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PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY
Definition of personality
• Personality is the sum total of ways in which
an individual reacts to and interacts with
others. We most often describe it in terms of
the measureable traits a person exhibits.
Measuring personality
• The most common means of measuring
personality is through self-report surveys, with
which individuals evaluate themselves on a
series of factors, such as “I worry a lot about
the future.” though self report measures work
well when well constructed, one weakness is
that the respondent might lie or practice
impression management to create a good
impression.
• When people know their personality scores are
going to be used for hiring decisions, they rate
themselves as about half a standard deviation
more conscientious and emotionally stable than
if they are taking the test just to learn more
about themselves. Another problem is accuracy.
A perfectly good candidate could have been in a
bad mood when taking the survey, and that will
make the scores less accurate.
Personality determinants
• Heredity
• Environment
Heredity
• Heredity refers to the factors determined at
conception. Physical stature, facial
attractiveness, gender, temperament, muscle
composition and reflexes, energy level, and
biological rhythms are generally considered to
be completely or substantially influenced by
two of your parents are – that is, by their
biological, physiological and inherent
philological makeup.
• The heredity approach argues that ultimate
explanation of an individual’s personality is
the molecular structure of genes, located in
the chromosomes.
• Environment refers to refers to the immediate
physical and social setting in which people live
or in which something happens or develops. It
includes the culture that the individual was
educated or lives in, and the people and
institutions with whom they interact.
• Personality changes over the period of time in
a consistent manner. For example at the age of
20, a person will smarter than what s/he was
at the age of 10. However, the changes are
also dependent on genetic characteristics.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator