Personality It comes from the Latin word “ Persona” meaning mask. It is made up of the characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviours that make a person unique. It distinguishes one from the other. It is composite reality of an individual consisting of physical, mental, emotional, moral and spiritual faculties. Each person is different and unique
Characteristics of personality Unique personality is unique and specific for every person. Even twins are unique. Psychological – a person’s character and identity is built up by the patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Physiological – influenced by environmental factors It includes all behaviour patterns – cognitive, affective and psychomotor.
personality evolves depends on the social interaction that individual undergoes
Kinds of self Perceived self The perceived self is how one looks at oneself and how he or she thinks others look at him or her. Ideal self It is the person one wants to be. Creation of oneself from life experiences the demands of society and what you admire in your role models Real self It is the actual self a package of our belief, value, emotional and behavioural and skills system. It our identity and we need to discover
Self awareness is the ability to see ourselves with own eyes.
Who am I??? Basic characteristics I am _ I am I am I am _ I am I am Strengths and skills I have I have I have I have I have I have
Personality inventory table Aspects of self Explanations Your characteristics Beliefs and values Things that you value and prioritise in your life Family Emotions Your feelings, reactions and temperaments Happiness , fear, anger,distress. How a person react?? Self concept Your judgements and perception about your value and capacity A mental picture of who are you as a person. Attitude Your thinking and judgement about others, events etc. How you make viewpoints, mindset about a place etc. Drives and motives The level of motivation and personal energy Towards your carrier. Knowledge Your knowledge about different areas of life, society, subject etc About your Exposure level Skills Your ability to certain task and functions: speaking, writing , studying Skills in certain task like at home or office Physical c ha r ac t er i s t ic s Your physical capacity and wellbeing About yourself
Measuring personality Psychometrics It is technique of psychological measurement which inckudes the measurement of knowledge, abilities, attitudes, personality traits etc
Personality questionaires Way interact with environment Likert scale Quantify the factors Eg: I enjoy going for a long drive alone. 1 strongly disagree 2)disagree 3) neutral 4) agree 5) strongly disagree
Aptitude tests-access your logical reasoning or thinking performance It is a test to measure your ability to perform or carry out different tasks.