Essays on Personality

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 Continue reading...

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. Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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).
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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; Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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, Continue reading...

English Report

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

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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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? Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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’ Continue reading...

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.
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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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

- 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/ Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

- 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 Continue reading...