated with this stage. Based on society, females, usually between the ages of 14- 19 (teens to young adulthood) go through many difficult changes based on their sexual development. Sexual behaviors in the teenage years are usually considered as cohort and ethic differences. Everyone has their own beliefs and ideas of how things should be, what is right from wrong, what could be done and what shouldn’t be done. Many people see things differently from how others see them. One could think something is okay to do while another person completely looks down upon it. Because of society, many females go through the pressure of making the right decisions while their body is going through many physical, emotional and mental changes...
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...Naomi Chebii American Culture and Film 2nd Essay: 12 Years a Slave 28-09-2015 Ref: Analysis on 12 Years a Slave The film 12 Years a Slave tells the horrific true story of a free black man Solomon Northup, who was dragged, kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1850s America to suffer years of abuse in the Pre-Civil War South. From start to finish, basic facts about the time, the places, the people, and the practices of the day are incorporated, sometimes in excessive detail, into Northup’s story. He speaks with authority on all subjects of his enslavement, naming names and pointing out landmarks along the way. In doing so, he dares skeptics to refute his story, knowing that public record and common knowledge would defend it. The son of an emancipated slave, Northup was born free. He lived, worked, and married in New York, where his family resided. He was a multifaceted laborer and also an accomplished violin player. In 1841, aged 33, he was tricked into leaving his family behind his wife, and two young daughters, by two white con men, who offered him a job as a fiddler in a travelling circus. So he travelled with them to Washington, D.C., where they dragged him and sold him to a slave trader called Burch. Despite having papers showing he was a free man, Solomon was whipped and beaten and subjected into a brutal torture by his new owner. 12 Years a Slave serves as a timeless indictment of the practice of human slavery. As we saw from the film how Northup’s detailing the abuses...
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...I am a person with strong morals who desires to do the right thing to the entire humanity. My life challenges and experience since childhood have given me an opportunity to develop a good understanding of the person I am. I believe that all people deserve just treatment and equal opportunities irrespective of their background. In addition, I value hard work, honest, commitment and kindness which are sometimes so hard to be achieved in the current society. This essay may not be in a position to comprehensively define who I am because as I grow there is the unfolding of my character due to dynamic nature of life. However, it will capture in details the overall perception of my life and the relations that I have with other people in the society.I am the second born in a family of two siblings and my parents. The environment of my upbringing was a typical of strict parents who did not leave anything to chance. My siblings and I were to live strictly by what they said and any deviation could earn us a thorough disciplinary action. I was supposed to be home very early and avoid any collusion with my colleagues at school and the neighborhood. My father always warned me that he should never hear that I ever quarreled with any person. He would advice me settle any disagreements in a consultative and if need be I inform the authorities. On the other hand, my mother taught me the values of being honest and trustworthy. She could tell me that I should never lie to anybody in order to get...
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...1 ESSAY WRITING SKILLS © Graham Davey WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO WRITE A GOOD ESSAY? 1. 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 2. 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 3. 3.1 3.2 4. 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 5. WHAT TO DO BEFORE YOU START ANYTHING Am I familiar with the Assessment Guidelines? Am I certain that I know the Submission Deadline? How much does the mark for my essay contribute to the final mark for this course/module? Do I know what the word limit for this essay is? How many credits do I get for completing this particular course/module successfully? HOW TO PREPARE BEFORE PLANNING & WRITING THE ESSAY What essay titles can I choose from? What references do I need to read? At what level am I writing the essay? What internet resources should I access and use? Can I use my lecture notes as a source of information for my essay? PLANNING YOUR ESSAY How much should I read and when should I begin writing? How can I get the most benefit from my reading? WRITING YOUR ESSAY How should I structure my essay? Am I sure I’m answering the question? How do I write a scholarly essay? How should I present my reference list or bibliography? How should I format my essay? How can I avoid plagiarism? THINGS TO REMMEBER AFTER YOU’VE FINISHED WRITING YOUR ESSAY Essays are arguably the most widely used form of assessment for psychology students. They allow an examiner to assess a student’s factual knowledge, as well as their ability to create logical arguments and critically...
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...student has to write an essay. I learned this situation when I decided to come in the US for education. Before I come to the US, I had to take a preparation course for English in Turkey. That’s why my writing history started like that spontaneously. I really don’t like to write as my personality; however, this is a necessity for enhancing the ability to write an essay. Particularly, academic writing is the most important part of the studying in university, and my earlier writing experience is related just academic writing which is some type of essay such as, process essay, cause and effect essay and compare-contrast essay. One of the types of essay that I wrote first is process essay. That was really important experience because I had never written this type of essay. A process essay explains a process by either defining it, explaining the steps for completing the process oneself or by showing how a thing works. My process topic was “Things to Do in Case of Hurricane”. I explained the processes such as before the hurricane, during the hurricane and after the hurricane. The second type of the essay that I dealt is the cause and effect essay. That was one of the useful types of the essay because everybody can learn...
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...In the postmodern society we live in today, the young people have more possibilities than ever. The young generation today have an enormous pressure on their shoulders. They have to be unique individuals; today’s society and media honour unique individuals! They have to get a good education otherwise they will not be able to make it in our society. The young generation today have the highest expectations for themselves ever, because the media, the society and the politicians only focus on the wonder kids and the unique individuals. These expectations can be hard for the young generation to cope with. Anne Hope has written the short story, “A Gap of Sky”, in 2008. The short story is written in a 3rd person omniscient narrator from the main character, Ellie’s point of view. The narrative mode used is description. The story is told as if the narrator is inside Ellie’s head; you would be able to replace the words “She” and “Ellie” with “I” instead and change the inflections, and the story would sound the same. The narrator describes what Ellie does, what she thinks and how she feels. The narrator is unreliable, because we see the story from a subjective point of view, Ellie’s point of view. The narrator has Ellie’s subjective point of view about the events and the characters of the story. The narrator describes Ellie through what she thinks, says and does. The language is informal. Through the language we get an idea of who Ellie is, she sounds like a normal adolescent girl,...
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...ISB DEADLINE | DATE | 1ST Deadline | 15th September 2014 | 2nd Deadline | 30th November 2014 | Essay - 1 (300 words max) Innovation or doing things differently it is said is a key to future success. Could you substantiate or negate this idea based on your experience. Please provide examples from your own experience – either examples of your own innovation or examples of others whom you have worked with. (300 words maximum) Essay - 2 (300 words max) Applying to and enrolling in a Business Scholl is an important career decision. Critically look at your career to date, the choices you have made, the key influences behind those choices, your goals for the future and how you expect to benefit from the ISB experience in achieving your goals. (300 words max) Essay – 3 (200 words Max.) One of the following * This experience completely changed my way of thinking * An instance when you went out of the ordinary to achieve something significant, but in hind sight feel you could have done better * Tell us about your role in a team that made a significant contribution to the organization * Contribution to peer learning and engagement with the ISB student body are important aspects of the ISB experience. What contribution do you expect to make in this direction during the one year at ISB OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS 1. They have a separate format for recommendations. 2. Have to submit 2 recommendations. 3. Application fee 50 USD 4. Total expenses...
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...In order to succeed in college and in life it is important to learn how to write academic essays in order to communicate various ideas and points of view. Academic essays is composed of there primary stages, the Intro, Body, and conclusion. This formant allows one to stay focus in their writing. Elements such as writing style and tone should be considered as well. One must also consider their audience. Also it is important to establish credibility in the eyes of one’s audience. This can be accomplished through strong sources, personal testimonies and other relevant connections to the subject matter. While the above aspects are important they are not absolute and the best writers are able to strike a balance between these various elements to form a writing style all their own. They are many good examples of good writing yet the best way is to allow one’s own personal experience and personality to come out in one’s writing. One thing on the don’t do list is letting your bias and views of the world stop your from evaluating opposing views and merits with competing points of views and ways of life. Now it begins. Yes, the infamous introduction. Many of my professors told me in the past that I needed to work on my introductions. It wasn’t until I read the book “The Say, I Say “ that I began to grasp the importance of good writing, especially good introductions. Also reading about the “pitch” and how to form one really helped me get more comfortable about my writing .The introduction...
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...Expensive Home The door thuds as you close it behind you on your way out to go to school, work, or wherever you are headed. You don’t have a second thought about what you’re leaving behind: your home. But have you ever thought about the significance of that word, “home”? In Joan Didion’s essay, “On Going Home”, Didion describes her experiences and thoughts on what defines her meaning of home. Didion uses many asyndetons and polysyndetons to emphasize her emotions and poses several rhetorical questions. Throughout the essay, it can be concluded that perhaps the generation that truly knows the meaning behind the word “home” is gradually disappearing. The contributing factors to such interpretation derived from Didion’s personal experiences with her direct family, her husband, and even her own daughter. Didion first sets her definition of home by clarifying that to her, home means “not where [her] husband and [she] and the baby live, but the place where [her] family is”. Her diction reflects the way she thinks about her home, with words such as “troublesome” that give off a negative connotation. Although she defines this place as her home, she expresses how she changes personalities and formalities in front of her parents and brother, which her husband is unfamiliar with. This transformation represents her familiarity with her family, whom she grew up with, or her childhood, and a vague description of what makes up her home. However, since she is not in her childhood anymore...
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...What did you learn about yourself from these events? How have they affected your personality or how you deal with situations now? Remember the focus of the essay is on the contrasting impacts of these events in your life. These events do not have to be major events, they could be minor in nature but their impact on you could be great and long lasting. Undertake the task of pre writing for this topic. Select your two events. Describe them in point form. Consider their diverse impacts on your life. By the end of this class you should have completed your pre writing and make sure you get your sheet signed by me. You have the week to work on your first draft. Those of you who would like to show me the first draft are free to submit it to me online and I shall hand them back to you online. I will tell you whether you are on the right track, however this is optional and you will not be penalized if you do not show me your first draft. You need to give me Draft 1 by Tuesday, Feb 26. This will be an online submission under Assignments on ilearn. I will correct it and give it back to you by Sunday March 3, and then you will work on changing the draft according to my corrections and bring it to class on Tuesday, March 5 when we will have a peer review session. So after our class today you need to upload your first drafts of the essay in a week, by Feb 26 in an area marked out as Essay 1 under Assignments on Ilearn. You need to exchange your second drafts with two...
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