Personality psychology

self-inventory designed to identify a person’s personality type, strengths, and preferences (Cherry, N/A). A woman named Isabel Myers and her mother, Katharine Briggs, composed this list of questions based on their work with a psychoanalytic psychologist, Carl Jung’s, theories on personality types (Cherry, N/A). After taking the test, people are told to have one out of sixteen personality types, and four out of eight personality traits. These personality traits are extroversion, sensing,…

medical science and psychology. However in 1886, Stevenson was far beyond his years in his depiction of man’s dual nature in his story…

Personality Theory In the early 20th century most of the psychological literature was focussed around explaining abnormality in human development and personality. The idea was that if abnormality could be explained then it could be treated. The ‘abnormality’ focus hugely helped the field of psychiatry and clinical psychology to develop. However, the differences which exist between “normal” people were still shrouded in mystery. Understanding differences between normal people is not only…

Introduction When individuals are asked to describe themselves, they will most likely start by naming off personality traits. Some of these personality traits named might be; kindness, friendliness, aggression, creative, curious and/or sociable. However, all these traits are subcategories of the Five Factor Model personality traits. This model focuses on the five superordinate traits that aim to encompass all other sub traits. These sub traits are: extraversion, agreeableness, openness,…

Big Question: How fixed is our personality? “But something deeper and more transformative happens when we move from people who walk to people who drive,” the author states.(20) In this quote, the author says that people change from personality when getting in a metal box on wheels. The reader realizes that they too, are victim of rude gestures while driving, and feeling invincible. Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt is about different variables that affect drivers on the road. Your attitude is…

by its reliability and validity The role of personality measuring instruments in the workplace has been under debate and there have been different viewpoints regarding the matter. Some researchers argue that personality measures do not aid the hiring process as accurately as they should (Christiansen, Goffin, Johnston, & Rothstein, 1994; Rosse, Stecher, Miller, & Levin, 1998), while others oppose that notion and support the claim that personality tests help employers and employees make the…

every human who inhabits Earth, personality types are each unique embodiments of who we are as people, that help create the persona that we depict towards the public eye and in our personal lives as well. With there being sixteen personality types on the Myer-Briggs Type Indicator, there is one that is bound to be similar or almost identical to one’s true personality, and mine happens to be INFJ, which stands for introvert, intuitive, feeling and judging. This personality type has remained…

His arguments are advanced by his choices of words. Boorstin writes, “Under the hot glare of psychology and sociology the heroes’ heroic qualities have been dissolved into a blur of environmental influences and internal maladjustments” (52). His phrasing of “under the hot glare” dramatizes the decline of the hero and suggests this phenomenon happened…

Every human being has quirks and personality traits that make them unique and these characteristics give them the individuality that makes them who they are. No matter how insignificant they may seem to an outsider, these peculiarities and personality traits have a significant impact on how individuals interact with others in both personal and professional realms. To take advantage of the vast and various personalities that may be found in today’s diverse workplace, both managers and employees…

My confirmed Myers-Briggs profile is ENTP or Extroversion, Intuition, Thinking, and Perception. The website, 16 personalities, refers to this profile type as "The Debater" (16 Personalities, n.d.). This means that in business and in school I am outwardly focused on people, places and things or extroverted (Hirsh, 1991). The intuitive preference of my profile means I tend to take in information from memory and associations versus my five senses (Hirsh, 1991). I typically make decisions based on…