...Personality Reflection PSY/250 Personality Reflection In this Personality Reflection, I will define personality and define personal features of my own personality structures. Personality is what defines our characteristics as a human being. Individuals have different personality traits that make up our behavioral characteristics, which may include how we think or react. Some characteristics are inherited in our genes. For example, I have a mannerism of always chewing my tongue ever since I was a child, which I am usually unaware of doing except when my friends and family notices it and mentions it to me. My son does the same thing of chewing his tongue when he was between the age of two and three. Personalities are unique and people are genetically born with their own unique personality, although environment plays an important role in molding a person’s personality. Environments can vary from living in poverty versus being rich, having a nurturing family versus being neglected as a child, or living in a violent environment versus living in a quiet environment. The environment can vary, and the experiences of a person can mold the unique personality that he was born with. The key personality features that defines me is I try to maintain an appearance to show friendliness, happy, non-stressed, never moody, and a smile that welcomes people to get to know me. Depending of the environment my personality can change, according to the environment that I am in. In my work environment...
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...Personality Reflection People often speak of the personality as if it were good. Not only that, sometimes speak as if the personality faces consisted of attractive and admirable, but do not see that personality is something with a bit of confusion and includes both positive and negative traits. The personality is composed of a number of features we use. Personality is the sum total of the ways in which an individual reacts and relates with others. Personality is determined by genes, which provide a variety of trends. But the environment and life experiences dealing with mold all these possibilities in one direction or another. That's why although we may change our way of being, we do agree with some personality traits with which we come into the world. Personality is very attached to the concept that human beings have of themselves and the world around them, as people react to the world according to their perceptions. The personality determines the way of seeing the world and sees ourselves, but at the same time, the way we see ourselves affects our personality. Personality is defined as the set of attitudes and behavioral style of a person, or the entire set of psychological traits that characterize a person and distinguish them from all others. It is easy to talk about physical or personality traits without defining the term itself. And we do frequently: Do not trust this man. It is honest, has a good heart, and so on. But it is difficult to process a broad definition...
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...Personality Reflection Worksheet Jermaine F. Austin PSY/250 April 6, 2014 Barney Williams University of Phoenix Material Personality Reflection Using the textbook, the University Library, the Internet, and/or other resources, answer the following questions. Your responses to each question will vary but overall should be 700- to 1,050-words in length. 1. How would you define personality? * * One tends to define personality as relative self. After reading chapter 1 of Personality: Classic Theories and Modern Research and cross referencing memories of friends, family, and even media personalities, and encompassing ideas from the author such as correlations in the study of personalities. Then there are eight aspects to personality, psychoanalytic, neo-analytic/ego, biological, behaviorist, cognitive, trait, humanistic/existential, and interactionist. As an adult 40 years of age, one has seen criminal turn their life around, productive citizens become criminals, disgruntle individual become appreciative individual, even gay and lesbian men and women become heterosexual men and women, so left with experience, and reading chapter 1 of Personality: Classic Theories and Modern Research, one agrees with an 20th century idea of relative self , and “that is, there is no underlying self beneath an outward-facing mask, but rather the “true” self is comprised merely of masks” (Friedman & Schustack, 2012 p. 9) * 2 What are some key personality features...
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...Monica Motes Personality Reflections PSY/250 Rebel Smith 2/26/2011 Personality Reflections I would define personality to be… It makes a person unique in their own way. The personality is what makes a person grow into who they are and who they will become. It is basically just a lot of features that make a person do and act the way they do. It makes them who they are. For example; what type of attitude they have towards something. The way they prefer to do something. The way they speak. And the way the person presents themselves to others. What things that they like to do and how they decide to get it done. Some personality features that would describe me would probably be that I am very shy, and I am just a laid back. I try to do as much as I can to succeed my goals. I am a hard working person. I would prefer to work alone than with a lot of people. I love to bake cakes and decorate them. I am a mom. I have two wonderful little boys. They have a lot to do with the way that I have become; I think that this one would also be a personality trait. It is another trait that has shaped me into the person that I have become. There are a lot of feature that would describe me personally that are both positive and negative. Some of the negative things would be I hate cleaning and it takes me a long time to get my house clean. I can be very selfish when I get stressed out or when I get mad. There are many more negative ways to describe me but, I...
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...Psy/250 Version 6 Professor Wilkerson Personality Reflection Personality cares for the important, strong measures of a human being’s psychological vitality. Traits relates to an individual being merry or depressed, active or care less, brilliant or ignorant. There are many different definitions about personality. Most definitions are on mental system which is a cluster of mental pieces implicating purposes, feelings, and thinking patterns. The meanings alternate a little as to what those pieces may be, it comes to the concept that traits have patterns or worldwide operation mental systems. Let’s read a few of systems: "Personality is the entire mental organization of a human being at any stage of his development. It embraces every phase of human character: intellect, temperament, skill, morality, and every attitude that has been built up in the course of one's life." (Warren & Carmichael, 1930, p. 333) (In an acknowledged overstatement...) "Personality is the essence of a human being." (Hall & Lindzey, 1957, p. 9, characterizing statements by Gordon Allport) "An individual's pattern of psychological processes arising from motives, feelings, thoughts, and other major areas of psychological function. Personality is expressed through its influences on the body, in conscious mental life, and through the individual's social behavior." (Mayer, 2005) When first reading the assignment on writing a paper about key personality, many thoughts came to mind. More question...
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...Personality Reflection Paper Ronald Aliangan PSY/250 September 13th, 2014 My personality can be defined as an amiable person that really cares about others. I am outgoing, sensitive, emotional, and direct. I have been known to put other people’s needs in front of my own. I am not usually short on things to say. Also I love being around friends and family, but also really love to have my alone time. I have two older sisters that ironically have very different personalities then mine but they are both very similar to one another. All of my life I have been a popular person that excelled at athletics, and have been a bit defined by that sadly enough. I also have a creative side. I like painting, drawing, and playing the guitar. As I know, this is a vast way of defining my personality, but I feel this is the best way that I know how. My key personality features are that I am outgoing, charismatic, friendly, loving, and impatient. Some concepts that people may use when explaining me would be, “bull in a china shop”, and “hard on the outside but soft on the inside”. Generally I different around everyone. There is a significant difference in the way I act around my friends and family opposed to the way I would act around a person that had quite a bit of age on me, at least in the topics I would discuss and the way I would discuss them. I would be lying if I said that I didn’t act different around the oposite sex then when I am just hanging out...
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...Personality Reflection Katie Smit PSY/250 August 20,2011 Dianne Hinz Personality Reflection Every individual has a different idea and thought about self and how self makes up their entire being. Self is made of the human’s own biology his or her cognitive process and perception of oneself compared to others. This paper is going to look at the concept of self and how this relates to real-life; situations affect a person’s self-efficacy and esteem. Personalities are made up of the characteristic patterns of thoughts, feeling, and behavior that make a person unique. With this almost every day describe and assess the personalities of people that are around us. Whether we realize it or not, these daily musings on how and why people behave as they do are similar to what personality psychologists do (Cherry, 2011). While our informal assessments of personality tend to focus more on individuals, personality psychologists instead use conceptions of personality that can apply to everyone. What are some of the key personality features that define me. With the list of different personalities, that I looked up this was a difficult diction that I made. Some of the key personality features that define me are, openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, most of all I am neuroticism (Define Personality Traits, 1996). How do I think that I have these features for my personality? With openness I have a good imagination, and I understand most things quickly...
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...University of Phoenix Material Personality Reflection Using the textbook, the University Library, the Internet, and/or other resources, answer the following questions. Your responses to each question will vary but overall should be 700- to 1,050-words in length. 1. How would you define personality? I define personality as the combination of behavior, emotion, motivation, and the thought patterns that define an individual. Personality can also be defined as your habits, your ideas, thoughts, the thing that is in you that comes out of you that makes you the person you are. 2. What are some key personality features that define you? There are many personality features or traits that I can use to define myself. In particular these personality traits are extroverted, enthusiastic, agreeable, dependable, self-disciplined, calm, emotionally stable, conscientiousness, sympathetic, warm, and openness or open to new experiences, but yet complex. Yet still there are other personality traits that can help define why I see myself also as an empathetic and compassionate individual who can express such empathy and compassion to other individuals without personal gain or reward. 3. What key concepts or “constructs” are used to explain your personality? I believe one of many key constructs that I would use to explain my personality, is that I’m an observer. I’m constantly observing the environment around me. I feel like I need to know what’s going on around...
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...Personality Reflection Many people question what personality is and how personality is determined and measured. All human beings are born with a unique personality, which develops and matures similarly to physical growth, and the degree of development and maturity is contingent upon environment and upbringing. This paper will reflect upon the concept of what personality is, and address questions relevant to personality testing and its reliability and validity. What is Personality? “Personality is the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character” ("Personality," 2012). This textbook definition is an excellent summation of what personality is, as there is no one way to describe personality, since it is a blend of key aspects such as: unconscious, ego forces, cognitive, biological, conditioning, traits and predispositions, spiritual, and interaction (Friedman & Schustack, pp. 2-3, 2009). Combined, these eight perspectives can assist in the definition and understanding the complexities of an individual’s personality. Personality is what defines us as unique individuals, what attracts or repels us to each other, and ultimately personality determines our outlook and approach in regards to living life. My Defining Personality Features I believe I possess both positive and negative key personality features, as do many people. Positive personality features that define myself are being extroverted, sympathetic to others feelings...
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...Personality Reflection Shannon Johnson PSY/250 10/05/2015 Phoenix Personality Reflection How would I define personality? To me personality is made of so many different things. It takes allot of individual traits to make up someone’s personality. The way that you have been raised from just a little baby. The DNA that has started your foundation in life. What your beliefs are. Five factors have been narrowed down. * Openness = Appreciation for emotion, art, unusual ideas, and a variety of experience * Conscientiousness = Mostly dependable, organized, goals, and self-discipline * Extraversion = Positive energy, assertive, positive emotions, seeks stimulation from others * Agreeableness = Cooperative, trusting, compassionate, competitive * Neuroticism = unpleasant emotions, anger, anxiety, low stability Remember OCEAN To me people are all different. Might have the same hair color, like the same kind of tv shows, even the same first name. Personality comes from traits that you are born with and traits that are learned. If two people go through the exact same thing that does not mean that, they will react or feel the same way. Everyone in this world is unique in his or her own way. Personality is what we have in order to live life on life’s terms. . Every person on this earth thinks of things differently. Personality is an individual’s thoughts, feelings, behaviors and how the individual sees and acts with each altogether. To understand different...
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...Personality Reflection Hay miles de culturas en este mundo que la gente traslada de generación en generación. Cada persona en este planeta viene en diferentes tamaños y formas, pero las personas son únicas porque tienen muchas similitudes que hacen un tipo de persona, pero lo que hace a las personas diferentes de una a otra son las personalidades. Yo definiría la personalidad como una manera de que una persona muestre su identidad de quien él es o ella es. Cada personalidad es una cualidad especial de ser una persona única y no es lo mismo que los demás. Las personas son diferentes, ya que algunos son preocupados, ambiciosos, honestos, dedicados, leales, y algunas otras maneras. Así es como yo definiría la personalidad, desde mi punto de vista, ya que nos hace diferentes unos de otros, pero al mismo tiempo que son del mismo tipo. El primer aspecto clave que define mi personalidad es ser cuidadoso. Cuando mi familia y amigos cercanos se encuentran en necesidad de ayuda, siempre estoy ahí para ayudarles con toda la ayuda que necesitan. El segundo aspecto clave que define mi personalidad sería leal. Yo soy una persona muy honesta con mi familia y amigos cercanos. Yo soy ese tipo de persona que está siempre con la verdad con mis seres cercanos. La razón por la que soy muy honesta es que he ganado mucho respeto por parte de mi familia y amigos, y ellos saben que pueden contar conmigo en cualquier momento. El tercer aspecto clave de personalidad que también me define es amigable...
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...HUM/114 07/05/2012 Personal Reflection Paper Justin Randall What is critical thinking? In this assignment I will discuss what critical thinking is and how I have developed as a person with my critical thinking skills. I will also reevaluate my skills and give a formal and concise reason behind why I decided to change my level of critical thinking. 1. What is critical thinking? a. Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action. 2. What are the three most significant things that you learned about critical thinking during this course? The three most significant things I have learned about critical thinking are as follows: b. Clarify Your Thinking i. Be on the look-out for vague, fuzzy, formless, blurred thinking. Try to figure out the real meaning of what people are saying. Look on the surface. Look beneath the surface. Try to figure out the real meaning of important news stories. Explain your understanding of an issue to someone else to help clarify it in your own mind. Practice summarizing in your own words what others say. Then ask them if you understood them correctly. You should neither agree nor disagree with what anyone says until you (clearly) understand them. c. Stick to the...
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...Andria Atkinson BCOM University of Phoenix Career Competency Essay No matter where you are geographically or chronologically there is no one way a person, or for that matter people, will react to outside stimuli. People are different everywhere. Although the “experts” think that people are grouped into one of 16 different personalities that share some of the characteristics. Most of us have heard about Type A and Type B personalities. I propose that we all have variations of both Type A and Type B personalities. I will go even further and say that most of us are a mixture of those 16 different personality traits. Some we are born with, some have been taught to us. The results of my competencies will prove that I am like everyone else am a mixture of those personality types. According to the competency results my overwhelming vitality is my capability to adapt to change. I believe this shows great strength. That means that I can change gears easily and focus on multiple things simultaneously. In other words, I can connect the dots on a lot projects at once. That trait can translate into almost any career path. Another outstanding trait that I possess is being innovative. That means that on top of being able to adapt to change, I can also come up with new solutions to todays’ and maybe even some of tomorrow’s problems. Who knows, I could invent a new gadget that could change the way the next century operates daily. The competency results show that I...
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...1. How would you define personality? Personality is defined as the accumulation of a distinctive and unique pattern of characteristics, qualities, and traits that are associated with a person and who they are as an individual. Our personalities represent who we are as a person and play an indispensable role in our day to day lives because it plays a vital part in how we think, feel, and behave. Our personalities help to motivate or deter our behaviors, thoughts, and emotions just as it can depict our wants, desires, beliefs, attitudes, aspirations, goals, and areas of growth. Personality plays a significant role through our professional and personal lives. The personality of a person is one of the most dynamic aspects within psychology because it is the contribution of the person we are today, and provides clarification through pinpointing and isolating the origin of behaviors, thoughts, or feelings. A person’s personality is unique and varies from person to person. The most common factors that are taken into consideration when evaluating a persons’ personality is his or her genetics and hereditary factors, and overall life experiences and the environment that the person was brought up in. 2. What are some key personality features that define you? Key personality features that define me as a person and can be easily associated with who I am as a person is that I am high organized and structured in my personal, academic, and professional life. I am the type of person...
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...LEADERSHIP Leading a team or a group is a real skill that takes time, thought and dedication. Leadership is the most studied aspect of business and organization because it is the one over aching topic that makes the difference between success and failure. At times, it may seem overwhelming complex, but by focusing on some fundamentals you will find that you can lead your team with confidence and skill. Leadership and management are two distinctive and complementary systems of action. Each has its own function and characteristics activities. Both are necessary for success in an increasingly complex and volatile business environment. Strong leadership with weak management is no better, and is sometimes actually worse, than the reverse. The real challenge is to combine strong leadership and strong management and use each to balance the other. Both leadership and management skills are needed for success. At times, “leadership” will need to manage task and projects, and “managers” will need to influence and inspire people. Managers are not confined to management and leaders are not restricted to leadership the critical issue is about getting the right balance for the job you do. Management is generally seen to involve overseeing day to day operations, accomplishing goals and achieving tasks, while leadership spans a wider remit that includes influencing and inspiring others, generating ideas and defining a strategy and vision. GROUP DYNAMICS The term “group dynamics” describe...
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