Personality and Individual Differences

In the assessment, Type A Personality Test, it measures if an individual has a Type A(TAP) or B personality (TBP). According to Queendom.com,” behavioral characteristics of the Type A Personality include hostility, impatience, difficulty expressing emotions, competitiveness, drive, perfectionism, etc. Whereas, Type B Personality is more laid-back.” (Type A Personality Test, 1996, p. 1) Furthermore, it discusses that individuals with a Type A personality are more prone to negative health effects…

This paper will discuss the personality trait assessment of INFJ and the temperament of NF. This will include a personal assessment and reflection of these traits. There are important aspects of these traits that need clarification to understand the concepts. These traits have benefits and downfalls from all aspects of life. The benefits and downfalls play a critical role in the professional and personal life of individuals. The realization of ones traits can assist in the development of…

The profile must be accurate meaning the construct of the profile must allow for a certain individual to be identified. The construct has been criticized as being too general with its statements and the profile being overall to ambiguous, allowing for many possible suspects to fit the profile descriptions. The current study purposed that, like the participates in the early Barnum studies, individuals can allow certain subjects or situations to fit the apparent statement,…

According to Rentfrow and Gosling (2003), Raymond Bernard Cattell was one of the first to theorize that information about aspects of personality could be revealed by an individual’s preferences for specific genres of music. Previous researchers believed that music preference was more the result of explicit traits of one’s personality, while Cattell claimed it allowed for a look into the unconscious (Rentfrow & Gosling, 2003). As research progressed over time, more insight began to occur within…

Our personality can say a lot about us. Events in life can lead to good and bad personalities in my opinion. Even though we are born with one path and destiny events throughout life will mark us for better or worse. There is enough evidence to prove that our personality is in fact related to our health. “More difficult than observing such phenomena is explaining them using modern scientific understanding” (Friedman & Schustack, 2012, p.381). Our personality is related to our health on various…

on your knowledge of the major personality theories, why would an employer elect to use character profiles in the interviewing process? According to, to Miserandino (2012), "our personality is what makes us who we are." Miserandino further added, in a nutshell, our nature can be considered our "individual differences and similarities." To detect the differences and similarities in employees, Miserandino added, in the interviewing process employers uses personality profiling to share insights…

little piece of what comes next for us condenses down to one single thing: personality. The Myers Briggs personality test…

concerns among individuals, which impact their daily life and bring tremendous negative outcomes to them. As of today, various types of mental disorders are listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-V (DSM-V). Among all these disorders, personality disorder is one of the main types of disorder that impact individuals, and more specifically, the antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is one of the common personality disorders in the category of personality disorders. In…

The categorical grouping of criminal personality are diversified and difficult to identify because of the multiplicity of behaviors. The behavioral psychologist and researchers place the determinants of criminal personality in groups; psychosocial, cognitive, personality development, and environmental. There were much confusion in the past diagnosing this antisocial personality disorder/ psychopathy stemming from period of the DSM-I, 1952 to the DSM-5 today. In studies done by multiple…

must be present in order for a society to thrive; when it is non-existent, broad personalities will collide undesirably. For example, when Jack lets the fire go out, Ralph declares, “There was a ship. Out there. You [Jack Merridew] said you’d keep the fire going and you let it out!” (Golding, 74) Ralph expresses his exasperation and disbelief towards Jack, emphasizing the differences between their two personalities. Ralph is essentially fixated on being rescued, whereas Jack is captivated by the…