PERSONALITY

DEFINITION
According to Gordon Allport Personality is the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychological systems that determine his unique adjustments to his environment Sum total of ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others

PERSONALITY DETERMINANTS
1. Heredity refers to those factors that were determined at conception. Physical stature, facial attractiveness, gender, temperament, muscle composition and reflexes, energy level- biological, physiological and psychological make up are genetic characteristics

2. Environmental factors exert pressures on personality formation. Culture in which we are raised, the norms among our family, friends and social groups and other influences that we experience shape our personality

PERSONALITY TRAITS
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) 100 Questions Personality Test 1. Extroverted vs introverted (E-I) 2. Sensing vs Intuitive (S-N) 3. Thinking vs Feeling (T-F) 4. Judging vs Perceiving (J-P) 16 Personality Types INTJ Visionaries ENTP- Conceptualizer

THE BIG FIVE MODEL

1. EXTROVERSION- SOCIABLE, GREGARIOUS AND ASSERTIVE 2. AGREEABLENESS- GOOD NATURED, COOPERATIVE AND TRUSTING 3. CONSCIENTIOUSNESS- RESPONSIBLE, DEPENDABLE, PERSISTENT AND ORGANIZED 4. EMOTIONAL STABILITY- CALM, SELF-CONFIDENT, SECURE 5. OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCEIMAGINATION,SENSITIVITY AND CURIOSITY

MEASURING PERSONALITY
1. SELF REPORT SURVEYS 2. OBSERVER RATINGS SURVEYS 3. PROJECTIVE MEASURES (RORSCHARCH INKBLOT TEST AND THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST)

MAJOR PERSONALITY ATTRIBUTES INFLUENCING OB

CORE

SELF EVALUATION MACHIAVELLIANISM SELF-MONITORING PROPENSITY FOR RISK TAKING TYPE A PERSONALITY PROACTIVE PERSONALITY

PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS FOR MEASURING PERSONALITY

1. CATTELL 16 PF 2. FUNDAMENTAL INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS ORIENTATION-BEHAVIOUR (FIRO-B)

FIRO-B
Fundamental

Interpersonal Relations Orientation Behaviour - How personal needs affect the personal behaviour towards others Persons need for Expressed behaviour (E) - Prefers to do, initiate action Persons need for Wanted Behaviour (W) - Wants others to initiate action, he being recipient

 Persons

need for 1. Inclusion (I)- recognition 2. Control (C)- influence 3. Affection (A)- Closeness Core Self Evaluation- Degree to which individuals like or dislike themselves

VALUES
VALUES REPRESENT BASIC CONVICTIONS THAT A SPECIFIC MODE OF CONDUCT OR END-STATE OF EXISTENCE IS PERSONALLY OR SOCIALLY PREFERABLE TO AN OPPOSITE OR CONVERSE MODE OF CONDUCT OR END-STATE OF EXISTENCE. CONCERN FOR WHAT IS RIGHT, GOOD OR DESIRABLE