Essays on Personality

Explain the impact of an individual's personality on work performance

One’s individual personality has a great influence on the work performance. Different personality factors have a direct influence on one’s job performance. Factors like extroversion versus introversion, self-esteem, conscientiousness and stability influence one’s execution of learnt skills. Some personality factors result in undesirable tensions between employees in the organization. Such tensions are costly when interpreted in the context of superior-subordinate relations, employee-employer relations and peer relations. These organizational conflicts cause low turnover and job dissatisfaction (Barrick & Ryan, 2003).

Different personality types have different features. Some of these features arouse different reactions in different people. For instance, ...

There is no universally accepted definition for the term personality among different psychologists. This is why they have developed different unique theories about personality. However, the term personality can be defined as a given pattern with relatively permanent and unique features which provide individuality and consistency to an individual’s life. It is prudent to note that different psychologist have come up with different theories of personality. However, the father of personality theory still remains to be Sigmund Freud. This is because he was the first person to develop the theory of personality and that other psychologists just borrowed ...

Psychosocial development incorporates the behavioral advancement of an individual from childhood to adulthood. According to Erikson, personality development is based on the attitudes developed by each individual. The concept displayed by Erickson shows that two people in the same age group can present completely different character traits while reacting to similar life situations. Moreover, the manner in which a person carries himself through one stage determines the success of the succeeding stage. Erickson asserts that there is a crisis at the end of every stage as a person transits to the next stage.

In the first stage the baby ...

In the Context of human and personality development, the role of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic theories cannot be underrated. The psychoanalytic theory seeks to explain the personality of an individual by analyzing the various psychosexual stages involved during their personal development. Central to the theories of psychoanalytic are the efforts of Sigmund Fred who proposed that people mostly operates from three distinct states of being: the id which seeks self-gratification; the superego which seeks to do what is morally right; and the ego, the rational mediator between id and the superego (Fred, 2011). These theories are vital in defining the ...

The modern study of personality traces its origins to Carl Gustav Jung and his magnum opus Psychologische Typen. Jung postulated that there are functionally 2 axes of personality, the perceiving function and the judging function. The perceiving function involved sensation and intuition whereas the judging function was comprised of thinking and feeling. Katharine Briggs and her daughter, Isabel Myers, based their groundbreaking questionnaire on Jung’s analysis while offering minor modifications of the theory. The original goal of the questionnaire was to aid in the empowerment of women in the workplace by determining what jobs they would feel most ...

According to Stabile (1997) the prevalent use of personality tests as a method to determine the mental an emotional aptitude of employees during the recruitment process has raised ethical and professional issues that question that validity and reliability of the tests that may amount to invasion of privacy and discrimination against minorities. Aside from these concerns, the main thesis of the article is whether personality tests will be advantageous for the employer to outweigh the costs to be regarded as effective hiring tools. Based on the study of Stabile (1997) the usefulness of personality tests will mainly rely on ...

This is a reflection of my experience in the learning of the module Personal Development Planning (PDP). The report highlights the lessons learnt as well as the understanding gained in the module. The application of the ideas in the module in my personal and professional development is also a key aspect of this reflection.

While this report is an important part of this subject module, it’s has not been lost for me that the ideas learnt in the module may be of great importance to my academic and professional life and may therefore demand further interrogation in any ...

Traits are defined as the actions, thoughts and feelings which distinguish individuals from each other. They are the internal characteristics of a person which correspond to the behavior of a person. Individual traits remain stable throughout the life span of a person. The adaptive processes of a person lead to changes in the characteristic behavior of the person. Different theories have been proposed to explain the personality traits. These theories include the human motivation theory and the whole person theory.

Personality researchers such as D.W Fiske (1949) and Goldberg (1981) proposed five broad categories of personality traits, which were ...

Introduction

Personality can be defined an individual’s unique consolation of consistent behavioral traits. Personality is both biologically acquired and learned. Some aspects of personality that determined certain behavioral characteristics are biologically acquired such as a person’s manner of speech, walking style or temperamental traits. Others such as coping with certain situations or manner of behaving when in certain situations or places are leant or acruired through social interaction or with reinforcement.

Some people have fixed qualities like intelligence and thinking. Others believe that their intellectual’s traits are acquired through education and practice. These qualities aids in such ...

Discussion Question 1

Forensic Science is a field that is closely related to the field of law. Based on this semester’s readings, research, academic activities and interaction with other students concerning this discipline, forensic psychology has played a major role in assisting me in understanding the basic tenets required in my field of career. One of the most essential achievements that forensic psychology has played in achieving this is creating a firm, understandable and ascertained bridge between forensic psychology and the field of law.

My desired career is Criminal Justice, and forensic science has played a major role ...

According to research conducted by Zunker (2005, p. 132), personality traits have two different approaches that define them. These include the nomothetic method and the idiographic one. However, the nomothetic method believes that individuals inherit their personality traits and there is no way the surrounding environment can affect them. However, the idiographic approach to personality differs with the nomothetic one because it draws focus on entire personalities of people. For example, it specializes on factors such as richness and complexity that are imperative in understanding the deeper details of an individual. Ferguson (2009, p. 132) also asserted that there ...

DISCUSSION-1

The Illinois ethics code on child abuse requires a psychologist to know the law and when in doubt, conduct consultations before documenting findings that can help in filling a court case. Law governs reporting a child abuse in Illinois. This protects helps as it protects the person reporting from lawsuit if the reported abuse is later not substantiated, provided the evidence provided before had seemed reasonable to support abuse and you consulted and documented your actions (Olson, Soldz & Davis, 2008). My response does not change depending on the state I am practicing because the ethic code in California ...

Introduction

Personality structures

Sigmund Freud has been one of the famous theorists in the study of psychology. Freud has been vibrant in his attempt to explain the personality concept of human beings. Freud asserts that there exist three different structures of personality to include the Id, the Ego and the Super Ego structures. The Id is the source of instincts and impulses; it always seeks an immediate unconscious satisfaction of the individual biological needs. It is also the unconscious structure which is a major source of the psychic energy. The Ego represents the mental structure which adapts to the reality ...

In the study of psychology, there are five broad dimensions used to describe personality of individuals. These include; extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness to experience (Srivastava, 2013). These factors have a variety of other aspects and characteristics acquired from a study of traits evident in individuals’ descriptions of themselves and other people around them.

The first factor is Extraversion; a term used to describe an individual trait of being in touch with the ...

As human beings, it is only possible that every individual coexists in groups in order to make life easier. The group that individuals coexist under is defined as a society. There are no cases that individuals have lived alone and thus; relationships are created in the event of making friendship and communicating effectively. For every relationship that is established, there is bound to be the outcome and spectacular taste that can emerge from a relationship that has been established. In most circumstances, relationships fail due to conflicts that come up during a co -existence. The main reason that results ...

Adaptation is a humorous movie, showing the life of twin brothers as they strive to complement each other and survive. Even though they are twins, they have different personalities. One of the twins, Charlie, is reserved and shy, while the other, Donald, is outgoing and confident. Despite their difference in personalities, they choose a similar career path, that of writing movies. In this scene, they are faced with a tough challenge of adopting a book into a movie. The decision to adapt a novel and transform it into a film is because of the love they have for nature. ...

Social anxiety disorder is also known as social phobia. This state of an individual is an extreme case of the individual feeling pressure and being fearful of certain social situations. Some individuals are not confident in group settings, and constantly fear of being evaluated. Mostly this state occurs when the individual is faced with a new or novel situation. It is not uncommon to feel anxious about a new situation but some people fear it to a very large degree; hence, being a victim of the social anxiety disorder. Individuals may be so frightened of facing these new situations ...

The article presents a detailed analysis of Regulatory Focus Theory. Its summary helps in the understanding of the theory’s concepts and possible application. The theory addresses ways in which people attempt the achievement of the presence of positive outcomes, and an absence of negative outcomes; the processes are promotion and prevention respectively. It shows people may exhibit differences in their chronic orientations. The article explores the regulatory perspective in reference to a multilayered model of personality (Manczak, Zapata-Gietl & McAdams, 169). It arranges human behavior into domains such as; romantic relationships, economics, parenting and psychopathology. The study analyzes the ...

The metropolis is seen as the seat of the economy. It is where money is centralized and it is where the seat of governance has been placed. Due to the fact that metropolis is equated with high monetary value, has been also equated to intellectuality and rationality. Metropolis is seen as the highest form of society where quantitative values are set high and material purchases are of importance. A metropolitan society may never be referred as the heart of a nation, and it exists where power is centralized due to higher economic value. By this, money has become the ...

Clinical Diagnosis and Rationale for the Diagnosis

Randle McMurphy is the protagonist in the movie “One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest”. Although he does not overtly show any mental disorder, he seems to be suffering from narcissistic personality disorder (Zaentz & Forma, 1975). Randle McMurphy suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorders (in Axis 1), which, as he manifests, is proven by several symptoms. The patient employs humiliation and shame to win over others, exploits the situation to gratify himself and becomes jealous easily. He is also confident, arrogant and contemptuous, living in unrealistic fantasies, beauty, power, intelligence and romance, and appearing less emotional (American Psychiatric Association, 2014). In ...

Psychologists and psychiatrists have devised several ways to study human personality. In the Five Factor Personality Test, researchers allow the respondent to fill in a survey and then analyze their score on the basis of five broad categories. However, these are not only used by professionals but any individual can analyze his/her scores given the basic understanding. The five factors of personality that are analyzed include; openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. These five factors form the basis but there are other personality traits or characteristics that come under these broad terms. Every trait is independent of the other; ...

The information on Antisocial Personality Disorder and psychopathy from both sources concur, in that, most if not all the traits seem to be alike in both cases. In both sources, traits such as distant, cold, lack of empathy, inflexible, and pervasiveness seem to appear in the cases presented. In both cases, the radio host and the author describe a person who is out of touch with the feelings that make for a normal human being. Both sources paint a picture that demonstrates an individual who is both cunning and witting, and one who is full of loathing towards the ...

Article Summary

Kuo, J. R., & Linehan, M. M. (2009). Disentangling emotion processes in borderline personality disorder: physiological and self-reported assessment of biological vulnerability, baseline intensity, and reactivity to emotionally evocative stimuli. Journal of abnormal psychology, 118(3), 531. Borderline Personality Disorder is defined as “A pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts.” The essential features of a personality disorder are “impairments in personality (self and interpersonal) functioning and the presence of pathological personality traits” (APA, 2013). In 1993, Marsha Linehan proposed a theory of ...

Abnormal psychology deals with unusual patterns of thought and behavior that are considered as a mental disorder. Scholars and prominent academicians have attempted to explain the psychological and biological causes of mental disorders. Abnormal psychology can be classified as normal, abnormal and supernormal. Clinical psychology and psychopathology are some of the branches of medicine that deal with abnormal psychology. It is a complete departure from the traditional and archaic methods of diagnosing and treating mental disorders. A case in point for these treatment methods was the trephining method. Stone Age physicians believed that evil spirits caused mental disorders. They ...

The movie “Hitler: The Rise of Evil” clearly depicts the personality Adolf Hitler possessed. The miseries suffered throughout his childhood; the hard relationships with his father and following deaths of both parents have given birth to cognitive dissonance that accompanied him throughout his life. He was more than aware of the lives of Germans in Austria and Germany as he had seen personally the social stratum of both nations. As was noted in the movie, he acted on the pure basis of understanding of the behavior of human-beings. He was a psychologist; the experience of influence of his speeches ...

Numerous studies have been conducted regarding features that allow people to be classified and categorized to belong to or thought of having particular personality characteristics. Scholars and experts, therefore, have conducted research to determine the reasons why people give certain attributes or associate certain appearances with certain character. As the adage goes that a picture is worth a thousand words, the same idea has been applied by some in defining ad describing people and, therefore, categorizes them. There are many elements and attributes that experts have pointed out shape and determine personal characteristics and, therefore, their personalities. They include, ...

English Report

We wish to thank various people for their contribution to this paper. Special thanks should be given to our informant, Mrs. Jenny Tranter who contributed her time and provided valuable information for this paper. We would also like to acknowledge all the lectures for giving us such a good opportunity to do ECL305 Project. Also thank them for providing guidance for us to conduct the whole project. Finally, we are grateful to language support staff for their constructive and comments. Their comments and suggestions have greatly improved this paper.

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A career is an important part of person's life, and ...

Is the Experience of Happiness Gender Dependent? An Examination of Personality Traits, Happiness, and Gender

Abstract The concept of happiness is a complex one, which can be influenced by a plethora of variables, and according to some, can be subjective to the individual or even unattainable. Since personality traits are thought to influence the level of happiness one experience, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Abbreviated was used to assess the levels of neuroticism, extraversion, and psychoticism among participants, with the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire Short Form used to measure happiness. While females traditionally report higher levels of happiness, the sample in the current study did not mimic the typical results found by other researchers. However, the ...

Leadership is defined as the process of influencing other people to align their actions towards the attainment of common goals. Leadership is one of the most misunderstood concepts in the world. On the contrary, it is applied in everyday life. Besides, it is a common theme in social and political discourse. Over the years, leadership has been understood in various terms and philosophies. The early thinkers understood leadership in terms ‘superman’ and his distinctive traits. Plato for instance advanced the view of philosopher kings. He believed that only philosophers would provide effective leadership. ‘The great man’ approach to leadership ...

Abstract

The research of personality has a wide and different history in mindset with a variety of theoretical customs. The significant concepts consist of dispositional (trait) viewpoint, psychodynamic, humanistic, scientific, behaviorist, transformative and public learning viewpoint. This paper discuses the history of personality, personality traits, Myers Briggs types, the Big Five theory as well as types and styles of personality.

Introduction

Personality mindset is a division of mindset that research personality and its difference between people. The word "personality" comes from the Latina personality, which indicates cover up. According to Friedman & Schustack, (2006) this area of research is empirically driven; such ...

Career fitness programs seek to categorize people into different groups according to their personalities. According to Holland, these exercises help people to evaluate themselves so as to know what career environments they may do well in and also the jobs they fit in and flourish (3). Holland developed the six types of categories; which are Social, artistic, conventional, realistic, enterprising and investigative (6). Each of these has its own traits that define the careers they are most likely to do well. I did the exercises in The Career Fitness Program book and recorded the answers; I did them again ...

Is the Experience of Happiness Gender Dependent? An Examination of Personality Traits, Happiness, and Gender

Abstract The concept of happiness is a complex one, which can be influenced by a plethora of variables, and according to some, can be subjective to the individual or even unattainable. Since personality traits are thought to influence the level of happiness one experience, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Abbreviated was used to assess the levels of neuroticism, extraversion, and psychoticism among participants, with the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire Short Form used to measure happiness. While females traditionally report higher levels of happiness, the sample in the current study did not mimic the typical results found by other researchers. However, the ...

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Introduction

This article discusses the classification of alcoholism and investigation of personality traits. As the subjects were selected 100 men with excessive alcohol consumption. They were interviewed by telephone or visual conversation. Thereafter, they were designed to a research center for examination. And as a result, the hypothesis that male individuals with excessive alcohol consumption do not have a specific ‘‘addictive’’ personality, was confirmed in this study.

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Authors tried to answer the question about do male individuals with excessive alcohol consumption have a specific “addictive” personality or not? ...

Summary of 'The Story of My Body' by Judith Ortiz Cofer.

Summary of 'The Story of My Body' by Judith Ortiz Cofer. Appearance is the identity of a being. The most obvious an element that determine the attitude and behavior of the surroundings. The later is the result of people's ability to comprehend between appearance and personality. The very essence of the argument is illustrated in The Story of My Body by Judith Ortiz Cofer. In the referred essay, the author have pondered over the dimensions of social life that can be influenced by appearance. The illustration encompassed the racial, physical and other distinguishing features that are prone to instill ...

PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY; SIGMUND FREUD

Psychology as a discipline focuses on the understanding of behavior and mental processes. Through the use of various psychological perspectives, we can make an analysis of people’s actions, personalities and perspectives. The application of theoretical viewpoints helps in understanding the person’s motivations, actions and life as a whole. A psychobiography can focus on any individual, but, for this analysis Sigmund Freud is ideal. His personality and diverse achievements in the field of psychology make him stand out. The developmental psychology perspective will help in understanding his life. To grasp it, focus is on three major areas; Sigmund’ ...

Success

Success may be a very subjective concept. The concept of success for one person may be different to the concept of success another individual has. Self-fulfillment, fame, and recognition may be some forms of success among many. People define success according to their own beliefs and values. Culture may play an important role in defining this broad concept of success. Furthermore, success is not a permanent phenomenon. People take undue advantage of their success because of which they eventually fail. To enjoy one’s success is their right, but to lose their roots is a disaster in making. Success ...

The case of K

Problem experienced by K The problem being faced by K is generalized as a mental health challenge. However, this problem can be broken down further into constituent problems. K has been presented as experiencing challenges that include inability to sleep, intense stress and worry, difficulty leaving his house, and intrusive thoughts. K’s general definition of his own problem is presented as worrying about everything and lacking the ability to relax. According to K, the challenges he is facing have caused him to experience weight loss. His problem extends far from the boundaries of his personal life to his ...

The approaches and the principles that are adopted by the jack links are used to educate customers on the healthy aspect of beef jerky. They are focused on the attraction of additional customers. One of the approaches is that they have strategized before the actual tactics. In the marketing system, strategizing is created first and then marketing activities are built around the main strategy. The strategy starts with the narrow definition of the perfect clients and then the key point of differences from the competitors. This has been manifested by the jack links whereby they have decided to deal ...

Term paper

Every day we encounter many people, observe their behavior, listen to what they say, think about them, try to understand them. We often think that mental characteristics of man - his position, aspirations and feelings - are perceived by us as well as his physical data. Most people believe that the perception occurs automatically, and as a result, they clearly can answer the question: what constitutes one or the other person? In order to better understand how the perception occurs, we need to understand the three basic elements of this phenomenon: 1) the identity of the perceived person, at ...

Abstract

The Type A and Type B personality theory defines people with Type A personality as impatient, impulsive, ambitious, and even hostile or aggressive. People with Type B personality are the opposite of people with Type A personality, which makes them relaxed and easy-going. Because Type A behavior patterns are associated with higher stress levels, researchers have been investigating the association between those behaviors and physical health. This paper examines the association between illnesses and Type A behavior patterns. It also addresses the criticism regarding the role of the tobacco industry in funding Type A behavior patterns research and identifies ...

Introduction

Charles Manson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 12, 1934 to Kathleen Maddox, a sixteen-year-old prostitute (Atchison & Kathleen, 2011). This paper aims at analyzing America’s “most dangerous man.” In doing so, the paper will examine his history, actions, psychology, and personality. There are also conclusions regarding preventative treatments and therapies made based on Manson’s story and knowledge of other psychological disorders. Charles Manson spent his childhood under the care of different people, including his uncle, aunt, caretaker, or grandmother away from his un-wanting mother. His mother, Kathleen Maddox was drunken trouble-maker and irresponsible. She once sold ...

Ashford University

The theories of Jeremy Bentham and Sigmund Freud explained many societal phenomena. Every theory strongly applies on Skills and Techniques, Communication, Basic Problem-Solving, Ethnic Diversity, and Establishing and Using the Helping Relationship. The psychoanalytic theory is initially laid out by renowned philosopher Sigmund Freud in the nineteenth century. Freud advanced the recognition of childhood happenings that could possibly influence on the mental functioning of grownups. Psychoanalytic theoreticians do not trust in free will but trust that human conduct is deterministic. It proposes that human beings have both aggressive and sexual drives. The psychoanalytic theory provides a basis for therapeutic ...

Cover Letter

Dear Madam, Sir, I would like to introduce to you a dedicated, reliable, organized, and self-driven individual, effective with multitasking activities, currently looking for a challenging yet rewarding position, which will capitalize on the acquired education, experience, and the relevant working skills. I have a vast experience in House Coordination and Administrative roles, proving my impeccable caring skills, organizational and coordination competencies and financial management within my current and past working experiences. My current and previous employments denote a flexible personality, which can easily adjust to new situations or emergency cases, specific to health care segment, with calm and ...

Individuality or personality is something assessed or tested and illustrated daily. When speaking about oneself or others, frequent reference is made to the different traits of the personality of a person. Personality assessment can be defined as the techniques utilized to precisely and steadily take a measure of people’s personality. Some of the uses of these tests include; assessment of hypotheses, evaluation of therapy effectiveness, detecting personality changes, screening of candidates of a job and diagnosing of mental issues (Cook et al., 2005). The two forms of personality tests are projective assessments and self-report inventories. The former involves ...

The Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey (GZTS) was developed in 1948 by J. P. Guilford and W. S. Zimmerman for measuring normal personality development and temperament. The reason for developing personality trait measuring instruments in the field of psychology was the simplification of tests used to measure personality traits. Early tests usually focused on theories relevant to particular traits, which resulted in the creation of several hundred different tests, each measuring only one trait (McCrae & Costa Jr., 2012). Though many tests had good psychometric properties, there was no unified personality test, so the administration and interpretation of different test was disorganized ...

According to the different scales of the test, Meyer's Briggs Testing Instrument eventually ended up being an accurate, reliable and validity test. Therefore, becoming popular tool and qualify for personality test. The distinct scales are sensing (S) and intuition (N) functions that comprises an observation to others as they collect information. The second scale is thinking (T) and feeling (F) get attention on how individuals make decisions that are based from the information they have gathered (Robbins, Stephen, 26). The third scale is extraversion (E) and introversion (I) focus on whom individuals interact and respond to the world they ...

This chapter details the authors attempt to improve organization performance through investigating of cognitive and effective domains of human. The chapter mainly dwells on the three basic domains of personality, perception and attribution. At the start, the paper describes personality theory as factor that is mainly influenced by heredity and the environment. The paper recommends that mangers need to carry out personal personality measure in order to adjust well in the organization (Ashkanasy, 2002). This approach will enable him/her to apply effectively utilizes personality theory in the organization and understands that his/her team members have diver’s personality. The ...

Our services start when clients contact us to prepare them for overseas tasks. We aim to provide clients with awareness of who they are. We meet with clients one-on-one and conduct surveys that will help them understand their personality. FLH works with individuals to help them avoid stereotypes and provide information on what might cause conflict for each client. Management style differs from one country to another. Therefore, we provide training on how to manage employees from different cultures. Because we are a family-focused company, we also provide counseling services to the whole family. We help our clients and ...

Archetypes are one of the main components of every literary piece. Understanding the function of archetypes and their contributions to literature is important in order to fully understand and analyze a piece of literature. Tracing the origin of archetypes will lead us to the discovery of its connection with one of the pillars of psychology: the Jungian Analysis. The term archetype comes from the junction of words “arch,” which means chief or principal and the Latin word “typus,” which translates to the English words images and impression (Archetypal Criticism 1). The etymology of the word archetype suggests its superior ...

- A brief summary of the Abraham Maslow Personality Theory Abraham Maslow personality theory gives an insightful explanation about why people behave in certain ways. The theory suggests that internal and external factors control people’s behavior and that each of us is motivated by their needs (Maslow, 1943). Abraham Maslow introduced his idea for the first time in 1943 in his book, “A theory of Human Motivation”. He argues that people have an inborn desire to be self-actualized, and this desire is unchanging and genetic in nature. One has to meet a number of basic needs for him/ ...

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a theoretically crafted personality test based on theory of psychology types. This theory was developed by Carl Jung at the beginning of the 1920s (Kaplan & Saccuzzo, 2013). Jung underlined the distinction between introversion, which refers to the individual’s focus on his/her inner world, and extraversion, which Jung defined as concentration on the outside world (Kalat, 2014). Additionally, he stated that we experience and discover the world via four main ways: sensing, intuition, feeling, and thinking. Sensing refers to gaining knowledge through touch, sight, hearing, and the rest of human senses. Intuition means ...

Introduction

It is only normal to receive a compliment whenever there is really something that an individual can be complimented about . Often, the reason why people compliment other people is because they admire a part of that person. A man may, for example, be often seen complimenting a woman because of her looks, her body, her class, or her personality. A woman, on the other hand, may often be seen complimenting a man because of his personality, being a gentleman, looks, class, and body. Although there may be trends that can help people and psychologists determine how and what aspects ...

Literature possesses a vast territory for expressing meaningful human feelings, abstract emotions, or themes. Desperation and comfort is a common theme in literature, encompassed in short stories, poems and dramas and reflected differently through the mechanisms of each literary genres, the style of each literary piece or the personality of the authors. Various literary genres like short stories, poems or dramas, possess their unique mechanisms for reflecting the theme of desperation and comfort. Looking at Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night”, the poet uses techniques specific to poetry space for transmitting his desperate adversity to ...

- Self Analysis It is difficult to talk about oneself without appearing either too judgmental or too self-serving, but it is important to find a balance for the purpose of the discussion of self-analysis. I consider myself a conceptual person. I have always enjoyed working with ideas to achieve more efficient productivity, to work smarter not harder, and to see problems as they fit into the larger context of projects or ideal states. The corresponding roles to someone like me include creator and linker. Realizing that this observation is self-perception, which is prone to number biases or blinders, I ...

1. Minnesota Multiphase Personality Inventory MMPI is an intensively researched, taught, and often used personality assessment tool. Most authors agree that that it is a meta-analytical review to demonstrate substantial reliability and good convergent validity. A researcher can use the tool to conduct sound theoretical and empirical rational concepts. Researchers that have used both MMPI and Rorschach variables observe disparate views of personality that becomes a momentous conundrum for the field of assessment. Butcher (2014) state that when clinicians face conflicts in the use of Rorschach and MMPI they should make a decision that emphasize on certain aspects of ...

Borderline personality disorder is a mental condition that makes a person portrays impulsivity that affects their interpersonal relationships and even self-image. Sufferers also feel intense fear, anger, irritability and in some situations difficulty in understanding. Any person suffering from this disorder cannot manage their emotions, and this is rampant in the context of relationships. It, therefore, means that the most affected part of life is a person’s personal life. The condition is further characterized by the impairment of some parts of the brain. Studies indicate that if parts of the frontal cortex are less active, then the resultant ...

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Introduction

Each individual has peculiar traits and characteristics that differ from other individual. These differences are unique and refer to as the individual’s personality. In our daily lives, we tend to encounter individuals who are quiet and reserved; other individual prefers to sit in the corner, while others like to become the center of the crowd, chatting with every individual in the party with full confidence. This varying traits and behaviors of an individual are best explained by renowned theories that will potentially help one why a person is behaving a certain ...

The source is a research paper report entitled “cognitive and personality factors in relation to timely completion of a college degree” by Cathy Hall, Kris Smith and Rosina Chia. The paper shows the study on how different factors affect timely college completion (Hall et al., 1091). The study in this paper specifically evaluates the effect of cognitive and personality factors in connection with college completion period and their cumulative GPA rates. The method for the study as seen in the article involved the use of 158 freshmen (56 men and 102 women) from the university of South-eastern university chosen ...

Certain experiences in one’s life can be counted as transformative experiences as they have greater meaning and impact on the future life of that person. One of such experiences in my life relates to a period when I had spent with my friends. I had always considered that seeking others’ help or suggestions for solving our problems was a sign of cowardice and weakness. When I was 20 years old, I had a chance to camp with my friends in the woods near my home city Ufa. We proceeded with the decision of camping expecting a favorable weather. ...

Introduction

In this play Coriolanus by Shakespeare, Coriolanus' expulsion is the peak of a sequence of incidents in which a few powers have a role, all impelling him to his absolute destruction. As is normal in Shakespearean Tragedy, the legend, at the crest of his accomplishments, falls, because of a lethal blemish in his character. Despite the fact that Coriolanus is viewed as the legend and hero of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus and ought to be a solid, thoughtful character, he is ruled and overwhelmed by the other principle characters of the play on the grounds that they well comprehend his ...