Personality overview and theories.

1. Arnab Mitra

2. Origin … PERSONAis a GREEK word that means MASK. PERSONALITY, literally means, a likeable MASK. Origin of the word implies personality is the public self (our presentation of the self to the outside world)

3. Personality … “Characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling and acting”

4. WHY STUDY Personality ? PERSONALITYis concerned a great deal with the following five goals of PSYCHOLOGY which ultimately improves the quality of life:

6. Genetic traits.

7. Environmental factors

8. Family background.

9. Social background.

10. Behavior

12. The Big Five / Trait theory.

14. Unstructured Tests.

16. Psychoanalytic theory … “first comprehensive theory of personality” Hypnosis Unconscious Free Association “Psychoanalysis”

21. “the mind is like an iceberg - mostly hidden”

22. Critique of freud’s theories …

23. The ‘big five’ Personality Traits … “Traits are consistent patterns of thoughts, feelings or actions that distinguish a person from others”

24. Carl Jung’s theory … “Individuals engage in constant adaptation and creative development, based on the environment” “The ‘self’ came from a mix of the conscious and unconscious”

25. Personality assessment …

26. Objective tests … “Structured Tests” 16 PERSONALITY FACTOR Questionnaire created by CATTELL Minnesota MultiphasicPersonality Inventory (MMPI) originally intended for psychiatric diagnosis.

29. assess PSYCHOLOGICAL disorders.

30. Depression – “I often feel life is not worth living”

31. Paranoia – “Several people are following me everywhere”

32. Schizophrenia – “I seem to hear things that others don’t”

33. empirically derived – test items selected based upon how well the person discriminates twixt groups of traits.

34. projective tests … “Unstructured Tests” RORSCHACH INKBLOT test consists of presenting the individual with ambiguous Stimuli and he is asked to “project” some kind of structure which in turn reflects underlying Psychological characteristics.

35. projective tests … THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST consists of ambiguous pictures about which a person is asked to write a complete story .

36. Practical applications …

37. COnCLUSION…

38. COnCLUSION… “Understanding the self is at the core of personality studies. It affects our ability to learn, the capacity to grow and change.” “A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success in life”

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