some points related to personality. it will help in job. what makes you the way you are.

1. PERSONALITY
Presented by:-
Aditya Kumar
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CE (2nd Year,4th Semester)

2. PERSONALITY ?
 The sum total of ways in which an individual reacts
and interacts with others.
personality is a pattern of stable states and
characteristics of a person that influences his or her
behavior toward goal achievement

3. DEFINITION
 PERSONALITY- A relatively stable set of
characteristics that influences an individual’s
behavior.

4. PERSONALITY DETERMINANTS
 Heredity
 Environment
 Situation
 Culture
 Family and Social background

5. PERSONALITY TRAITS
 A personality trait is a personality characteristic
that endures (lasts) over time and across different
situations.
 Trait theories of personality focus on measuring,
identifying and describing individual differences
in personality in terms of traits.
 Focus is on what is different- not what is the
same.
 Can be used to predict behaviour based on traits.

6. PERSONALITY TYPES
 Aggressive involvement in a chronic, incessant
struggle to achieve more and more in less and less
time, if necessary, against the opposing efforts of
other things or other people.

7. PERSONALITY TYPES
Type A
 are always moving, walking,
and eating rapidly
 feel impatient with the rate at
which most events take place
 strive to think or do two or
more things at once
 cannot cope with leisure time.
Type B
 never suffer from a sense of
time urgency with its
accompanying impatience
 feel no need to display or
discuss either their
achievements or
accomplishments
 play for fun and relaxation,
rather than to exhibit their
superiority at any cost
 can relax without guilt.

8. PROACTIVE PERSONALITY
 Identifies opportunities, shows initiative, takes
action, and perseveres until meaningful change
occurs. Creates positive change in the
environment, regardless or even in spite of
constraints or obstacles.

9. PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT
 Interviews and observation
Interviews consist of dialogue with the person in an effort to detect their
ideas, beliefs, and values
 Projective personality tests
These are based on the belief that the unconscious mind contains the roots of
personality
 Objective personality tests
Objective tests attempt to overcome the subjectivity of interviews and
projective tests by using paper-pencil multiple choice test

10. EFFECT OF PSYCHOLOGY ON PESONALITY
 Situational influences on personality in
everyday life
:- situations in our lives have a powerful influence on our general
behavior
:- situations can, if extreme, radically change our general way of
behaving