Personality

Understanding the complexity behind personality gives a unique advantage of self awareness and awareness of other individuals. Doing so we 've achieved the ambition of psychology which is to predict and control human behavior. Personality is built up of 5 traits ( Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism) that develop through experiences and occurring events. Hence, personality is who we are because of what we 've been through. Which leads to the capability of…

Understanding the personality traits of individuals within an organization is very important. Therefore, it is a good idea for individuals to take the personality assessments to better understand an individual’s personality traits. For example, the Pearson personality assessment teaches individuals about their leadership style, negotiating style, personality code and many other personality characteristics. Understanding these personality traits are important because they can help teach…

Personalities When people think about different personalities, they mostly think of someone being athletic, loud, shy/quiet, or brainiac. There is multiple test a person can take to find out what their personalities are such as the SAPA project, the Kisa, or the Myers-Briggs test. These tests will show a person how a test can define their personalities. The personalities that are tested include extrovert, sensing, thinking, perceiving, introverted, intuitive, feeling, and judgment. While taking…

Critically evaluate the extent to which personality and intelligence are independent individual differences constructs. Intelligence and personality have both been great reasons for research in the individual differences studies of psychology. They form a very big part of psychological and personal differences and variations between individuals, are an important part of our everyday life and are complicated issues that are hard to examine and define. Numerous theories, opinions and…

The last survey that I took was Personality Assessment, provided by Focus2Career. I think this survey was the most beneficial because it focused both on your personality and career opportunities that work well with your personality type. Out of all the surveys I took, I think this Personality Assessment was the most useful. Not only does website show your results but also additional information on each career opportunity from job title, supporting majors/programs at the University of Arkansas,…

1. Of the four letters, which ones matched your personality strongly? Which personality letters were not so strong? Briefly explain why you think that. I took a personality type test on the human metrics website and I was found to have an ENFJ (Extraversion, Intuitive, Feeling, and Judging) personality. Of these four personalities the trait that strongly matches my personality is J- Judging. I consider myself to be an organized individual, who strives to have control over situations. I…

change of personality in adulthood goes unnoticed, but Robert R. McCrae and Paul T. Costa, Jr. seek to unearth some of the possible theories in this subject within their publication, Personality in Adulthood. McCrae is a Research Psychologist at the Gerontology Research Center of the National Institute on Aging. Costa is Chief of the Laboratory of Personality and Cognition at the Gerontology Research Center of the National Institute on Aging. Together, the two wrote the Revised NEO Personality…

and personality to find the best candidates. Employers tend to weigh heavily on qualifications and skill, however personality seems to be the deciding factor for most. The dictionary defines personality as a collection of emotional and behavioral traits that characterize a person ability to interact with society. That is, your personality is how you present yourself to the world. It is how others see you (Wallington Par 2). It is important to understand the variety of different personalities;…

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…

and lastly realistic (10). My top three top ranked personality types were: social, enterprising, and artistic. These three personality types are thought to go very well together because they are adjacent on the hexagonal model. Artistic and enterprising are on either side of the social which means that they are the most compatible and easiest to find occupations that reflect the three codes (Niles, & Harris-Bowlsbey, 2017). The social personality type focuses influencing the lives of others for…