Personality and Individual Differences

A Look at Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Romantic Relationships According to Butcher, Hooley, & Mineka (2014), Individuals with narcissistic personality disorder show an exaggerated sense of self-importance, preoccupied with being admired, and have a lack of empathy for the feelings others. There are subtypes of narcissism: grandiose and vulnerable narcissism. The ones that are most associated with aggression is grandiose narcissism. These individuals not only show aggression, but they…

Personality refers to the emotional and physical environment or surrounding that influences the behavior or character of an individual. Through this, the consistent or stable behavior, attitude, interest and capabilities of a person are used to predict their reaction to particular circumstances. Personality development, therefore, is believed to be coined from two significant and contrasting theories, psychodynamic and social learning theories. The psychodynamic theory is among the first…

The split between the USSR and the PRC also knows as the Sino- soviet split happen due to the difference of political ideas and ideological relation between the people republic of china (PRC) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) during the period of the Cold War. During the Cold War both the USSR and China was the largest communist nation in the entire world. The split between the USSR and the PRC was the first and most serious confrontation to arise in the communist world at that…

Introduction The focus of our study was analyzing the helping behavior of people based on their given personality type and then on their class rank. It was predicted that people who described their personality as extroverted would be more willing to help even in inconvenient situations versus those who indicated they were introverted. And, thus would indicate higher scores for willingness to help in the three continuous outcome questions. These predications were made based on the common notion…

purpose of this assignment is to discuss Kelley’s cognitive theory as it relates to personality and the role of thought. George Kelley was the first philosopher to develop the cognitive theory. His main focus and contribution to psychology was to examine a combination of personality traits. This influenced his idea of the term “personality construct”. Based on the core concepts of Kelly’s (1955) cognitive theory of personality, it is phenomenological and it focuses on the internal model of an…

This essay discusses Eysenck’s (1944) Trait Theory of Personality. The essay then moves to describe the contributions made to the more recent and more popular personality measurement known as The Big Five (Costa & McCrae, 1992). The Five Factor model is then evaluated, while giving credit to the previous research used to develop the Big Five. The uses of the Big Five is also explained while focusing on its use in the workplace setting and career choice. The essay ends with a discussion about the…

the Big Five. The Big Five is made up of the basic five personality factors: neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. While doing multiple studies, researchers did not being their theories about how many factors they would find or what the basic dimensions of personality would be, they let the data do all the talking. By collecting the data they were able to agree that the five basic dimensions of personality were considered to be the most commons ones. Exactly…

Antisocial personality Disorder (ASPD) is the most reliable personality disorder in terms of criteria. People with this disorder tend to antagonize, manipulate or treat others harshly or with callous indifference. They show no guilt or remorse for their behavior. (Mayo Clinic 2017). There are a very high rate of criminals diagnosed and undiagnosed in prisons. Substance abuse such as alcohol and drugs are used at a proportionally high rate among those with ASPD. Overall individuals with ASPD are…

The Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS) is a self-assessed personality instrument that helps individuals discover their personality type. The purpose of the KTS personality assessments is to help people understand themselves better. For example, Keirsey Temperament Sorter can report whether an individual is an introvert or extrovert. Moreover, the questionnaire places people into four dimensions called temperaments. These temperaments are identified as the following: guardian, idealist, rational,…

with individuals and groups to promote the best mental and emotional health. One may help individuals deal with a wide range of issues like addictions, relationship problems, stress management, self-esteem and many other mental health issues. Mental health counselors create and assess client treatment plans to improve the mental health and emotional status of an individual, discuss client’s feelings and how a counselor can help a client outside of therapy and/or treatment. The four individual…