Free Essay

Personality

In:

Submitted By mogashini
Words 3995
Pages 16
WHAT’S YOUR TYPE?
ISTJ
“DOING WHAT
SHOULD BE
DONE”

ISTP
“READY TO TRY
ANYTHING
ONCE”

ESTP
“THE ULTIMATE
REALISTS”

ESTJ
“LIFE’S
ADMINISTRATORS”

INTJ

ISFJ

INFJ

“A HIGH SENSE
OF DUTY”

“AN INSPIRATION
TO OTHERS”

ISFP

INFP

“SEES MUCH BUT
SHARES LITTLE”

“PERFORMING
NOBLE SERVICE
TO AID SOCIETY”

ESFP

ENFP

ENTP

“YOU ONLY GO
AROUND ONCE
IN LIFE”

“GIVING LIFE
AN EXTRA
SQUEEZE”

“ONE EXCITING
CHALLENGE
AFTER ANOTHER”

“EVERYTHING
HAS ROOM FOR
IMPROVEMENT”

INTP
“A LOVE OF
PROBLEMSOLVING”

ESFJ

ENFJ

ENTJ

“HOSTS AND
HOSTESSES OF
THE WORLD”

“SMOOTH
TALKING
PERSUADERS”

“LIFE’S
NATURAL
LEADERS”

Based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

sm

Where are you on the diagram above? Are you an ENFJ – someone who spends his or her time involved with the things around them (“E” for Extravert), sees the world in terms of possibilities (“N” for iNtuitive), makes decisions based on subjective judgment (“F” for Feeler), and lives life in a decisive, orderly manner (“J” for Judger)? Are you an ISTP – someone who spends his or her time in reflection (“I” for Introvert), see the world in terms of practical facts (“S” for Sensor), makes decisions based on objective analysis (“T” for Thinker), and lives life in a spontaneous, flexible way (“P” for
Perceiver)? Or are you one of the fourteen other combinations? In Type Talk, Otto Kroeger and Janet
M. Thuesan show you exactly how to determine your personality type, using a scientifically validated method based on the work of C. G. Jung. Type Talk offers insight into why others behave the way they do, and why you are the person you are – on the job, as a parent, in relationships, and in all aspects of daily life.
16 PERSONALITY TYPES
WITH

SELECTED BRIEF EXPLANATIONS
AND
EXPOSITIONS

THE KEIRSEY TEMPERAMENT SORTER*

For my patients and those who would benefit from gaining insight and a fuller understanding into and about your personality traits and those elusive influences that steer many of your life choices; that you may further enrich your life, increase more of what works for you and decrease what does not; deepen rapport and your connection with lovedones and friends; maintain good health and high spirits and reduce stress; and last, but not finally, make your way in the world and enhance creative and business endeavors and your service to others.
I have taken the liberty of offering up David Keirsey’s temperament sorter with information and references from both Keirsey and Myers-Briggs all of whom have written books and offer questionnaires for elucidating and organizing feedback about your personality and assisting in making life choices.
You have my best wishes for an interesting and informative exercise which is not the end but merely a new beginning. Follow-through and discover your rewards.
Marie Margenau-Spatz, Ph.D.

*The Keirsey Temperament Sorter is copyrighted by David Keirsey from the book Please Understand Me and Please Understand Me II Copyrighted © 1978 David Keirsey.

Page 2 of 9

Page 3 of 9

THE KEIRSEY TEMPERAMENT SORTER*
CHARACTERISTICS FREQUENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH EACH TYPE
SENSING TYPES

INTUITIVE TYPES

INTROVERTS

ISFJ

INFJ

INTJ

Serious, quiet, earn success by concentration and thoroughness.
Practical,
orderly, matter-of-fact, logical, realistic and dependable. See to it that everything is well organized.
Take responsibility. Make up their own minds as to what should be accomplished and work toward it steadily, regardless of protests or distractions. Quiet, friendly, responsible and conscientious. Work devotedly to meet their obligations and serve their friends and school. Thorough, painstaking, accurate. May need time to master technical subjects, as their interests are usually not technical. Patient with detail and routine.
Loyal,
considerate, concerned with how other people feel.

Succeed by perseverance, originality and desire to do whatever is needed or wanted. Put their best efforts into their work. Quietly forceful, conscientious, concerned for others. Respected for their firm principles. Likely to be honored and followed for their clear convictions as to how best to serve the common good.

Usually have original minds and great drive for their own ideas and purposes. In fields that appeal to them, they have a fine power to organize a job and carry it through with or without help.
Skeptical,
critical, independent, determined, often stubborn. Must learn to yield less important points in order to win the most important. ISFP

INFP

Retiring, quietly friendly, sensitive, kind, modest about their abilities.
Shun
disagreements, do not force their opinions or values on others. Usually do not care to lead but are often loyal followers. Often relaxed about getting things done, because they enjoy the present moment and do not want to spoil it by undue haste or exertion.

Full of enthusiasms and loyalties, but seldom talk of these until they know you well. Care about learning, ideas, language, and independent projects of their own. Tend to undertake too much, then somehow get it done. Friendly, but often too absorbed in what they are doing to be sociable. Little concerned with possessions or physical surroundings.

ISTP
Cool onlookers – quiet, reserved, observing and analyzing life with detached curiosity and unexpected flashes of original humor.
Usually
interested in impersonal principles, cause and effect, how and why mechanical things work.
Exert themselves no more than they think necessary, because any waste of energy would be inefficient.

ESFP

Matter-of-fact, do not worry or hurry, enjoy whatever comes along. Tend to like mechanical things and sports, with friends on the side. May be a bit blunt or insensitive. Can do math or science when they see the need. Dislike long explanations. Are best with real things that can be worked, handled, taken apart or put together.

Outgoing, easygoing, accepting, friendly, enjoy everything and make things more fun for others by their enjoyment. Like sports and making things. Know what’s going on and join in eagerly.
Find
remembering facts easier than mastering theories. Are best in situations that need sound common sense and practical ability with people as well as with things.

ESFJ

ESTJ
Practical, realistic, matter-offact, with a natural head for business or mechanics. Not interested in subjects they see no use for, but can apply themselves when necessary.
Like to organize and run activities. May make good administrators, especially if they remember to consider others’ feelings and points of view. Warm-hearted, talkative, popular, conscientious, born cooperators, active committee members. Need harmony and may be good at creating it. Always doing something nice for someone.
Work
best with encouragement and praise.
Little interest in abstract thinking or technical subjects.
Main interest is in things that directly and visibly affect people’s lives.

SENSING TYPES

Quiet, reserved, brilliant in exams, especially in theoretical or scientific subjects. Logical to the point of hair-splitting.
Usually
interested mainly in ideas, with little liking for parties or small talk. Tend to have sharply defined interests.
Need to choose careers where some strong interest can be used and useful.

ENFP

ENTP

Warmly enthusiastic, highspirited, ingenious, imaginative. Able to do almost anything that interests them. Quick with a solution for any difficulty and ready to help anyone with a problem.
Often rely on their ability to improvise instead of preparing in advance. Can usually find compelling reasons for whatever they want. Quick, ingenious, good at many things. Stimulating company, alert and outspoken. May argue for fun on either side of a question. Resourceful in solving new and challenging problems, but may neglect routine assignments. Apt to turn to one new interest after another. Skillful in finding logical reasons for what they want. ENTJ

ENFJ
Responsive and responsible.
Generally feel real concern for what others think or want, and try to handle things with due regard for other people’s feelings. Can present a proposal or lead a group discussion with ease and tact. Sociable, popular, active in school affairs, but put time enough on their studies to do good work.

Hearty, frank, able in studies, leaders in activities.
Usually good in anything that requires reasoning and intelligent talk, such as public speaking. Are usually well-informed and enjoy adding to their fund of knowledge. May sometimes be more positive and confident than their experience in an area warrants. INTUITIVE TYPES

CHARACTERISTICS FREQUENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH EACH TYPE

*The Keirsey Temperament Sorter is copyrighted by David Keirsey from the book Please Understand Me and Please Understand Me II Copyrighted © 1978 David Keirsey.

EXTRAVERTS

EXTRAVERTS

ESTP

INTP

INTROVERTS

ISTJ

THE KEIRSEY TEMPERAMENT SORTER*

Page 4 of 9

Selected Personality Type Information
The Keirsey Temperament Sorter, like all personality tests, is only a preliminary and rough indicator of personality. Please do not accept any personality test results without checking them out by watching people in action. People-watching will enable you to detect the difference between what people say they do habitually and what they actually do. Sometimes the test does not accurately identify your personality, but it may give you a place to start looking for a portrait that fits. Perhaps after you have read many of the portraits (see abbreviated descriptions below) and even asked others which of the portraits best describe you, you may be able to begin to define your own personality. After you complete the scoring of your answers to the Questionnaire, you have now identified your “type”. It should be one of the following:
INFP
ENFP
INFJ
ENFJ

ISFP
ESFP
ISFJ
ESFJ

INTP
ENTP
INTJ
ENTJ

ISTP
ESTP
ISTJ
ESTJ

If you have an X in your type, yours is a mixed type. An X can show up in any of the four pairs: E or I, S or N, T or
F, and J or P. Hence there are 32 mixed types beside the 16 listed above:
XNTP
XNTJ
XNFP
XNFJ
XS TP
XSTJ
XSFP
XSFJ

E XTP
E XTJ
E XFP
E XFJ
IXTP
IXTJ
IXFP
IXFJ

ENXP
INXP
EN XJ
IN XJ
ES XP
ISXP
ES XJ
ISXJ

ENTX
INTX
ENF X
INF X
ES TX
ISTX
ESF X
ISFX

Having identified type, the task now is to read the type description and to decide how well or how poorly the description and to decide how well or how poorly the description fits. You will find a description or portrait of your type in the pages to follow as well as in the book, Please Understand Me. If you have an X in your type, yours is a combination of two types. If, for example, the E and I scores are equal and the type is, say, XSFJ, then you would read both ESFJ and ISFJ portraits and decide for yourself which parts of each description are applicable.
One may also profit from reading the portrait of one’s opposite to see how things are ‘on the other side’. (How one proceeds after reading one’s own type portrait depends largely upon temperament. Some of the types will read several other portraits before returning to the text, while others will return immediately to the text. Some may never read all sixteen of the type descriptions.) As will be shown, the typology is useful if an observer can distinguish between four types of temperament. It is not at all necessary to make these finer distinctions. However, such differences can become useful after long study.
Indicator questions deal with the way you like to use your perception and judgment, that is, the way you like to look at things and the way you like to go about deciding things. The answers given reflect four separate preferences called
EI, SN, TF and JP. The four letters of your “type” tell how you came out on all four preferences. What is preference means is shown below.
Each combination of preferences tends to be characterized by its own set of interests, values and skills. Above are 16 very brief descriptions of each type. Find the one matching your four letters and see whether or not it fits you. If it doesn’t, try to find one that does. Whatever your preferences, of course, you may still use some behaviors characteristic of contrasting preferences, but not with equal liking or skill. This tendency may be greater if preferences strength on a scale is low (under 15). For a more complete discussion of the types and their vocational and personal implications, see David Keirsey, best selling book, Please Understand Me.

*The Keirsey Temperament Sorter is copyrighted by David Keirsey from the book Please Understand Me and Please Understand Me II Copyrighted © 1978 David Keirsey.

THE KEIRSEY TEMPERAMENT SORTER*

Page 5 of 9

Brief Descriptions of The Sixteen Types
ENTJ
Intuitive, innovative ORGANIZER; aggressive, analytic, systematic; more tuned to new ideas and possibilities than to people’s feelings.
ESTJ
Fact-minded, practical ORGANIZER; aggressive analytic, systematic; more interested in getting the job done than in people’s feeling.
INTP
Inquisitive ANALYZER; reflective, independent, curious; more interested in organizing ideas than situations or people.
ISTP
Practical ANALYZER; values exactness; more interested in organizing data than situations or people; reflective, a cool and curious observer of life.

ISFP
Observant, loyal HELPER; reflective, realistic, empathic; patient with details, gentle and retiring; shuns disagreements; enjoys the moment.
INFP
Imaginative, independent HELPER; reflective, inquisitive, empathic, loyal to ideals; more interested in possibilities than practicalities. ESFJ
Practical HARMONIZER and worker-with-people; sociable, orderly, opinioned; conscientious, realistic and well tuned to the here and now.
ENFJ
Imaginative HARMONIZER and worker-with-people; sociable, expressive, orderly, opinioned, conscientious; curious about new ideas and possibilities.

ESTP
REALISTIC ADAPTER in the world of material things; good natured, tolerant, easy going; oriented to practical, first hand experience; highly observant of details of things.

INFJ
People-oriented INNOVATOR of ideas; serious, quietly forceful and preserving; concerned with the common good, with helping others develop.

ESFP
REALISTIC ADAPTER in human relationships; friendly and easy with people, highly observant of their feelings and needs; oriented to practical, first hand experience.

INTJ
Logical, critical, decisive INNOVATOR of ideas; serious, intent, highly independent, concerned with organization, determined and often stubborn.

ISTJ
Analytical MANAGER OF FACTS AND DETAILS; dependable, decisive, painstaking and systematic; concerned with systems and organization; stable and conservative.

ENFP
Warmly enthusiastic PLANNER OF CHANGE; imaginative, individualistic; pursues inspiration with impulsive energy; seeks to understand and inspire others.

ISFJ
Sympathetic MANAGER OF FACTS AND DETAILS; concerned with peoples’ welfare; dependable, painstaking and systematic; stable and conservative.

ENTP
Inventive, analytical PLANNER OF CHANGE; enthusiastic and independent; pursues inspiration with impulsive energy; seeks to understand and inspire others.

E An E for extraversion probably means you relate more

I An I for introversion probably means you relate more easily

easily to the other world of people and things than to the inner world of ideas.

to the inner world of ideas than to the outer world of people and things.

S

N An N for intuition probably means you would rather

An S for sensing probably means you would rather work with known facts than look for possibilities and relationships. T

A T for thinking probably means you base your

look for possibilities and relationships than work with known facts. F An F for feeling probably means you base your judgments

judgments more on impersonal analysis and logic than on personal values.

more on personal values than on impersonal analysis and logic.

J

P A P for the perceptive attitude probably means you like a

A J for the judging attitude probably means you like a planned, decided, orderly way of life better than a flexible, spontaneous way.

flexible, spontaneous way of life better than a planned, decided, orderly way.

*The Keirsey Temperament Sorter is copyrighted by David Keirsey from the book Please Understand Me and Please Understand Me II Copyrighted © 1978 David Keirsey.

THE KEIRSEY TEMPERAMENT SORTER*

Page 6 of 9

THE TEMPERAMENTS
From David Keirsey”s Website: http://www.keirsey.com/

GUARDIAN SJs, being CONCRETE in communicating and COOPERATIVE in implementing goals, can become highly skilled in LOGISTICS. Thus their most practiced and developed intelligent operations are often supervising and inspecting
(SJT administering), or supplying and protecting (SJF conserving). And they would if they could be magistrates watching over these forms of social facilitation. They are proud of themselves in the degree they are reliable in action, respect themselves in the degree they do good deeds, and feel confident of themselves in the degree they are respectable. In search of security as they are the "Security Seeking Personality" -- trusting in legitimacy and hungering for membership. They are usually stoical about the present, pessimistic about the future, fatalistic about the past, and their preferred time and place is the past and the gateway. Educationally they go for commerce, avocationally for regulations, and vocationally for material work. They tend to be enculturating as parents, helpmates as spouses, and conformity oriented as children. There are even more Guardians than Artisans around, at least 40% and as many as 45% of the population.
Presidents George Washington and Harry S. Truman are examples of Guardians.
A full description of the Guardian is in Please Understand Me or Please Understand Me II
GUARDIANS: "SJ" (EPIMETHEAN) (Melancholic)
Art & Entertainment/Sports/Journalism/Literature









Jimmy Stewart(ISFJ)
Fred McMurray
Ed Sullivan
Kareem Abul-Jabbar
Barbara Walters
Dan Rather
Mike Wallace
Thomas Hardy

Politics/Government/Military













George Washington (ESFJ)
Woodrow Wilson (ISTJ)
Harry S. Truman (ISTJ)
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
George Bush (ISFJ)
Leonid Brezhnev (ESFJ)
Queen Elizabeth II (ISTJ)
Queen Victoria
General Colin Powell (ESTJ)
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes





General Stonewall Jackson
General Omar Bradley
General Benard Montgomery(ESTJ)

Business/Industry/Finance









John D. Rockefeller (ISTJ)
Armond Hammer
J C Penny
F W Woolworth
William K Kellogg
Charles Post
Andrew Mellon
J. P. Morgan (Julius: ESTJ, Pierpont: ISFJ, Jack ISFJ)

Science/Education/Humanities/Philosophy/Religion




Brigham Young(ESTJ)
Thomas Hobbes
Mother Teresa(ISFJ)

*The Keirsey Temperament Sorter is copyrighted by David Keirsey from the book Please Understand Me and Please Understand Me II Copyrighted © 1978 David Keirsey.

THE KEIRSEY TEMPERAMENT SORTER*

Page 7 of 9

ARTISAN SPs, being CONCRETE in communicating and UTILITARIAN in implementing goals, can become highly skilled in TACTICAL VARIATION. Thus their most practiced and developed intelligent operations are usually promoting and operating (SPT expediting), or displaying and composing (SPF improvising). And they would if they could be virtuosos of one of these forms artistic operation. Artisans are proud of themselves in the degree they are graceful in action, respect themselves in the degree they are daring, and feel confident of themselves in the degree they are adaptable. This is the
"Sensation Seeking Personality" -- trusting in spontaneity and hungering for impact on others. They are usually hedonic about the present, optimistic about the future, cynical about the past, and their preferred time and place is the here and now.
Educationally they go for arts and crafts, avocationally for techniques, and vocationally for operations work. They tend to be permissive as parents, playmates as spouses, and play oriented as children. There are many Artisans to be found in many places where the action is, at least 35% and as many as 40% of the population.
A full description of the Artisan is in Please Understand Me or Please Understand Me II.
ARTISANS: "SP" (DIONYSIAN) (Sanguine)
Art & Entertainment/Sports/Journalism/Literature



















Elvis Presley (ESFP)
Elizabeth Taylor (ESFP)
Pablo Picasso (ESFP)
"Magic" Johnson (ESFP)
Madonna (ESTP)
Ernest Hemingway (ESTP)
F. Scott Fitzgerald (ESTP)
Norman Mailer
Hugh Hefner (ESTP)
Neil Simon (ISFP)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (ISFP)
Paul Gauguin (ISFP)
Johnny Carson (ISFP)
Mel Brooks (ISFP)
Jonathan Winters (ESFP)
Barbra Streisand (ISFP)
Clint Eastwood (ISTP)
Michael Jordan (ISTP)

Politics/Government/Military









Franklin D. Roosevelt (ESTP)
Theodore Roosevelt (ESTP)
Winston Churchill (ESTP)
George S. Patton
Erwin Rommel
Charles XII of Sweden (ISTP)
Nikita Khrushchev
Boris Yeltzin

Business/Industry/Finance




John Paul Getty (ESTP)
Donald Trump
Charles Lindbergh (ISTP)

Science/Education/Humanities/Philosophy/Religion


Jean-Jacques Rousseau

IDEALIST NFs, being ABSTRACT in communicating and COOPERATIVE in implementing goals, can become highly skilled in DIPLOMATIC INTEGRATION. Thus their most practiced and developed intelligent operations are usually teaching and counseling (NFJ mentoring), or conferring and tutoring (NFP advocating). And they would if they could be sages in one of these forms of social development. The Idealist temperament have an instinct for interpersonal integration, learn ethics with ever increasing zeal, sometimes become diplomatic leaders, and often speak interpretively and metaphorically of the abstract world of their imagination.
They are proud of themselves in the degree they are empathic in action, respect themselves in the degree they are benevolent, and feel confident of themselves in the degree they are authentic. Idealist types search for their unique identity, hunger for deep and meaningful relationships, wish for a little romance each day, trust their intuitive feelings implicitly, aspire for profundity. This is the "Identity Seeking Personality" -- credulous about the future, mystical about the past, and their preferred time and place are the future and the pathway. Educationally they go for the humanities, avocationally for ethics, and vocationally for personnel work.
Social relationships: In their family interactions they strive for mutuality, provide spiritual intimacy for the mates, opportunity for fantasy for their children, and for themselves continuous self-renewal. Idealists do not abound, being as few as 8% and nor more than 10% of the population. A full description of the Idealist is in Please Understand Me or Please
Understand Me II.

*The Keirsey Temperament Sorter is copyrighted by David Keirsey from the book Please Understand Me and Please Understand Me II Copyrighted © 1978 David Keirsey.

THE KEIRSEY TEMPERAMENT SORTER*

Page 8 of 9

IDEALISTS: "NF" (APOLLONIAN) (Choleric)
Arts & Entertainment/Sports/Journalism/Literature














Jane Fonda
Shirley MacLaine
Pearl S. Buck
Charlotte Bronte (ENFP)
Emily Bronte (INFP)
Emily Dickenson (INFJ)
Herman Hesse
Albert Camus
James Joyce
Leo Tolstoy
Ann Morrow Lindbergh (INFP)
Oliver Stone (ENFP)

Politics/Government/Military




Mohandas Gandhi (INFJ)
Eleanor Roosevelt (INFJ)








Leon Trotsky (ENFP)
Vladimir Lenin (ENFJ)
Mikhail Gorbachev (ENFJ)
Thomas Paine (ENFP)
Alexander Hamilton
Molly Brown "The Unsinkable" (ENFP)

Business/Industry/Finance
Science/Education/Humanities/Philosophy/Religion








Lord Alfred Russel Wallace
Siddhartha (Buddha)
Albert Schweitzer (INFP)
Carl Rogers (ENFP)
Soren Kierkegaard
Plato

RATIONAL NTs, being ABSTRACT in communicating and UTILITARIAN in implementing goals, can become highly skilled in STRATEGIC ANALYSIS. Thus their most practiced and developed intelligent operations tend to be marshalling and planning (NTJ organizing), or inventing and configuring (NTP engineering). And they would if they could be wizards in one of these forms of rational operation. They are proud of themselves in the degree they are competent in action, respect themselves in the degree they are autonomous, and feel confident of themselves in the degree they are strong willed. Ever in search of knowledge, this is the "Knowledge Seeking Personality" -- trusting in reason and hungering for achievement. They are usually pragmatic about the present, skeptical about the future, solipsistic about the past, and their preferred time and place are the interval and the intersection. Educationally they go for the sciences, avocationally for technology, and vocationally for systems work. Rationals tend to be individualizing as parents, mindmates as spouses, and learning oriented as children. Rationals are very infrequent, comprising as few as 5% and no more than 7% of the population.
A full description of the Rational is in Please Understand Me or Please Understand Me II.
RATIONALS : NT (PROMETHEAN)(Phlegmatic)
Arts & Entertainment/Sports/Journalism/Literature








Steve Allen
William F. Buckley
Ayn Rand (INTJ)
George Bernard Shaw (ENTJ)
Walt Disney (ENTP)
Mark Twain

Business/Industry/Finance






Bill Gates (ENTJ)
Steve Jobs (ENTP)
Buckminster Fuller (ENTP)
Thomas Edison (ENTP)




Steve Wozniak (INTP)
George Soros (INTP)

Politics/Government/Military












Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln (INTP)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (INTJ)
Douglas MacArthur (ENTJ)
George Marshall (ENTJ)
Peter the Great (INTJ)
Margaret Thatcher (ENTJ)
Fredrick Douglass
Napoleon Bonaparte (ENTJ)
William Tecumsah Sherman (ENTJ)

*The Keirsey Temperament Sorter is copyrighted by David Keirsey from the book Please Understand Me and Please Understand Me II Copyrighted © 1978 David Keirsey.

THE KEIRSEY TEMPERAMENT SORTER*

Science/Education/Humanities/Philosophy/Religion














Albert Einstein (INTP)
Richard Feynman (ENTP)
Ludwig Boltzmann
Nikola Tesla (ENTP)
Lise Meitner (INTJ)
Charles Darwin
David Hume
Friedrich Nietzsche
Adam Smith
Marie Curie
Booker T. Washington
Aristotle

Bibliography http://www.keirsey.com/ Page 9 of 9

Similar Documents

Premium Essay

Personality

...What would make a personality test reliable and valid? In this week personiality is the main focuas. It is amazing how much information a person can learn just from reading into peoples emotional, mental, and social characteristics. The purpose here is to help others understand what personality is, the key features that define, the key concepts. The information gathered will tell if personality features consistent, and what will make a personality test reliable and valid. Personality Aftering intence research personiality is the charther apperance that is seen by outside indivuals. Personiality is also seen as the characteristics impression that is given to another person about an indiviual. However, Shantell has never taken a personality test, however once reading what seems to produce a prsons personality, one can say that personality is the way aperson acts and thinks. It is a portric of what some one says and feel within. Key Features There are many key features that can define a person, but the main ones that define Shantell are her spiritual dimension,which is better known as reglion. Her height, culture, mastery, the consistency of her behavior, and her interaction between people in mulitible environments are som key features. If Shantell was to take a personality test she believes the test will measure her strenthes and weekness when dealing with different situations such as emergies, and business deals, and daily activites. she believes the test...

Words: 780 - Pages: 4

Free Essay

Personality

...of their distinctive personalities. The mere fact that we all have different parents, life styles, family members, and different routine patterns that they have become accustomed to, seals the fact that we all will be unique in our own way. All of these combined, contributes to the foundation of one’s personality. I believe the personality of a person is the sum of a person’s physical, emotional, mental as well as their social characteristics. What makes people different? Why are some people more likable or more likely to be socially accepted by others? Why are people judged by the way that they act or appear to be rather than by what they have to offer? These are just a few questions that came to my mind when I overheard a group of teenagers talking about this kid that attempted suicide because he felt as if he was an outcast to his peers. This story made me realize that the personality of an individual can determine whether or not a person is capable of overcoming some of the cruel and insensitive barriers that are placed in his or her pathway by the people that he or she has to deal with on a day to day basis. There are many traits that I have adopted throughout my life which defines my personality. I can really appreciate my family for grooming me into the man that I am today. I am not saying that every day was superb, but I have to appreciate the good and the not-so-good days that I personally experienced. I would consider my personality to be like one of a debating...

Words: 910 - Pages: 4

Premium Essay

Personality

...Defining Personality Personality, this common thread weaves its way through the life of every person on earth, subsequently making each person's behavior different from the next. There are a number of theories on how personality develops; however, none have pinned the development of personality to any one definition. With this in mind, this paper encompasses a discussion surrounding some definitions of personality, examines research methodology that help explain personality development, and the factors that influence personality development. Personality Perspectives For many years people studied personality and theorized about where this behavior came from. Personality is a unique aspect to each individual and is "…a pattern of relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to a person’s behavior" (Feist & Feist, 2009, p. 4). In addition, speculation of personality development centers on genetics and the environment. However, there are challenges in the interpretation of personality development test data, as there are a number of perspectives trying to define personality and each theory is unique to the perspective of the theorist. If one looks toward psychoanalyses for an answer, Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, or Carl Jung would contend that personality is a result of early childhood experiences and "…ongoing compromise among numerous independently operating mental subsystems" (Funder, 2001, p. 199). Thus, expressing...

Words: 1245 - Pages: 5

Premium Essay

Personality

...Value of Understanding Personality By Caroline Hinkes What is personality? Personality, in its simplest definition, refers to the overall characterization of an individual-including both positive and negative, made evident by different circumstances in a person's life. Personality encapsulates the different traits that people perceive in an individual. Personality isn't something that you're just born with. While some traits may be present at birth, there are so many other factors that help build a person's personality. Factors such as education, physical limitations, genetic makeup, environment exposure, life experiences, and emotional issues all come together to create the entirety of an individual's personality. By working toward an ideal personality, a person can develop new standards of character and become a better individual with more potential to succeed in life. Every individual has a set of characteristics, both good and bad, that can work together and be managed to develop an ideal personality. Using tools, strategies, and understanding certain principles and ideas can lead one to become more self-confident and linguistically competent. A person's strengths and talents, as well as social skills can also be developed for a more positive perspective on life. Four Factors that Affect Personality When we ask the question, "What is personality?" we also want to know the things that affect it. There are four major areas that contribute to the development...

Words: 701 - Pages: 3

Premium Essay

Personality

...The many theorists of personality and psychologists cannot agree on a definition of personality. They understand that it is what makes each person unique, but other than that they are baffled. This is not from a lack of trying. Many theorists have been studying personality for years. Sigmund Freud has theorized many things about personality and his work is still being used today. Nature verse nurture is another debate in the personality world. Psychologists cannot come to a conclusion as to whether it is genetics or the environment that gives people their personality. Psychologists have theorized many ways as to how people obtain their personality, whether it is nature or nurture; this paper will discuss that topic. The word personality has no set in stone meaning. The reason for this is because psychologists cannot agree on the meaning. Each branch of psychology will think that the meaning of personality is different, as well as each psychologist within the branch thinking that the meaning is different. Although psychologists do not agree on the same definition they can agree on what it does to a point; this is the generic definition of personality. They agree that personality is the characteristics and traits of a person that attribute to each person’s own behavior. Since psychologists cannot agree on just one definition of personality, many psychologists have come up with theories for what it is and different concepts about it. According to Feist & Feist (2009),” A scientific...

Words: 1141 - Pages: 5

Free Essay

Personalities

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Potential Strengths” These are the general characteristics for these Personalities.[1] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Popular Sanguine Personality * The Extrovert * The Talker * The Optimist* Are Best: * In Dealing with People Enthusiastically. * In Expressing Thoughts with Excitement. * In Up-Front Positions of Attention.* . Their Emotions: As a Parent: As a Friend: At Work: -Appealing Personality -Makes Home Fun -Makes Friends Easily -Volunteers for Jobs -Talkative, Story-Teller -Is Liked by Children’s Friends -Loves People -Thinks Up New Activities -Life of the Party -Turns Disaster into Humor -Thrives on Compliments -Looks Great on the Surface -Good Sense of Humor -Is the Circus Master -Seems Exciting -Creative & Colorful -Memory for Color -Envied by Others -Has Energy & Enthusiasm ...

Words: 622 - Pages: 3

Premium Essay

Personality

...Personality Danielle Taliaferro PSY 211 June 5, 2013 Andrea Mc Lellan, MA, MFT Personality The study of personality is one of the major topics of interest within psychology. Each of us, as human beings, influences much that is within us and around us. Each person has many psychological attributes; feelings, thoughts and motivations. It is our personality that orchestrates our psychological qualities. Some individuals cannot help but wonder how the personality works, how it came to be and what it might mean for their future. Some also wonder about the personalities of others; how they are the same or different from them. Although these questions are intriguing, the question that must be answered first is the most basic: “What is personality?” Personality encompasses the many characteristics that arise from within an individual. It is what makes an individual unique. Researchers have developed four different perspectives on personality. Each of these perspectives attempts to describe different patterns in personality, including how these patters form and how people differ on an individual level. Psychoanalytic Perspective emphasizes the importance of early childhood experiences and the unconscious mind. This perspective was created by psychiatrist Sigmund Freud who believed that things hidden in the unconscious could be revealed in a number of different ways, including through dreams, free association and slips of the tongue. Freud’s work shaped the fields of clinical...

Words: 1559 - Pages: 7

Premium Essay

Personality

...Personality is defined as the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses other, a person as an embodiment of a collection of qualities the sum total of the physical, mental, emotional, and social characteristics of an individual. Personality is the organized pattern of behavioral characteristics of the individual and the quality of being a person. Also it’s the essential character of a person and distinctive qualities of a person, especially those distinguishing personal characteristics that make one socially appealing. Personality tells another person who the next person is person is. It’s the pattern of collective character, behavioral, temperamental, emotional, and mental traits of a person. www.thefreedictionary.com You can see people personality come out by how they act. When people see me they see I’m very honest, dependable, and loving. There are so many things that describe my personality. My personality defines me, it tells other people who I ‘am and how I carry myself as a person. My attitude towards kids brings out my good personality because I’m a fun person and we have a good time playing games and laughing. Also, kids bring the joy and the best out of me it keeps you young and healthy. It’s a joy when you are the reason kids are running around happy. Other factors that defines my personality is I have a good heart I like helping others and being there for people that need me. I like to see everybody happy; sitting around and having a good time. Sometimes...

Words: 760 - Pages: 4

Premium Essay

Personality

...Personality Kristen Lewis PSY/211 April 8, 2014 Dr. Diane H. Taylor Personality The definition of personality is a persons unique and relatively consistent pattern of thinking. There are several factors that play roles in a persons personality the culture they are raised along with the environment also DNA plays an important role. Even though, there are many different theories of personality key influences from many different psychologist play a role in the theories on personality and also the brain structure of personality. The amount of personality theories that are out there is a large number but the number that is normally used is the basic four perspectives. The first perspective is the psychoanalytic perspective that emphasizes the importance of unconscious processes and the influence of early childhood experience. Also there is the humanistic perspective that represents an optimistic look at human nature, emphasizing the self and the fulfillment of a persons unique potential. The third is the social cognitive perspective this emphasizes learning and conscious cognitive processes, including the importance of beliefs about the self, goal setting, and self-regulation. Lastly is the trait perspective that emphasizes the description and measurement of specific personality differences among individuals. (Hockenbury & Hockenbury, 2014) Personality development theories are based on the basic four as discussed earlier. The Differences amongst the four are great....

Words: 759 - Pages: 4

Free Essay

Personality

...2008). Since 1960, personality has emerged as major field of specialization among doctoral candidates (Vance &ump; Macphail, 1964). Many investigations have been accomplished followed by literature on a variety of theories of personality. The importance on individual differences and distinctiveness of the individual are the most frequent features of the study of personality. There is a guarantee that each person’s profile is different from that of another person and thus, each person has unique personality (Allport &ump; Odbert, 1936). Nevertheless, the question is how do we determine personality? In general, the easiest approach to do this was through the observations of individual differences. Though, the validity and reliability of such observation can be questioned as it is not efficient and systematic adequately. On the other hand, the assessment of individual researcher may be subject to personal bias. Thus, in order to be accurate, personality theories often employ the systematic and scientific approach. The study can merely be called systematic and scientific when it concerned unbiased observations that are quantified so that systematic analyses can be performed (Allen, 1990). Dworkin and Kihlstrom (1978) underlined that the prediction of behavior will be improved by the use of personality tests. In line with this, many personality inventories with certain extent of reliability and validity have been developed to aid in the study of personality. There are essentially...

Words: 527 - Pages: 3

Premium Essay

Personality

...In general, I have variety of personality traits. I am an open minded person and I like to work with multi-backgrounds people. Since I started study at elementary school I had many friends with different backgrounds (ethnic group, religion, hobby, and personality). These experience help me to build a good relationships to other people in my life time, especially in my working experience. I have good understanding about the people around me. I don’t judge them instantly when they show some different habbits from me. I realize that culture take a role on it. It helped me when I entered my life career, especially in professional communication sector. I am also able to work with team. I like to share knowledge and information to another people. Working in team challenged me to be a creative person. Almost two years working experience in professional communication sector developed my self confident. I used to meet many people with various backgrounds. Sometimes I interviewed them and discussed some topics. These experiences make me able to build the networking with others and being positive about my self when I was giving opinion or just take a long conversation with them. I think being open minded fit perfectly when I’m working in communication sector, such as Public Relations which orders understanding to anothers point of view and can deliver a reputable and balance information to public. I am also an organized person. I can work with good preparation and pay attention to time...

Words: 277 - Pages: 2

Premium Essay

Personality

...PERSONALITY There are many different theories of personality; the first step is to understand exactly what is meant by the term personality. A brief definition would be that personality is made up of the characteristics pattern of thought, feelings, and behaviors that make a person unique. Besides this, personality arises from within the individual and remains fairly consistent throughout life. “Generally speaking personality refers to the unique core set of characteristics that influence the way one thinks, act, and feels” (Licht, Hull, & Ballantyne, 2014, p.467). After visiting the 41 question personality website, my overall personality profile was fantastic, real, and true. My results show that I am warm-hearted, popular and conscientious. The assessment further reveals that I tend to put the need of others over mine, I feel a strong sense of responsibility and duty, value traditions, and security, and interested in serving others. However, I need positive reinforcement to feel good about myself, well-developed sense of space, and function. My four different dimensions of personality are extroversion (E) vs. introversion (I), sensing(S) vs intuitive (I), thinking (T) vs feeling (F), and judging (J) vs perceiving (P). Extroversion tends to manifest as outgoing, talkative, and energetic behavior, whereas introversion is manifest as more reserved and solitary behavior. According to (Licht, Hull, & Ballantyne, 2014), “extroversion dimension tends to display a marked degree...

Words: 638 - Pages: 3

Premium Essay

Personality

...Personality Casey Hyndman PSY/211 January 21, 2014 Mr. Jerry Mote Personality Personality refers to the total behavior of the individual, but particularly to the relatively enduring and consistent aspect of our personality. Personality is a very vast term, it encompasses a number of factors like - The way you look; The way you dress; The way you talk; The way your listen; The way you act; Your habits; Your philosophy of life; Your versatility; Your willingness to help other etc. Personality defines a person, it makes a person and some people have good personalities and some have bad ones. There are four different perspectives to a personality. First we will look at the Psychoanalytic Perspective. Psychoanalytic Perspective emphasizes the importance of early childhood experiences and the unconscious mind. For example, Michelle was adopted into a loving family when she was five.  However, for years she displayed aggressive behavior towards her adoptive parents and siblings, even though they were incredibly kind to her. The adoption specialists advised the family not to take Michelle’s behavior personally, explaining that her anger was really directed at her birth parents and former foster families for the way she had been treated.  The second perspective is the humanistic perspective and it focuses on psychological growth, free will and personal awareness. For example, a person feels like his or her life is bland and boring. A humanistic perspective would encourage the person...

Words: 843 - Pages: 4

Premium Essay

Personality

...Personality In my own words, I would say that personality is made up of the characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviors that make each and every individual their own unique person. In addition to this, personality arises from within the individual and remains fairly consistent throughout life. Some key personality features that define me, would be Honesty, Responsibility, Loyalty, Being Open-minded, Very Compassionate, Dedicated, Adventurous, Independent, and I love to cook and spend more time alone then around others. I can say that I ‘am an antisocial person at times. I love to make sure that everyone is happy and treated equally. Expressed sensing personality type, slightly expressed feeling personality type, and moderately expressed judging type. I suppose these are key concepts or construct’s that * are used to explain my personality. I believe myself that I ‘am observant, cooperative, * * responsible, informative, and expressive. If I had someone under my care such as * * children or a husband I believe that my main focused and concern will be on their well- * * being, their health and welfare. * * * My personality features are consistent majority of the time; if they were to change it * * would in fact have to be according to the situation I find myself in. My personality is * * ideal and unique in its own way, I find it that I have my own sense of style and...

Words: 773 - Pages: 4

Premium Essay

Personality

...Personality John Bryant PSY/405 July 20, 2012 Dr. Carmel Munroe Personality Human beings are born inherently with his or her individual personality. In the following essay the author of this essay will examine personality in detail. First I intend to define personality where I will give some characteristics of personality and inform the reader what personality is. Secondly the author of this essay will examine the theoretical approaches in the study of personality and give some examples of schools of thought based on personality. Last the author of this essay will analyze influential factors that influence human personality development and compare nature versus nurture and what affect if any that has on personality. The aforementioned topics will be researched to create an understanding of human personality. An individual’s personality is made up by multiple factors that inclusively become one’s personality. Some of the characteristics of an individual’s personality are the individual’s patterns of thoughts, feelings, and certain behaviors that the individual exhibits. To understand personality one has to factor in key traits within a person and understand that personality is organized and consistent. Humans express their individual personality in different situations and tend to have stable responses to the situation. An individual’s personality tends to stay constant throughout his or her entire life with few to no changes occurring throughout. Personality is solely...

Words: 1132 - Pages: 5