Assignment Prompt & Instructions
Remember to respond to Regnell and Jessica while being respectful of and sensitive to their viewpoints. Consider advancing the discussion in the following ways:
– Post an article, video, or additional research to reinforce a peer's idea or challenge them to see their point from a different perspective.
– Consider asking a content-relevant question or discussing your own personal experiences.
REGNELL POST
Personality can be seen through a consistent pattern of behavior, emotional responses, and social interactions. Non-verbal like body language and facial expressions also offer insights. Looking at how individuals react to stress or challenges reveals their coping mechanisms and underlying traits.
Personality comes from a complex interplay of genetic predispositions and environmental influences. This could come from early childhood experiences, cultural norms, and significant relationships that shape the development of personal traits. While some aspects may be innate, others are learned and adapted over time.
Studying personality enhances self-awareness and improves interpersonal relationships. understanding one's own personality facilitates self-acceptance and personal growth. Noticing personality traits in others promotes empathy and effective communication, fostering stronger connections.
Personality is not static; it evolves and shifts over time, particularly in response to significant life events and conscious efforts at self-improvement. Core traits can remain stable; individuals can modify their behaviors and attitudes. The capacity for change is influenced by factors such as motivation, self-awareness, and supportive relationships.
Since the course my thoughts have change and evolved tremendously. Now, I view personality as more fix, but now I recognize its dynamic nature. Humanistic theories, particularly Carl Roger's emphasis on self-actualization, have profoundly impacted my perspective.
Studying personality connects directly to self-care. Understanding one's personality traits, strengths, and weaknesses allows for tailored self-care strategies. Recognizing personal needs and boundaries, informed by personality insights, promotes emotional well-being and prevents burnout and fatigued.
JESSICA POST
We can observe personalities by viewing a person interact socially. This cannot be determined by one interaction but overtime to observe patterns of behavior. For example, if you observe someone acting shy presenting in front of a class, it may be a personality state vs a trait. A personality state is behaviors that are abnormal for a person but are inhibited due to the specific situation. In this example, it is a high stress situation. To eliminate personality states, you must observe people in many different situations to determine what is their baseline personality. I believe personality comes from a mixture of genetics and childhood experiences. "Twin studies have demonstrated that personality traits, as measured by self-report questionnaires ( [Cervone and Pervin 2009](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7012279/#R14)), are moderately heritable ( [Kandler et al. 2017](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7012279/#R43); [Bratko et al. 2017](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7012279/#R9)) and have a relatively stable trajectory over time after early adulthood ( [Kupper et al. 2011](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7012279/#R55)). " (Sanchez-Roige, S., Gray, J. C., MacKillop, J., Chen, C.-H. ., & Palmer, A. A. (2018)) Research has shown that children can develop different personalities than their siblings (who share genetics) due to different childhood experiences but as one gets older personality is relatively stable. The value of studying personality is in being able to learn yourself, what your strengths and weaknesses are, as well as others. This can help especially in the work environment by learning people and knowing what assignments will work off their personality strengths vs weaknesses as well as your own. My thoughts and feelings on personality have somewhat remained the same but I have developed them much deeper. For example, i have always thought personality comes from genetics and environment, but I never thought about how learning how to study personality could help so much in self-growth as well as interacting with others. I also hadn't learned about personality states vs traits before, and even though it makes sense it wasn't something I was familiar with. I thought learning about the big 5 traits from Eysenck was very interesting and definitely had me self-reflecting. I believe that career connections are most related to personality theory because of learning how much studying personality can help work on a team in our projects this semester. You can analyze your own personality to make sure you are in the right career, and it can help you designate tasks to certain team members. For example, you wouldn't give an introvert assignments that include speaking in front of the team often.