According to trait theory, human personality is composed of a number of broad traits or dispositions. Gordon Allport identified more than 4,000 words in the English language that could be used to describe personality traits. Later, Raymond Cattell reduced it first to 171 and then to 16 personality factors using elimination and statistical techniques. According to Cattell, there is a continuum of personality traits. In other words, each person contains all of these 16 traits to a certain degree
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I’m a bit of an interesting character because I don’t necessarily have a specific type that I fit into, according the quick test. None of my scores are that far apart. My highest score is a 26 for Conscientiousness, but it’s odd because the characteristics of that don’t necessarily describe me, outside of being fairly reliable. The other scores are 24’s with one 22, and in going down the list it seems that I’m a bit a mutt in terms of personality traits. I don’t overly lean one way or another, but
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Participants were 129 college freshmen with engineering as their stated major. Aptitude was measured by SAT verbal and math scores, high school grade-point average (GPA), and an assessment of calculus readiness. Affective factors were assessed by the NEO–Five Factor Inventory (FFI; P. I. Costa & R. R. McCrae, 2007), and the Nowicki–Duke Locus of Control (LOC) scale (S. Nowicki & M. Duke, 1974). A binary logistic regression analysis found that calculus readiness and high school GPA were predictive of retention
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Motivation (exists within individual, pushing factors) * Direction: path which people engage their effort choice of what to do, what they are trying to achieve, to what extent (quality and quantity)….IN SHORT: GOALS/TARGETS? * Intensity: amount of effort allocated to the goal * Persistence: continuing the effort for a certain amount of time Extrinsic (perceived usefulness and ease of use) and intrinsic (perceived enjoyment) motivators * Intrinsic motivation refers to the performance
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Personality scales at work Introduction: A considerable amount of literature has described that there are significant differences among employees, especially the personality characteristics. In fact, there are substantial divergence of opinion within different psychological schools about how to define personality, this paper will use the definition first suggested by G.W Allport（1961）saw it as ‘the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his characteristic
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Personal Journal Batch 2013-15 Name : …………….. Personal Journal Part I Batch 2013-15 Name : …………….. Date of Birth : …………………… Father’s Name Mother’s Name Siblings: Family and individual photo Memories I Snapshots from childhood upto VIII standard. Good things that you can recollect from that period. Do mention recognition/prizes won. People you remember fondly and why : Favourite teachers : Relations : Friends: Academic performance during this period: Other activities: Hobbies : Strengths
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* There are a large number of personality traits that have been described and studied by psychologists and are considered in trait theory. These include: Adaptability * Adroitness * Aggressiveness * Agreeableness * Altruism * Androgyny * Assertiveness * Authoritarianism * Compliance * Conformity (personality) * Conscientiousness * Conservatism * Courage * Creativity * Cruelty * Curiosity * Cynicism * Defensiveness
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Issues Alex Sander’s behaviour can be summed up in the following points: • He doesn’t give much importance to performance review system as he thinks that the 360̊ performance review system was just a waste of time • He believed that his temper was the most effective management tool for him because he feels that his anger resulted in the increase of the output of the company employees • He lacked the quality of being an effective manager as he was incapable of getting work done from others.
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Observations TUTORIAL!! ObservationsI have used the scientific process in my life so that I could better understand from where my anger comes in certain situations. The first step is the unsystematic observation, which was done by paying attention to the way I act when I feel angry and when this is most often happening. This was done over a few days and I took notes in order to document a pattern or a regularity that would occur and possibly understand why I become angry. Then I used the second
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The Organizational Gems Christina Lakich Nick Madara Brenda Mercado Karla Reeves Outcomes Elements of Leadership From the case, we analyzed Kevin Rollins Leadership style and gathered that he has five distinct elements. First, he is a formal leader, as CEO he is given the authority to allocate the company’s resources the way he feels will make the company more productive and profitable. He was given this power when he succeeded Michael Dell as
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