PERSONALITY

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PERSONALITY

• Is a unique combination of traits that make you
  an individual. These traits include behaviors,
  attitudes, feelings, and ways of thinking.

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Describing Personality
Extrovert outgoing and friendly
Introvert less outgoing thoughts directed inward
Optimist someone who focuses on the positive of
things
Pessimist someone who looks at the negatives and
expects the worst
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Assertive one who stands up for themselves and
expresses feelings in a non-threatening way.
Passive one who holds back their feelings and
yields to others.
Aggressive one who communicates ideas and
feelings in a forceful or threatening way.
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Foundations of Personality

• Heredity
• The first influence on personality
• Characteristics such as temperament and emotional
  tendencies are inherited just like hair and eye
  color.
• Evidence shows that heredity may play a role in
  behaviors such as risk taking and in talents like
  the ability to sing or draw.

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• Behavior
• This is the influence in which you have the most
  control over.
• How you make decisions and decisions you make can
  make all the difference in the quality of your
  life.

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Environment

• Includes all of your surroundings your family,
  your friends, your neighborhood, and all of the
  places, people, and activities you have
  experienced up to this point in your life these
  can be either positive or negative.
• Experiences during childhood strongly influence
  the development of a healthy personality.

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• Children learn about feelings, attitudes, and
  appropriate ways of behaving from the people
  close to them.
• MODELING as children develop, they copy the
  behavior of others.
• Friends, school, and community become
  increasingly important influences on personality
  beginning with childhood and extending
  throughout the teenage years.
• Peer Group
• A sign of mental health is recognizing strengths
  and weaknesses in personality and trying to
  improve them.

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What is your type?

• Type A personality is a very competitive, often
  impatient, and feels that he/she must be
  successful. This person is aggressive and driven
  to work hard. They often feel that time is of the
  essence and therefore, move and talk rapidly.
  Type A persons are usually impatient listeners.

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• Type B personality is more laid back and less
  hurried. This person is usually patient,
  noncompetitive, and nonaggressive.
• Can you be a combination of both?

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PERSONALITY
EMOTIONS
MENTAL HEALTH
STRESS
SELF-ESTEEM