Hartman Personality Profile

In the book, three different personality types are distinguished and characterized by different traits based on peoples’ fixations of them during development in the Oedipus complex (Cervone & Pervin, 2013). These fixations are past failures that could result from too little or too much satisfaction from a single source. Those described with an oral complex are categorized as greedy, narcissistic and disregard others’ feelings and concerns. This person is mainly focused on their own wellness and…

article “the Ultimate Litmus Test: Personality” by Amanda Neville, she talks about the increasing frequency of personality tests for personal and business use. The main, but not the only, test she talked about was the Myers Briggs Test. This test categorizes people into four letters. The options are Extrovert or Introvert, Sensing or iNtuition, Thinking or Feeling, Judgment or Perception, and you are given one letter for each group and that gives you your “personality”. There are a total of 16…

How does a person’s background influence his/her participation in a group? According to Ph.D. Nader Hl Chaaban (n.d), “Certain relevant back ground factors influence our behavior in small groups: personality, gender, age, health, attitudes, and values.” (p.3) For example if someone grew up in rural, farm country in Wisconsin, with small schools and less populace access they tend to be more reserved as well as a working person behind the scenes within a group setting. Whereas you taking…

Myer-Briggs Personality Test for an employer. Unable to recall my personality type, I have again taken the test and this time been identified as the ENFJ or The Giver. This means I am classified as an Extravert, Intuitive, Feelings, Judging personality type. My type is considered to be one who desires to help others as a teacher of humanity or as “The Giver”. My temperament is the Intuitive-Feeler whose primary objective is identity seeking, the Teacher. This is a true match of my…

the lives of those around them. I certainly will be contacting each one with my thankfulness. Another aspect of my growth as an individual is my personal strengths. It is amazing how, when I pause and think, how correct they were in describing my personality. It may have taken some time, but know that I understand where they are prevalent in my life, I can begin to improve, or at least enhance, each one. I do not believe I have ever spent so much time deciphering the type of person I am, but I…

et al (2009) Personality and motivations associated with Facebook Use. Computers in Human Behavior [Online] 25. (2). P578-586. Avaliable from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VDC-4VCH3F4-1&_user=7175462&_coverDate=03%2F31%2F2009&_alid=132812…

One of the biggest issues I have seen in my personal life as well as my working career is the ability to totally trust people. The definition that we looked at in class defines trust as the willingness to be vulnerable to an authority based on positive expectations about the authority’s actions and intentions. A great deal of my distrust at work stems from the total lack of communication within our group. My colleagues and I have conferred on many occasions that management continually…

Jung introduced the theory of psychological types. To make this theory useful to individuals and groups, Isabell Briggs Myers and her mother, Katherine Briggs developed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Assessment and provided descriptions of the 16 personality types of Jung’s theory (The Myers Briggs Foundation, 2016). Utilizing the assessment and discovering my own personal preferences will provide me insight into my behaviors in the workplace. Also, it is my duty as a Christian to present…

with the intention to study the way personality…

On May 20th, 2013 a massive tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma. The tornado was discussed all over the news. That state needed all the volunteers it was able to get to help clean up debris, then eventually start the rebuild process. My church saw this as an opportunity to have a mission trip. A group of teenagers and adults from my church planned a trip to Oklahoma that June. When arriving there I was extremely emotional seeing the destruction everywhere. The mission trip changed me for the better in…