PERSONALITY

Personality?
.set of traits and behaviors that
characterizes an individual
.an organized,consistent pattern of
perception of the I,around which the
individual interacts and has experiences
..the sum total of ways in which an
individual reacts to and interacts with others

Traits Types
Heredity v/s Environment
Personality traits
locus of control
authoritarianism
dogmatism
machiavellianism
risk propensity
self esteem
self monitoring
narcissism
type A
proactive

Psychometric theories
Eysenck
extraversion-introversion
neuroticism/stability
psychoticism/socialization
Cattell
16PF outgoing-reserved,assertive-
humble,relaxed-tense
Big five
extraversion
agreeableness
conscientiousness
emotional stability
openness to experience
Psychodynamic theories
Freud id ego superego
Alfred Alder striving for superiority
order of birth
Carl Jung
collective unconscious
personal unconscious
MBTI
MBTI
Source of energy E---I
Collecting information S----N
Decision making T-----F
Understanding the world J---P

Erickson
Trust v/s mistrust
Autonomy v/s shame and doubt
Initiative v/s guilt
Industry v/s inferiority
Identity v/s role confusion
Intimacy v/s isolation
Generativity v/s stagnation
Ego integrity v/s despair