CHARACTER & PERSONALITY

1. CHARACTER& PERSONALITY THE REAL YOU!

2. SITUATION 1: At the drug store, you give the clerk $10 for a magazine. The clerk gives you change for a $20. What do you do? SITUATION 2: You see someone walking with a piece of toilet paper stuck to their shoe. He or she doesn’t realize it. What do you do? What would you do?

3. Your behaviors reflect your… CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY

4. CHARACTER • Defined as evaluation of moral qualities or values • Attributed to existence or lack of • Integrity • Honesty • Responsibility • Loyalty • Good Citizenship • Trustworthy

5. Is your CHARACTER a product of NATURE or NURTURE? GENETICS ENVIRONMENT

6. PERSONALITY • Defined as a unique set of characteristics that distinguish an individual • Characteristics include • Behaviors • Attitudes • Feelings • Ways of thinking

7. Is your PERSONALITY a product of NATURE or NURTURE? GENETICS ENVIRONMENT

8. According to B. E. Pruitt these traits reflect how people think, feel and behavior 5 Central Personality Traits • Extroversion • How much you like being around people (outgoing) • Agreeableness • Ability to relate to other people (cooperate) • Conscientiousness • How responsible and disciplined you are (organized)

9. 5 Central Personality Traits • Emotional Stability • Ability to look at positive things (relaxed) • Openness to Experiences • Wide range of interests and less predictable (curious)

10. DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALTY For each pair of adjectives, rate yourself on a scale from 1 to 5. Cautious 1 2 3 4 5 Adventurous Outgoing 1 2 3 4 5 Shy Calm 1 2 3 4 5 Anxious Suspicious 1 2 3 4 5 Trusting Excitable 1 2 3 4 5 Even-tempered

11. How Personality Forms… • Heredity • Born with distinct differences to act a certain way (introvert/extrovert, musical/artistic) • Environment • Family (modeling) • Friends (peer group) • Culture • Attitudes • Beliefs/Morals • Behaviors • Safe/Risk taking

12. Stages of Personality • Develop Trust (birth -18 months) • Learn to be Independent (18 months - 3 yrs) • Take Initiative (3 - 6 yrs) • Develop Skills (6 - 12 yrs) • Search for Identity (12 - 19 yrs) • Establish Intimacy (ages 20 - 40) • Create and Nurture (ages 40 - 65) • Look Back with Acceptance (ages 65+)

13. Personality Types • According to researchers Jung, Briggs, and Briggs Myers there are 16 different personality types • 60 question survey determines a 4- Letter Personality Type

14. Myers-Briggs Personality Types • HOW YOU FOCUS ENERGY • Extroverted (E) or Introverted (I) • HOW YOU GATHER INFORMATION • Sensing (S) or Intuitive (N) • HOW YOU MAKE DECISIONS • Thinking (T) or Feeling (F) • HOW YOU GET WORK DONE • Judging (J) or Perceiving (P) Myers-briggs personality type results

15. EXTROVERSION (E) Social Expressive Many Broad Interaction Outward Action before thought INTROVERSION (I) Private Quiet Few Deep Concentration Inward Thought before action How You Focus Energy

16. SENSING (S) Facts Experience Present Practicality Enjoyment Realism Using INTUITION (N) Possibilities Novelty Future Aspiration Development Idealism Changing How You Gather Information

17. THINKING (T) Analyzing Objective Logical Criticism Onlooker Decide on principle Long term view FEELING (F) Sympathizing Subjective Personal Appreciation Participant Decide using values Immediate view How You Make Decisions

18. JUDGEMENT (J) Close Decide Structure Organize Firmness Control PERCEPTION (P) Open Explore Meander Inquire Flexibility Spontaneity How You Get Work Done

19. Extraverted Sensing (ESFP, ESTP) Introverted Sensing (ISTJ, ISFJ) Extraverted Intuition (ENFP, ENTP) Introverted Intuition (INFJ, INTJ) Extraverted Thinking (ESTJ, ENTJ) Introverted Thinking (ISTP, INTP) Extraverted Feeling (ESFJ, ENFJ) Introverted Feeling (INFP, ISFP) Myers-Briggs Personality Types

20. Why is personality type important? • Understand your strengths and weakness • Learn how to be an effective communicator • Understand how to relate and function with others

21. “Integrity comes when character is tested; keep true and never be ashamed of doing what is right”