PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

and PUBLIC RELATIONS

 DEFINITIONS OF PERSONALITY
DEFINITIONS OF PERSONALITY
1. The total or wholeness of a person.
2. The core of an individual.
3. Expression of what you are and what you do.
4. The product of all the responses that are expressed in everyday
living.
5. The reflection of interpretation of your inner self to other people.
6. The person’s total behavior and by the responses of other people to
that behavior.
7. The sum total of all the traits and characteristics of a person.
 AN EFFECTIVE PERSONALITY
When a person’s behavior manifests
successful adjustment to given area of
his environment, his personality in that
area would be considered effective.
 AN EFFECTIVE PERSONALITY

The key to a good personality is the ability

to adjust equally well to various types of life
situations, to make those responses which
result in the greatest satisfaction for both
oneself and one’s associates.
 SPHERES OF PERSONALITY
1. Physical Appearance
2. Intellectual capacity
3. Emotional Make-up
4. Social Qualities
5. Values System
 Physical Appearance

Posture, body build and size, complexion,

and facial expression. It also includes the
appropriateness and condition of clothes.
 Intellectual Capacity

How the person talks, the range of ideas he

expresses and the things he talks about.
His values and mental alertness are
evident.
 Emotional Make-up
It is shown by a person’s likes and dislikes,
whether he is aggressive or docile, how he
responds when things become difficult,
whether he is usually calm and self reliant,
how quickly he is given to anger, whether
he can take a joke, what kind of a sense of
humor he posses.
 Social Qualities

How well the person conducts himself with

other people, and how well he observes the
rules of etiquette that govern society.
 Values System
The person’s attitude towards life his moral
principles of life and his values are the
result of meaningful and satisfying learning
experiences from which inner feelings and
beliefs develop.
 How Personality Revealed?
A sequence of impressions is registered when
people meet. First impressions are based on
appearance-posture, dress, grooming, facial
features, etc. The impressions created by a
beautiful face may be ruined by poor posture,
slouchy gait, or careless hairdo (grooming).

Although appearance may be deceiving, almost

everyone reacts favorably or unfavorably to the
appearance of each person he meets.
 ERRONEOUS THEORIES OF
PERSONALITY
Pseudoscientific methods of judging
personality, such as phrenology,
graphology, astrology, physiognomy, and
others, have been proved to be unreliable,
although many people subscribe
consciously or unconsciously to one or
more of these methods.
 ERRONEOUS THEORIES OF
PERSONALITY
Phrenology – study of conformation shape
of the skull or a pseudoscience primarily
focused on measurements of the human
skull, based on the concept that the brain is
the organ of the mind, and that certain
brain areas have localized, specific
functions or modules.
 ERRONEOUS THEORIES OF
PERSONALITY
Graphology – study of handwriting or experts
analyze handwriting.
Astrology – study of movement of heavenly
body or stars.
Physiognomy – study of physical features of the
assessment of a person’s character or
personality from his her outer appearance
especially the face.
 ERRONEOUS THEORIES OF PERSONALITY
Many people also hold fallacious beliefs concerning judgment of character and
temperament, as well as health and personal achievement.

• Physical Characteristic Personal Trait

• Small bones Sensitive, idealistic
• Thick lips Emotional, passionate
• Small eyes Greedy
• Receding forehead Dull, criminal tendencies
• Square jaw Stubborn
• High forehead High intelligence
• Small ears Thrifty
• Coarse hair Mean, rowdy, tough
• Fine hair Even temper
• Big ears Eloquent speaker
• Receding chin Lack of initiative
• Jutting brow Stern
 PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES
1. Heredity - is an essential factor in determining many
physical characteristics. Height, weight, the entire
body, forms of physical basis of personality.
2. Environment - influences as social and physical
factors, largely determines the degree to which a
person’s potentialities and characteristics will be
developed. Each person acts differently because his
experiences throughout life are unlike those of any
other person.
3. Time and Experiences
 Human Relations
Human Relations is the art of getting along
well with other people. Whenever two or
more people meet interaction begins. The
process of human relations is an active
force either for pleasant or unpleasant
relationships.
 Developing One’s Personality
• Heredity sets the limit of one’s development in
personality, the environment provides the greater
influence.
• The individual determines how he can maximize
the development of his personality through the
opportunities available to him.
1. Self awareness
2. Assessment of his personal assets and liabilities
3. Personal effectiveness
 Reasons for Developing
Personality
• The development of our personality is our
greatest responsibility. Some reasons why
there is a need for developing personality are:
1) For social acceptance
2) For self satisfaction
3) For self confidence
4) To keep ourselves on the job.
Self-image refers to your perceived and felt
worth in terms of physical and social
acceptance.

Self-confidence refers to your perceived and

felt worth in terms of capability.

Self-esteem refers to your perceived and felt

worth in terms of lovability.

Self-concept score is the sum of your SI, SC &

SE/3.