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Everybody's personality is different. Some may be extraversion's or narcissists, low self-monitoring or high self-monitoring and the list goes on. During this semester, taking Personality Theories has thought me more about myself than I have learned in my whole life. I believe that my personality stems from my family environment, my friends and society and then I get to choose what I think to be morally correct and what fits with my personality the best. With all the surveys and reading that I have done I have concluded that my personality is pretty consistent with what I believe that it is. Before taking this class I knew that I was shy but very friendly, I was very motivated in my school work and social life and my personality is pretty consistent. I also learned things about myself that I didn’t know even existed and now I know terms to describe myself. My personality development is pretty concise with the book. It says when we are children people can predict the individuals future personality accurately. When I was a child I was very shy around strangers but when I was with my friends I was outgoing and had a big personality and is still true to this day, so my personality has been pretty consistent throughout my life. This is called rank-order consistency. I may have been high in types of personality theories but as I aged, it gradually became more consistent. This brings me to The Big Five Theory: extraversion and agreeableness. As a child I was very high in extraversion, and like psychologist predicted, I still am. I am a very positive person, I care about my family and friends more than I care about myself and I am an adventurer. I balance it out with also being high in agreeableness. I am a trustworthy person and I ... ... middle of paper ... ...My parents have taught me to not be judgmental and to accept people how they are whether I like them or not. They have taught me to be optimistic and to enjoy everyday to the fullest and if you talk to my friends I am sure they would agree that I do that. In conclusion I believe that my personality development has to do with at least 90 percent of genetics and family environment. The other 10 percent I learned on my own, through friends or through society. Reading through the book has put terms to my personality traits that I did not know existed and now I can become fully aware of my personality and discover many more traits to come. I believe that personality development started when we were born and will continue to grow until we leave this earth. Works Cited Funder, David C. The Personality Puzzle. 6th ed. 2013. New York: New York: W.W. Norton & Company.