The dynamic organization within the

individual of those psychophysical systems

that determine his unique adjustments to
his environment- Gordon Allport
Personality determinants
 Heredity:
Physical stature, facial attractiveness, gender,
temperament, muscle composition, reflexes, energy
level and biological rhythms.
 Environment:

Friends and social groups, norms among family and

influence etc.
 Situation:

Personality does change in different situations.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
(MBTI)
 16 personality traits that are generally steady and constant:
 1. Reserved Outgoing
 2. Less intelligent More intelligent
 3. Affected by feelings Emotionally stable
 4. Submissive Dominant
 5. Serious Happy-go-lucky
 6. Expedient Conscientious
 7. Timid Venturesome
 8. Tough-minded Sensitive
 9. Trusting Suspicious
 10. Practical Imaginative
 11. Forthright Shrewd
 12. Self-assured Apprehensive
 13. Conservative Experimenting
 14. Group-dependent Self-sufficient
 15. Uncontrolled Controlled
 16. Relaxed Tense
Personality… (cont’d)
The Big- Five Model
1. Extroversion (introversion)
A personality dimension describing someone who is
sociable, gregarious and assertive.
2. Agreeableness (antagonistic)
A personality dimension that describes someone who is
good-natures, cooperative and trusting.
3. Conscientiousness (unreliable)
A peronality dimension that describes someone who is
responsible, dependable, persistent, and organized.
 The Big- Five Model
(cont’d)
4. Emotional stability (insecure)
A personality dimension that characterizes someone as calm,
self-confident, secure (positive).
5. Openness to experience (closed mind)
A personality dimension that characterizes someone in terms
of imagination, sensitivity, and curiosity.
Personality
(cont’d)
Type A personality
1. Are always moving, walking, and eating rapidly.
2. Feel impatient with the rate at which most events take place
3. Strive to think or do two or more things at once
4. Cannot cope with leisure time
5. Are obsessed with numbers, measuring their success in terms
of how many or how much of everything they acquire
Personality
(cont’d)
 Type B personality
1. Never suffer from a sense of time urgency
2. Feel no need to display or discuss either their achievements
or accomplishments unless such exposure is demanded by
the situation
3. Play for fun and relaxation, rather than to exhibit their
superiority at any cost
4. Can relax without guilt
Matching Personality and Jobs
(Personality-Job fit theory)
Type Occupations
 1. Realistic - practical and involves aggressive : Forestry, farming
behavior and architecture
 2. Investigative- involves thinking, organizing : Biology, News
rather than emotions reporting
 3.Social – Interpersonal rather than intellectual: Clinical psychology,
skills service sector, PR
 4. Conventional- Person always worried about : HUF, corporate
what others think (power/status) managers
 5. Enterprising- Risk-taking, verbal activities : Small-scale
business self-
employment
 6. Artistic- creative inclined, involves self- : Art, music, writing
expression poetry etc.
Personality
Emotional Intelligence … (cont’d)
Emotionally Healthy Person:
 Acceptance of self and others
 Shows balance between autonomy and dependence
 Does not have crippling fears and inhibitions
 Experience a wide range of emotions
 Has a sense of wonder and joy in the basic miracles of life
 Has something that gives meaning/ significance to one’s life
 Has the capacity to adapt to change
 Lives with hope and optimism
 Engages in playfulness
 Experience intimacy
 Is Generative
 Manifests a serene acceptance of life