4. Here is what you need to do for this
very simple test.
Draw EACH of the symbols one time:
the TRIANGLE, the SQUARE, the CIRCLE,
and the SQUIGGLE.
5. also draw another symbol once
Here are the descriptions for each
symbol that you have drawn two
times
6. • This personality test is based on a
theory that we tend to be attracted
to certain shapes and forms based on
our personality, our attitudes, our
education and the way our brain
functions.
NOTE!
7. Now let’s look at the symbols you
drew two times to learn what they
represent.
8. • Of the 4 symbols, the Triangle most
closely represents leadership.Triangles
are ambitious and very interested in
their careers.
• You are an OVERSEER, an expediter, a
leader, a man or woman of action.
• You are often charismatic, a person who
likes to be the boss, who likes to give
orders, who likes to be in control.
• Potential pitfalls: impatience,
aggressiveness, self-centeredness.
9. • Of the 4 symbols, the Square places the
most emphasis onorganization and
structure.
• Your mantra is ‘Get it right – if it takes all
night.’
• You enjoy collecting data and information
to enter into the database but others may
see you as having a compulsive attention
to detail.
• Your positive traits: you are organized,
knowledgeable, analytical, patient,
persevering, generally neat.
• Potential pitfalls: you may be a
procrastinator, a perfectionist, aloof,
resistant to change, meticulous.
10. • Of the 4 symbols, the Circle is the most kind
and caring about others. Your focus is to
smooth the waters and keep the peace.
• You are an OPTIMIST– you enjoy working in
league with others to get things done.
• Your mantra is harmony –'Can’t we all just
get along?'
• You express kindness, caring and concern
and are an excellent communicator because
you are an effective listener and know how
to establish empathy quickly. You are an
excellent ‘people problem solver.’
• Potential pitfalls: you may be indecisive,
moody, manipulative, have a tendency to get
too personal.
11. • Of the 4 symbols, the Squiggle is the most
unique and the most creative.
• Your mantra is get it done … differently.
• You are crazed by sex and booze. No, no,
just kidding! You are future-oriented.
• Your positive traits: You are conceptual,
creative, intuitive, expressive, motivating,
witty, inventive.
• Potential pitfalls: you may be
disorganized, impractical, unrealistic,
illogical, eccentric, naïve, uninhibited.
15. • Refers to the sum total of
all the physical or
biological, psychological
or mental, social cultural,
emotional and spiritual;
traits of a person.
PERSONALITY
16. • Dewey and Humber (1966) look
at personality as the way by
which the individual is
interrelated through ideas,
actions and attitudes to the non
human aspects of his
environment and biological
heritage.
PERSONALITY
17. The following are what constitutes personality:
1. CHARACTER
• This pertains to the mental
traits of a person such as
intelligence, internalized
ideas, values and beliefs, line
of thinking, mental state and
perception and thoughts and
motives
18. 2. Temperament
• The hereditary aspects of
personality which are
emotional tendencies such as
sensitivity, moods, irritability,
distractibility and tolerance
level.
19. 2. Behavior
• It refers to all ways of
voluntary and involuntary
actions, reactions or response,
adjusting or coping to
different situations,
25. • The kind of geographic
environment where a
child lives can greatly
affect the kind of
personality he/she will
develop.
Geographic Environment
26. • Culture determines what
can be learned and
acquired from one’s
society; thus, a person
behaves and acts within
the premise of his culture
Cultural Environment
27. Social Environment
• Social environment refers to
the different social groups
and the social interactions
that take place in the groups
of which a person is a
participating member.
To sum it all up in a very general way:Triangles are leaders. Squares are organizers. Circles are harmonizers. Spirals are innovators.
To sum it all up. TRIANGLES are leaders. SQUARES are organizers, CIRCLES are harmonizers, SPIRALS are innovators. Which is your dominant style?
People act in the same ways or similar ways in a variety of situation. Personality that just not influences how we move and respond in our environment, it also causes us to act in certain ways. Personality is displayed in more than just behavior. It can also be seen in our thoughts, feelings, close relationship and other social interactions
describing the individual self through patterns of thinking, feeling and acting.
Is the organization of the biological, psychological, social, cultural and moral factors which underlie a person’s behavior. It includes all the patters of thought and emotions that cause us to do and say things in particular ways
It refers to a more or less enduring organization of forces within the individual, associated with a complex of fairly consistent attitudes, values and modes of perception which account, in part for the individuals ‘s consistency of behavior
Charakter mean something engraved or stamped and an exact representation. Character traits are all the aspects of a persons behavior and attitudes that make up that person’s personality. Everyone has character traits, both good and bad. It can be shown with descriptive adj like patients, unfaithful or jealous. The old expression that action speaks louder than words is very true. You learn about who people are and what their character by watching how they interact with the worls and how they treat you. Samples Dishonest, disloyal, impatients, Greedy, active educated funny, Talkative
The combination of mental, physical and emotional traits of a person.lll Unusual personal attitude or nature as manifested by peculiarities of feeling, temper and action
The way in which one acts or conducts oneself especially toward others
Personality is the by-product of the socialization process and is largely determined by the interplay of heredity and environment.
Personality is not just inherited. It is a combination as they say of nature and nurture. There are two primary factors that contrribute the personality dev of a person
This includes potentials, limitations and defects
These genetic codes are like computer programs that are executed by the person as circumstances require
All three are interwoven and cannot be separated.
There are physiological, pychological and sociological explanations of personality development, namely:
SOCIALiZATION refer to the lifelong process of inheriting and disseminating norms, customs, and ideologies, providing an individual with the skills and habits necessary for participating within his or her own society.
Cultural determinism is the belief that the culture in which we are raised determines who we are at emotional and behavioral levels. This supports the theorythat environmental influences dominate who we are instead of biologically inherited traits. This theory supports that environmental influences who we are instead of biologically inherited traits
Symbloc interactionism tends to focus on the language and symbols that help us give meaning to the experiences in uor life. As we interact with this world, we change the way we behave based on the meaning we give social interactions. We spend time thinking about what we will do next and adjust our approach depending on how we believe others perceive us
