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ABSP CBehavior Class4of14 EKountz 25eb2016
ABSP CBehavior Class4of14 EKountz 25eb2016
Personality
• The collection of individual characteristics that make a
person unique. Features are:
• It is integrated.
• It is self-serving.
• It is overt.
• It is consistent.
• Its characteristics are individualistic and unique.
1. Extrovert/introvert
2. Sensing/intuitive
3. Thinking/feeling
4. Judging/perceptive.
Traits approach
• There may be 18000 identifiable personality traits.
Self-concept
• The individual’s ideas and feelings about him/herself.
• “Of all the personality concepts which have been applied
to marketing, self-concept has probably provided the most
consistent results and the greatest promise of application
to the needs of business firms.” (Foxall 1980)
• People project a role which is confirmed or denied by
others.
Components of self-concept