Personal and Professional Development

“Personality refers to an individual’s social efectiveness”

Hilgard, Atkinson and Atkinson

“Personality is that which permits a prediction of what a person willl do in a given situation”

Raymond Cattel

“Personality includes physique, intellectual abilities, interests, and how others respond to the individual.”

Van Haller Gilmer

Reveal motives and attitudes through projection

Projective Tests

Uses structured tools like behavior test, questionnaires, and rating scales.

Non-Projective Tests

The big 5 personality traits (ACNOE)

Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, Openess to experience, Extraversion

This trait reflects individual differences in general concern for social harmony. It is also positively correlates with the quality of relationships with one’s team members.

Agreeableness

Is a tendency to display self-discipline, act dutifully, and strive for achivement against measures or outside expectations.

Conscientiousness

Is the tendency to experience negative emotions, such as anger, anxiety or depression.

Neuroticism

Is a general appreciation for art, emotion, adventure, unusual ideas, imagination, curiosity, and variety of experience.

Openess to Experience

It is a grouping, for personality traits, developed from the 1980s onward in psychological trait theory.

The big 5 personality traits

Is characterized by breadth of activities, surgency from external activity/situations, and energy creation from external means.

Extraversion

5 components of emotional intelligence (ARMES)

self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, social skills

Managing the relationship effectively, communicating clearly and resolving conflicts

social skills

Knowing your own emotions, strengths, weaknesses, and value

self-awareness

Being driven to achieve goals for personal growth, not just external rewards.

Motivation

Understanding and sharing the feelings of others.

empathy