Agenda:

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"If a Man is Offered a Fact Which Goes Against
His Instincts, He Will Scrutinize it Closely, and
Unless the Evidence is Overwhelming, He Will
Refuse to Believe it. ".Bertrand Russell (1872
- 1970)

• Agenda
• Please Silence Your Cell Phone ?
• Questions Announcements
• Learning Objectives
• Personality, Stress, Learning, and Perception
• Reminders
• Form Teams

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Learning Objectives

• Describe the Big Five Personality Dimensions
• Explain Benefits of Personality Profiles
• Describe Stress Personality Types
• List Causes of Stress and How to Control Stress
• Describe the Four Learning Styles
• Describe Six Biases Affecting Perception
• Explain Importance of First Impressions and How
  to Project A Positive Image

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Who Do You Want to Team With?

• What Kinds of Personalities? (Surgency,
  Agreeableness, Adjustment, Conscientiousness,
  Openness to Experience)
• Stress Personality Type (Type A or Type B)
• Learning Styles (Accommodator, Diverger,
  Converger, Assimilator)
• Perceptive Biases (Stereotypes)

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LO1 Big 5 Personality Model

• Surgency Leadership and Extraversion
• Agreeableness Getting Along With Others
• Adjustment Emotional Stability
• Conscientiousness Achievement
• Openness to Experience Willing to Change and Try
  New Things
• Pairs Discussion Page 41
• Application Situation Personality Dimensions

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LO 2 Benefits of Personality Profiles

• Helps to Understand and Predict Behavior, Human
  Relations and Performance.
• Can Intentionally Change Behavior When Working
  With Different Personality Types
• Universal Application Across All Cultures
• Individual Activity Your MBTI Preference Page 43
• On Index Card Write First Last Name and MBTI
  Type

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LO 3 Stress Personality Types

• Causes of Stress
• Organizational Climate
• Management Behavior
• Degree of Job Satisfaction
• Stress Personality Type
• Type A Fast Moving, Hard Driving, Time
  Conscious, Competitive, Impatient, Preoccupied
  With Work
• Type B Opposite of Type A
• Pairs Discussion Page 45
• Application Situation Stressors
• Index Card Write Your Stress Personality Type

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LO 4 Control Stress

• Identify Stressors
• Determine Causes of Stressors Consequences
• Create Plan to Eliminate or Decrease
• Control Stress
• Exercise
• Improve Nutrition
• Relaxation
• Positive Thinking
• Support Systems

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LO 5 Emotional Intelligence and the Four
Learning Styles

• Emotional Intelligence
• Self-Awareness, Managing Emotions, Self
  Motivation, Empathy, Social Skills
• Four Learning Styles
• Accommodator Learns by Doing and Feelings
• Diverger Learns by Observing and Feelings
• Converger Learns by Doing and Thinking
• Assimilator Learns by Observing and Thinking
• Pairs Discussion, Page 53
• Application Situation Learning Styles

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LO 6 Six Biases to Perception

• Stereotyping Generalize Behavior of All Members
  of Group
• Frame of Reference See Things From Narrow Focus
  that Directly Affects Us
• Expectations Perceive, Select, Organize, and
  Interpret Information as We Expect it to Appear
• Selective Exposure We See and Hear What We Want
  to
• Interest Influences Perception
• Projection Use Defense Mechanisms to Justify
  Our Behavior
• Pairs Discussion, Page 56
• Application Situation Bias in Perception

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LO 7 Primacy Effect Four-Minute Barrier

• Primacy Effect First Impressions
• Appearance
• Nonverbal Communication
• Behavior
• Four-Minute Barrier/Sell

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Did You Learn?

• Describe the Big Five Personality Dimensions
• Explain Benefits of Personality Profiles
• Describe Stress Personality Types
• List Causes of Stress and How to Control Stress
• Describe the Four Learning Styles
• Describe Six Biases Affecting Perception
• Explain Importance of First Impressions and How
  to Project A Positive Image

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Reminders

• Today
• Turn in Index Card or Keep Secure to Bring to
  Next Class
• Before Next Class
• Finish Reading Chapter 2
• Complete Self-Assessment Exercise 2-5, Four
  Learning Styles (We Will Use Results in Forming
  Teams)
• Read Skill-Building Exercise 2-1 on Page 67
• Read Skill-Building Exercise 2-3 on Page 69-71