PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT - LESSON 1

latin word “persona” - Personality originated from

persona - theatrical mask

Personality - summing up everything about yourself

Personality - what defines you as an individual, separate from all others

Collection of Traits - makes up one’s personality.

Goldon Allport - understand and measure personality in terms of traits (200 traits)

trait - enduring and consistent disposition of human beings

Raymond Cattell - traits are reaction tendencies that are somewhat permanent parts of personality

Raymond Cattell - several ways to classify traits

Common Traits - possessed by everyone to some degree

Unique Traits - distinguish us as individuals, shared by few other people

common traits and unique traits - Cattell's First way of classifying traits

dynamic, temperament, and ability traits - Cattell's Second way of classifying traits

Surface Traits and Source Traits - Cattell's Third way of classifying traits

Dynamic Traits - underlie our motivations and drive our behavior

Temperament Traits - emotions or feelings that determine how we react to people and situations

Ability Traits - skills or abilities that determine how well we can work toward our goals

Surface Traits - readily observable by others, unstable and impermanent, may weaken or strengthen

Source Traits - from the core personality; single, stable, and permanent elements of behavior

constitutional and environment-mold traits - Cattell's Classification of source traits

Constitutional Traits - have biological origins and resistant to change

Environmental-Mold Traits - have environmental origins; derive from influences in our social and physical environments

Robert McCrae & Paul Costa - narrowed down personality traits into 5 categories called Big Five

Big Five Traits - they remain stable throughout a person’s lifetime especially after 30 years old

Openness, Consciousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism ( Emotional Stability ) - Big Five

Traits Personality Type - unique collection of several traits that tend to go together

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - MBTI

Johari Window - Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham

Johari Window - model for interpersonal awareness and self-development

OPEN SELF - Info about you that both you and others know

BLIND SELF - Info about you that only others know

HIDDEN SELF - Info about you that you only know

UNKNOWN SELF - Info about you that neither you or others know