The book defines personality as a person’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting. Psychologist study a broad range of biological influences such as; personality development across the lifespan, personality aspects of learning, emotions, and motivation. There are two theories that are widely accepted referring to psychology, the humanistic theory, which states that personality comes from inner growth and self-fulfillment, and the psychoanalytic theory that focuses on childhood sexuality and unconscious motivations as influences. The Invisibila podcast discussed the inconsistency of personality regarding students who cheat in one class but not the other. My theory regarding personality states that personality derives from …show more content…
Personality is also situational, for example depending on how comfortable you are with the group of people you’re around determines how somebody may act. People in unfamiliar situations are more tense and tend to refrain from being themselves. Speaking for myself I know that usually I come off as shy and reserved when I’m in a new environment, when I’m really neither. Many years ago psychologists and few other studied personality but in today’s world anybody can take an online personality test. Although personality tests aren’t completely accurate, they do provide a good baseline when accessing people’s personality types. The personality test I took had five major categories: open mindedness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and negative emotionality. My scores were relatively low in every category with extraversion being the highest at 53. Personally, I would disagree with this assessment and give myself a score of 80. Growing up as an only child, there wasn’t really …show more content…
The first person I asked was a cousin whom I’ve been close too since infantancy. After I explained to him what each category meant he scored me with the following: open mindedness at 70, conscientiousness at 15, extraversion at 90, agreeableness at 25, and negative emotionality at 20. The one area that was an outlier is agreeableness. Ironically, this is the cousin who broke my spiderman toy years ago as mentioned before and he remembers how I held a grudge for such a long time because of it. When it comes to the similarities the reasons he gave matched up with mine which I assumed would happen. Extraversion was ranked the highest by him because he’s the main person I hangout with so there was some bias in that field. My other assessment came from a teammate who I didn’t meet until August 2017. As expected his assessment had some differences than the one from before. When asked to score my personality he gave the following results: open mindedness at 40, conscientiousness at 25, extraversion at 60, agreeableness at 50, and negative emotionality at 10. Throughout all three evaluations the one consistent rating was found in negative emotionality. This isn’t surprising, I’ve been told that I’m a calm person by most people I encounter. What did surprise me was how lowly extraversion was
The Myers and Briggs Analysis is a series of questions that when answered are examined and grouped together in order to determine the personalities of those taking this test. This particular test can result in sixteen different outcomes or types of personalities, which is determined by four different categories that judge if you are introverted or extroverted, use your senses or your intuition, your choice to think or use your feelings, and finally if you are judgmental or perceptive. These series of questions are designed to judge our personalities and help us to determine which career pathways we will be most suited for based on our personality traits and abilities to work well with others, which is important for our future decisions.
The Big Five Personality Test provided an interesting account of my personality. Although the majority of the results were accurate, I was surprised by two of the outcomes. According to this test, I am a closed-minded, unmethodical, social butterfly that is well-mannered towards others and composed under pressure (John, 2009). First, the results were completely accurate as I am extremely extroverted. I never meet a stranger, and I carry on conversations with anyone. From the custodian, to the cashier, to a random person on the street, it gives me a great sense of fulfillment to engage in dialogue with others from all walks of life. Second, I agree that I am polite and supportive, especially with family and friends. Overall, I try to always
After taking this personality test I could not decide if I felt that my results were accurate about me or not. The personality test resulted in describing me as an extravert, intuitive, feeling, and judging (Humanmetrics,
A friend of mine took this simulated NEO PI-R inventory and saved the results.Her score on extraversion is low, indicating you are introverted, reserved, and quiet. She enjoys solitude and solitary activities. Her socializing tends to restricted to a few close friends. Her score on agreeableness is low, indicating less concern with others' needs Than with your own. People see her as harsh, critical, and uncompromising. Her score on conscientiousness is average. Meaning she's reasonably organized, reliable and self-controlled. Her score on neuroticism is low, indicating that you are exceptionally calm, composed and unflappable. She does not react with intense emotions, even to situations that most people would describe as stressful. Her score
Although some would argue that their results are nowhere near correct, I would say that mine were, for the most part, spot on. I did conjure up a few disagreements; however, a more detailed and longer test might be able to give me a more in depth and accurate rating of my personality. The conclusions of my test say that I am moderately open to experience, highly conscientious, moderately extraverted, and high in both agreeableness and
Personality is a branch of scientific discipline that studies temperament and its variation among people. It is a dynamic and a set of characteristics possessed by their atmosphere, cognitions, emotions, motivations and behaviours in various things. Personality conjointly refers to the pattern of thoughts, feelings, social adjustments and behaviour consistently exhibited over time that powerfully influences one’s exceptions, self-perceptions, values and attitudes. It also predicts human reactions to different folks, problems and stress.
Different people describe the word ‘personality’ differently. Martin et al. (2010,p.610) describes personality as a “particular pattern of behavior and thinking that prevails across time and situations, and differentiates one person from another”. According to Mullins and Christy (2013,p.136), they explain that Personality may be perceived as “consisting of stable characteristics that explains why an individual behaves a certain way. Independence, conscientiousness, agreeableness and self-control are all examples of personality characteristics”. Mullins and Christy (2013, p.136) further explain that we can only identify and understand a person’s personality from listening, watching and observing them. For instance, an independent person may show independence characteristic by demonstrating a strong sense of self-sufficiency. It would be expected that this individual would not be dependable on other people around him and if this is established, it can support the characteristic being a consistent part of the person’s behavior. Individuals are therefore generally consistent in the way they respond to situations. At...
These scores are an indication that I possess more of the core characteristics that make up each of the five personality traits, for example when looking at extroversion; I scored a 6.5 vs. the norm of 4.44, which equates to 2.1 points higher than the normal individual. Based on the findings in TIPI personality test I possess more characteristics of an extravert and therefore, are considered to be more extraverted than the norm. I enjoy being around others, for a day at home without interacting others is difficult for me. While someone whom is lower on the extraversion scale would not mind a weekend at home alone and might even prefer it. Per Wikipedia “people who are high in extraversion (who seek new experiences and are sociable) differ from people who are low in extraversion (who avoid new experiences and prefer solitary activities).”
The test overall did a fairly accurate job in measuring the various factors of my personality. I only disagreed with two of the ten factors, which I merely saw as an overt measurement. The test appeared to be valid for the most part pertaining to my case, and since validity correlates with reliability, its reliability appears to be relatively strong. However this is merely an opinion based on my interpretation of my own personality. It could be equally likely that other people may get many scores in which they totally disagree on. Since this test was written 20 years ago the question of re-standardization also comes into play. As for cross-cultural differences discussed in the introduction, to me it is unclear whether or not the questions are common to all cultures and backgrounds, yet among English speakers the questions seemed well structured. While no test is perfect, the 16 PF does seem to have relatively high reliability and validity, making it ideal in measuring personality traits.
The online test scores are relatively accurate compared to my self-ranking scores. The only marked difference is observed in Neuroticism as my online test score says that I am neither “nervous or calm” while I consider myself someone who is easily stressed in certain situations. The low scores in both Openness to New Experiences and Extraversion confirm that I am not only a conservative, but also an introverted person. I received a high score for Conscientiousness and Agreeableness confirming that I am self-disciplined and compassionate to others.
The distinctive characteristics and qualities of any one person is one way to define personality. According to Feist & Feist (2009) personality is described as a pattern of relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to a person’s behavior. These traits are the precursor of behavior as per individuality, and that of behavior that is consistent throughout life. Although a person can argue the fact that traits is a disposition of genetic predisposition of certain characteristics, the pattern in which these are characterized are different. Each person’s anatomy, intelligence, and temperament are differently and each owns a unique personality, different from parents, grandparents, and any other individual on this planet. Personality theorists’ however may not concur.
After taking the test my results came as the following: openness (58%), conscientiousness (69%), extraversion (31%), agreeableness (60%), and neuroticism (10%).
2) On Conscientiousness, I rank very high – 86%. I also agree with this placement. I am well-organized and reliable. I feel that this part of my personality weighs down my openness to new experiences above. I’m very careful and calculated, taking care to get things right. 3) In Extraversion I ranked very low at just 7 percent. This is probably an accurate depiction, but if you asked most people who know me they wouldn’t rank me that low. I am a quiet, thoughtful person and I prefer small groups to large crowds. I am perfectly happy spending quiet time on my own. I actually work very hard at being more outgoing and forcing myself to talk to people in social situations where I would feel more comfortable melding into the background.
During an individual’s progression from childhood into adolescence researchers suggest that agreeableness and conscientiousness increased, while extraversion, neuroticism, and openness dropped (Srivastava, John, Gosling, and Potter, 2003). The fall in extraversion, neuroticism, and openness can be due to an individual’s increased responsibilities and time constraint. Individuals later in life tend to be more mature and experienced with emotional feelings and are able handle themselves well in emotional settings, hence getting a low score on
Taking any type of personality test can lead to a lot of thought and reflection on yourself,