Personality

Characteristic patterns of behavior. Factors that influence personality Genetic Inheritance Parenting Styles Life Experiences Birth Order Culture Social Relationships Abilities and Interests

Personality Types Type A: Individuals who tend to be tense Type B: Individuals who are more easy going

BLUE Relationships

Blue Attributes Mediators Optimistic Caretakers Passionate Peacemakers True Romantic Need to feel “special” Always has a kind word Sensitive need to others Motivate and encourage others Cooperative rather than competitive

Blue May See Self As: Warm Compassionate Romantic Spiritual Unselfish Caretaker Likes to please others Sympathetic Trusting Others May See Blue As: Overly Emotional Bleeding Heart Mushy Naïve Too Touchy-Feely Too nice Talks too much Pushover Too Tender Hearted

Gold Duty and Responsibility

Gold Attributes Loves to plan Detail oriented Values family traditions Helpful and trustworthy Punctual, predictable, precise Loyal, Responsible Strong belief in policies, procedures, rules Strives for sense of security There is a right way to do everything Conservative and stable

Gold May See Self As: Stable Providing Security Dependable Firm Efficient Decisive Good Planner Punctual Organized Person Goal Oriented Orderly, Neat Others May See Gold As: Controlling Dull, Boring Stubborn Opinionated Judgmental Bossy Uptight Predictable

Orange Freedom

Orange Attributes Playful Energetic Charming Risk Taker Tests limits Creative, Inventive Pushes the boundaries Impulsive and Spontaneous Most productive in informal environment

Orange May See Self As: Fun-loving, Enjoys life Spontaneous Flexible, Adaptable Carefree Hands-on Person Practical Problem-solver Do many things at once Curious, welcomes new ideas Others May See Orange As: Irresponsible Flaky Goofs off too much Disobeys Rules Manipulative Not to be trusted Uncontrollable Indecisive Obnoxious Not a team player

Green Intellectual Competence (Information & Knowledge)

Green Attributes Intellectual Perfectionists Standard setters Can never know enough Work is play—play is work Need for independence and private time Knows how to spell and pronounce “big” words

Green May See Self As: Superior Intellect 98% Right Powerful Creative Original Rational Calm, not emotional Precise Others May See Green As: Intellectual snob Arrogant Heartless Ruthless Doesn’t care about people Not emotionally controlled Critical, fault finding Stingy with praise Afraid to open up

Assignment Answer each question. 1. What color is your personality? 2. List 3-4 characteristics of your color. 3. How are you like that color? 4. How are you opposite of the color? 5. What other color do you feel you have the same characteristics as? Why?