PERSONALIT

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Presented By:Laxmi priya sahu
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Sahoo pratiujyoti
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The sum total of ways in which an individual

reacts and interacts with others.
Personality is a pattern of stable states and
characteristics of a person that influences his
or her behavior toward goal achievement

DEFINITION
Personality -A relatively stable
set of characteristics that
influences an individuals
behavior

PERSONALITY DETERMINANTS

Heredity

Environment

Situation

Family

Social

THEORIES
Trait Theory
Psychoanalytic Theory
Humanistic Theory
Social learning Theory

Measures Of Personality

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

Instrument measuring Jungs theory of
individual differences
Based on Carl Jungs theories- people are fundamentally different
- people are fundamentally alike
- people have preference combinations
for
extraversion/introversion, perception,
judgment

The Myers-Briggs Type

Indicator(MBTI)
Personality test that taps four characteristics and classifies
people into 1 of 16 personality types.
Personality Types
Extroverted vs. Introverted (E or I) A
Sensing vs. Intuitive (S or N)
Thinking vs. Feeling (T or F)
Judging vs. Perceiving (P or J)

 Extroverted vs. Introverted

Extroverted individuals are outgoing, sociable, and assertive.
Introverts are quiet and shy.
Sensitive vs. Intuitive
Sensing types are practical and prefer routine and order. They
focus on details. Intuitive rely on unconscious processes and look
at the big picture.
Thinking vs. Feeling
Thinking types uses reason and logic to handle problems.
Feelings types rely on their personal values and emotions.
Judging vs. Perceiving
Judging types want control, and prefer their world to be ordered
and structured. Perceiving types are flexible and spontaneous.

Myers-Briggs Sixteen
Primary Traits

The Big Five Personality Traits

Extraversion
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness
Emotional stability
Openness to experience

Extroversion

This trait includes characteristics

such as excitability, sociability,
talkativeness, assertiveness, and
high amounts of emotional
expressiveness.
Sociable, gregarious, and assertive
I love excitement and am a cheerful
person

Agreeableness

This personality dimension

includes attributes such as trust,
altruism, kindness, affection, and
other prosocial behaviours.
Good-natured, cooperative, and
trusting.
People find me warm and generous
and selfless

Conscientiousne
ss

Common features of this dimension include

high levels of thoughtfulness, with good
impulse control and goal-directed
behaviours
Responsible, dependable, persistent,
achievement oriented and organized.
People find me reliable and I keep m y

house clean

Stability

Individuals high in this trait tend to

experience emotional instability,
anxiety, moodiness, irritability, and
sadness.
calm, self-confident, secure
(positive) versus nervous,
depressed, and insecure
(negative).
am very moody I often feel sad and
down

Openness to
Experience

This trait features characteristics

such as imagination and insight,
and those high in this trait also tend
to have a broad range of
interests.
Imaginativeness, artistic,
sensitivity, and intellectualist

I am a very
curious person & enjoy
challenges

Major Personality Attributes

Influencing OB
Achievement
orientation

Authoritative

Locus of
Control

Machiavellianism

Personality Traits

Self Esteem
Risk taking

Self-Monitoring
Introverts/
Extroverts

Type A & B

Personality
Types

TYPE- A
Person who is always in a hurry, is
extremely competitive and is often
hostile and irritable.
TYPE- B
Person who is always relaxed,
incompetent and easy going.
PROACTIVE PERSONALITY

Proactive
Personality:
Identifies opportunities,
shows initiative, takes
action, and perseveres
until meaningful change
occurs.
Creates positive change
in the environment,
regardless or even in

Personality Types
TYPE A
1. are always moving, walking,
2.

3.
4.
5.

and eating rapidly;

feel impatient with the rate at
which most events take
place;
strive to think or do two or
more things at once;
cannot cope with leisure time;
are obsessed with numbers,
measuring their success in
terms of how many or how
much of everything they
acquire.

TYPE B

1. never suffer from a sense

2.

3.

4.

of time urgency with its

accompanying impatience;
feel no need to display or
discuss either their
achievements or
accomplishments;
play for fun and relaxation,
rather than to exhibit their
superiority at any cost;
can relax without guilt.

Main assumptions of
theories
One: that personality traits are relatively stable
and therefore predictable over time
Two: Personality traits are relatively stable across
different situations
Three: trait theories take into account that
personality consists of a number of different
traits, and that some people have more or less
of each trait than others
Four: some traits are more closely interrelated
than
other traits and tend to occur together

Strengths and Limitations of trait

theories
Provide useful descriptions of personality
and its structure
Provided the foundation of valid and
reliable personality devices
Can lead people to accept and use
oversimplified classifications and
descriptions
Underestimate socio-cultural influences on
behaviour

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