Personality Dimensions Assignment
APC100 SYI - Applied Professional Communications
2. Firstly, temperament was a concept originated from the historical theory called “the four temperaments” suggesting that there are four personality types, sanguine, choleric, melancholic, and phlegmatic. The concept played an important part in pre-modern psychology.
Secondly, temperament is “used to refer to the prevailing mood or mood pattern of a person…” (“Britannia Academic Encyclopedia” 1) . It is the combination of ones physical, emotional and mental traits which defines the natural aspects of an individuals personality, such as extraversion and introversion.
Lastly, temperament is a relatively consistent process which expresses activity, emotionality, …show more content…
Temperament can impact and/or influence our communication interactions with each other in multiple different ways.
When communicating with someone who has different personality characteristics makes it difficult to relate to that person, although you may find them to be more interesting then someone who you can relate with that has the same characteristics as yourself.
Other factors of the characteristics of ones self are functional skills, strengths, potential weaknesses, needs, and likes which all can contribute to being misunderstood or even taken advantage of from someone with a different personality.
“Temperament may be considered the biological contribution to personality. It is a predisposition that allows two individuals to experience the same objective event very differently within the range of normal behaviour and development. Temperament is a source of individual differences, not of abnormalities or psychopathology…” (“The Gale Encyclopedia of Children’s Health” 2180) .
4. (a) According to Personality Dimensions theory, “plaid” means everyone has both an extraverted side and an introverted side, with one being more dominant than the other.
4. (b) According to my Personality Dimensions assessment results, it appears that I am more introverted than I am
APC100 SYI - Applied Professional Communications
2. Firstly, temperament was a concept originated from the historical theory called “the four temperaments” suggesting that there are four personality types, sanguine, choleric, melancholic, and phlegmatic. The concept played an important part in pre-modern psychology.
Secondly, temperament is “used to refer to the prevailing mood or mood pattern of a person…” (“Britannia Academic Encyclopedia” 1) . It is the combination of ones physical, emotional and mental traits which defines the natural aspects of an individuals personality, such as extraversion and introversion.
Lastly, temperament is a relatively consistent process which expresses activity, emotionality, …show more content…
Temperament can impact and/or influence our communication interactions with each other in multiple different ways.
When communicating with someone who has different personality characteristics makes it difficult to relate to that person, although you may find them to be more interesting then someone who you can relate with that has the same characteristics as yourself.
Other factors of the characteristics of ones self are functional skills, strengths, potential weaknesses, needs, and likes which all can contribute to being misunderstood or even taken advantage of from someone with a different personality.
“Temperament may be considered the biological contribution to personality. It is a predisposition that allows two individuals to experience the same objective event very differently within the range of normal behaviour and development. Temperament is a source of individual differences, not of abnormalities or psychopathology…” (“The Gale Encyclopedia of Children’s Health” 2180) .
4. (a) According to Personality Dimensions theory, “plaid” means everyone has both an extraverted side and an introverted side, with one being more dominant than the other.
4. (b) According to my Personality Dimensions assessment results, it appears that I am more introverted than I am