How humans respond, how humans behave, how humans are interesting to others and how humans are different to others are all influenced by a person’s personality. Personality is the tendencies within a person that influences how they respond to their environment. There are different approaches to personality. One being the nomothetic approach which focuses on identifying the general laws that are put in place for all. The other being idiographic approach that focuses on identifying unique correlations of characteristics and life experiences to explain personality.…
Typically according to Burger (2015) extroverts are very sociable individuals who are energetic, optimistic, friendly, and assertive. In contrast introverts tend to be reserved and independent (Burger, 2015,p. 163). I scored very high on the extraversion there the quiz…
Rachna Shah Written by Susan Cain, Quiet is a book about introversion, and its various effects on an individual's life. The title of the book is Quiet - introverted people are associated with being quiet, but Cain proves that not all introverts are reticent, and that not all quiet people are introverts. Defying misconceptions is a common trend in her book. After all, Cain, founder of the Quiet Revolution, is an author, a lecturer, and is also an introvert. While reading this book, consider it in the framework of your high school - think to the past, to the present, to the future.…
Traits are broad dispositions that lead to characteristic responses. Three trait theories discussed in the chapter are Allport's, Eysenck's and the so-called "big five." Allport grouped traits into cardinal traits, central traits, and secondary traits depending upon how influential they were on the individual. Eysenck proposed three dimensions to explain personality: introversion-extraversion, stable-unstable, and psychoticism. Recent analysis has revealed the existence of the big five factors of personality: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism (acronym: OCEAN).…
These, of course, are used to describe how someone interacts with others around them. However, these two expressions do not describe the entire character and personality of any given individual. In fact, the introvert/extrovert description is merely 1/4th of the picture in the Myers Briggs Personality Test. This assessment focuses on ways the participant behaves in every day life. The individual’s responses are analyzed based on four different categories.…
The typology test that is based on Neo-Freudian Carl Jung theories have four different types of categories in which personality is classified. Those types are the following: extraversion vs. introversion, sensing vs. intuition, thinking vs. feeling, and the fourth criterion is judging vs. perceiving. All criterions have their own meaning now I’m going to tell you more about each one in debt. The first one is extraversion which is a person who gets their energy from active involvement in events and activities. These people like to energize with other people, they are very sociable and outgoing people.…
This type of personality is portrayed as ENTP – Extraverted Intuitive Thinking Perceiving. The individual with this type of personality is creative, intellectual, outspoken, assertive, intuitive, logical, and open-minded (The Visionary, n.d). They are constantly absorbing new ideas and processing to understand the world that they live. Since they are extroverted and intuitive, they are quick to understand people and the situation presented. They are also resourceful when solving problems because they can adapt to a wide range of tasks (The Visionary, n.d).…
However, how certain and clear each trait is may depend on the day, or life’s issues. The world is made up of both introverts and extrovert, and they’re on very different ends of the spectrum. Sometimes people can feel stressed out when working with a different personality type because that person does things differently. However, we need both to have a successful balance in life. Opposites attract because other people can compensate for what the other person is lacking.…
This class and the study of these topics has taught me so much about society. We have an abundance of social problems in the world. Topics we review in class about society and habits are pretty amazing. During the course of this critical evaluation I want to review the 6 topics I covered. They cover an abundance of social topics especially for adolescents for adults our age.…
Introverts fall under the category of personality in Psychological Trait Theories. Being an introvert…
Freud, perhaps made the greatest contribution to Psychotherapy and as part of that contribution, most of the current theories of Psychology are developed based on or in part of Freud’s views on development and personality (Sharf, 2012, p. 28). As part of Freud’s Psychoanalysis, he developed the drive theory of personality, Ego Psychology, Object Relations Psychology, Self Psychology, and Relational Psychoanalysis. Freud’s Drive Theory is one of the most controversial therapeutic views, which contains the theories of innate drives that differ from the self-preservation drive, and the species-preservation drives (2012, p.32). The concepts of the drive theory include drive, instinct, libido, eros, and thanatos.…
The focus will be on the combination of traits which together form supertraits and the biological differences between extroverts and introverts. Eysenck has developed a strategy which divides the fundamentals of personality into a hierarchically arranged structure (Burger, 2004). The bottom level of this structure is the specific response level consisting of specific behaviours (Burger, 2004). The next level of the structure is the habitual response level (Burger, 2004). At this level a response is considered habitual when it occurs on a regular basis such as a few times a week (Burger, 2004).…
Introvert vs Extrovert Which One Are You? From the moment one is born they are immediately classified as something, whether that be quiet, loud, or even cranky. But, there are two types of personalities that people are categorized as; Introverts who are people who remain quiet and enjoys the company of a few close friends and family, whereas extroverts are in fact the absolute opposite these individuals are very outgoing and love being around and conversing with large groups of people. Introverts make up 25% of the American population whereas, extroverts make up 75% of that same population.…
Personality is a subject that is mixed with the environment that we are surrounded by and beliefs in which we are brought up with, that transforms us and makes the person we are. It all starts at birth, how we are raised and the changes in our lives that we experience that make us grow as people. Nobody looks at life the same way as we did in our childhood, teens, or even in college. Our personality all changes as we progress through life. Theories have been developed by psychologists to help the science behind who we are, but personality cannot be defined as one easy definition.…
Through the different theories of personality, one can come to better understand who they are as an individual, and how they got to their current state. Personality is a complex variable which factors into our daily life. Personality has personally shaped us all as individuals, and will continue to be an apparent factor in our daily lives. Through the study of personality, we can better understand ourselves and our community. In this paper I will reflect on my own childhood experiences, the ways in which they shaped me, and the theory I find most relevant.…