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PERSONALITY
DEVELOPMENT
LESSON 1: KNOWING ONESELF

DO YOU KNOW YOURSELF?

Lets have a short activity:

Complete Twenty Statement Survey. Write down the

statements that come to your mind upon hearing the
phrase “I am” .

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TRAITS

A collection of traits
makes up one
personality.

PERSONALITY
came from the
Greek word persona
– which means
mask.

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PERSONALITY
It refer to one’s public
face, or the self one
usually shows to other
people.

Bigger Self
Sometimes referred to as one’s
essence. It hold many more resources
that the personality or self can claim
and actualize for its well-being.

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Self
Encompasses one’s body, feelings, emotions,
thoughts, values and relationships. It is a
unique personal identity made up of ones
experiences, beliefs, convictions, as well as
one’s longings, dreams, life purpose, and
meaning.

PERSONALITY
Refers to how an individual
distinctly thinks and behaves in
different situations and is
relatively stable across time.

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Determining
Personality Traits
GORDON ALPORT –
psychologist who espoused the
uniqueness of each individual.
He identified around 200 traits.

Determining
Personality Traits
RAYMOND CATELL –
proposed that personality is
made up of 16 basic dimensions.

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CATELL’S PERSONALITY TRAIT THEORY

Determining
Personality Traits
ROBERT McCRAE and
Paul Costa (1992)–
narrowed down the 16 basic
personality traits into 5
categories which they called the
BIG FIVE.

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Five-Factor Trait Theory

PERSONALITY TYPE
It is a unique collection of
personality traits that tend to
go together and characterize an
individual.

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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Extraversion or Introversion –
whether the person is energized by being
surrounded by people or by being in
solitude.

Sensing or Intuition – whether the

individual prefers to use his/her senses
or ideas in interpreting information.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Thinking or Feeling – whether the

person tends to think or feel when
making decisions.

Judgement or Perception – whether

the person deals with situations by
planning or spontaneity.

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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator