Everybody has One

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Everybody has One

• P? limits of success, happiness, and fulfillment
  in yr life.
• Whether you be a good spouse, parent, and even yr
  general state of health can be influenced by yr
  personality.
• Yr P may influence people whom you interact.

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Everybody has One

• Terrific P affable, pleasant, nice, easy to get
  along. (good friend, roomate, colleague, to hire
  / marry)
• terrible P aloof, hostile, aggressive,
  unfriendly, unpleasant, difficult to get along.

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Describing yr Personality

• 300 adj to pick.
• 30 as listed p.5
• Task 1. identified yrself
• 2. identify yr friend

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The nature of Personality

• Born?
• Learn fr parents?
• Determined by conscious forces beyond our
  control?
• Becomes impervious to change after our childhood
  yrs?
• Are we motivated to seek pleasure, relieve
  tension, defend against anxiety, or pursue some
  state of perfection.
• The study of P is central to understand human
  nature.

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Studies of Personality

1. The study of consciousness Wundt
2. The study of Behaviourism Skinner, Watson
3. The study of Unconscious S. Freud, Erikson
4. Scientific Study of Personality Murray, Gordon
   Allport

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Definition

• As others see us.
• Personality persona (Latin)? mask used by actors
  in a play.
• Refer to outward appearance, the public face we
  display to other people.
• Impression we make on others
• The visible aspect of ones character as it
  impresses others.

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Gender and ethnic issues