PERDEV QUIZ #2

Socrates

Stated that the most important thing to pursue was self-knowledge and that admitting one's ignorance is the beginning of true knowledge.

Plato

Asserted that 'The essence of knowledge is self-knowledge,' meaning true understanding begins with understanding yourself.

Essence

Means the core or fundamental nature of something.

Self-Knowledge

Refers to being aware of your own thoughts, feelings, behaviors, values, and motivations.

Guides Decision-Making

Knowing your strengths, weaknesses, and values helps you make better choices.

Improves Relationships

When you understand yourself, you relate better to others.

Encourages Growth

Self-awareness helps you recognize areas for improvement and personal development.

Foundation for Wisdom

Self-awareness helps you recognize areas for improvement and personal development.

Self (Philosophy)

The being which is the source of a person’s consciousness; the agent responsible for thoughts and actions; an intangible entity outside the physical realm.

Self (Psychology)

The essence of a person comprising their thoughts, feelings, actions, experiences, beliefs, values, principles, and relationships.

Self (Religion)

Includes a person’s life purpose, meaning, aspirations, and one’s relationship with a higher being.

Self (Sociology)

Defined by the roles we take when we relate with others, such as being a child, classmate, friend, or teammate.

Personality (Psychology)

The unique and relatively enduring set of behaviors, feelings, thoughts, and motives that characterize an individual.

Heredity vs. Environment

Personality is influenced by both nature (heredity or genetic makeup) and nurture (environment).

Extraversion

A Big Five dimension characterized by being sociable, talkative, active, outgoing, and fun-loving.

Agreeableness

A Big Five dimension characterized by being friendly, warm, trusting, generous, and kind-hearted.

Conscientiousness

A Big Five dimension involving planning, organizing, hardworking, controlling, perseverance, and being punctual.

Neuroticism

A Big Five dimension which, at high scores, involves being worried or temperamental, but at positive levels is described as calm, relaxed, and comfortable.

Openness to experience

A Big Five dimension characterized by being curious, interested in new ideas, imaginative, and creative.

Personality Trait

A disposition to behave consistently in a particular way.

Consistency, Stability, and Individual Differences.

Three Criteria of Personality Traits

Character

A person’s moral and ethical qualities consisting of beliefs and principles that guide behavior, often revealed over time through varying situations.

Personality (General)

The sum of a person’s physical, psychological, emotional, and social aspects manifested through behavior and actions; often more visible than character.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

A popular personality test based on four preferences of individuals: E or I, S or I, T or F, and J or P.

E or I (Extraversion or Introversion)

How an individual prefers to channel energy when dealing with people, whether inward or outward.

S or I (Sensing or Intuition)

How one prefers to process information, whether through the senses or intuitively through ideas and abstract lenses.

T or F (Thinking or Feeling)

How an individual prefers to make decisions, using logic and analysis versus values and beliefs.

J or P (Judgment or Perception)

How an individual manages life, through planned structure and closure versus flexibility and spontaneity.

Ambitious, Creative, Compassionate, Conscientious, and Courageous

Give the First 5 Examples of Character Traits

Flexible, Honest, Humble, Honorable (Integrity), and Loyal

Give the Second 5 Examples of Character Traits

Patient, Persistent, Resilient, Disciplined, and Curious.

Give the Third 5 Examples of Character Traits