My Personality Psychology

During this stretch application I was able to learn more about my personality type as well as more about understanding other’s personality types. My predominant personality type is extroverted and a thinker. I tend to be very outgoing in situations and I also base my actions more on logic rather than my feelings. Success and determination are the main things that motivate my personality type. I am motivated by the thought of winning and tend to be very competitive in every situation. This is both a constructive and destructive behavior that comes with my personality type. Being overly competitive is useful at times but it tends to overwhelm and come off as threatening to others around me. It is hard for me to not turn everything into a competition …show more content…
I believe her personality type is a golden retriever. She is constantly thinking with her feelings and will never speak up about what she thinks. She is introverted and often this leads to the pent up frustration that explodes in the end. I think our personalities clash so much because I am loud and outgoing while she is quiet and emotional. I wish she would stand up for herself more and she would rather ignore confrontation. It annoys me greatly that she will not speak her mind because she is scared about what other people will think. She is also the type that will suffer in silence and if something is bugging her she will never tell you what it is. This becomes frustrating for me because I would rather she rip off the band aid so we can work on a solution and she would rather let it sit and fester in her mind. The main reason I struggle so much with her personality type is because I want to protect her. I makes me mad knowing that people are able to take advantage of her so easily because she cannot speak up and address what she wants. I have had similar experiences with other golden retrievers and often I have to go out of my way to ask what they …show more content…
Initially, the conversation was rocky because my sister could not understand why I was asking her all of these questions. It ended up being a very enriching experience for the both of us as we were able to learn more about one another. I learned that my sister does want to speak up and that she is scared to because of what people may think. I learned that just because she is quiet about most of her opinions, it does not mean that she does not have them. I also learned that she is trying to fix this and speak out more. I was given some insight about my own personality type and how I can come off as intimidating. My sister shared that she is worried that she will never compare to me and that scares her. I have come to realize that often lions tend to look out for themselves and that is something that I need to work on