1. Self – Discovery and Identity
Knowing Oneself
Self – Discovery and Identity

4. Self – discovery is an essential personal task.
The answers are unique to each person, yet all should lead to a pearl of discovery about oneself.
Self – discovery is an essential personal task.
It is a keystone to personal development

7. What is “SELF”?
In Philosophical terms, it is the being, which is the source of a person’s consciousness
It is the agent responsible for an individual’s thoughts and actions.
It includes a person’s life
Purpose, meaning, and
aspiration.

8. Personality and the Self
In Psychology, the term personality is referred to as the set of behaviors, feelings, thoughts, and motives that identifies an individual.
Personality is the essence of who we are and the embodiment of one’s physical, psychological, cognitive, affective, and spiritual self.
In Psychology, the “self” will
be described in terms of
personality.

9. Personality according to Psychologists

10. Feist and Rosenberg, 2012
Personality refers to the unique and relatively enduring set of behaviors, feelings, thoughts, and motives that characterize individual.

11. Gordon Allport
Personality is a pattern of habits, attitudes, and traits
that determine an
individual’s
characteristics,
behavior, and traits.

12. NATURE, NURTURE, and PERSONALITY

13. Nature – heredity or genetic make-up
Nurture - environment

14. Trait Theory
An approach in identifying types of personalities based on certain traits or attitudes, which vary from one person to the other.
Personality Trait – a disposition to behave consistently in a particular way.
Example: shyness or social awkwardness

15. Big Five Trait Theory

16. Big Five Trait Theory

17. Measuring Personality
Through observation
Rorschach Inkblot Test
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
Keirsey Temperament Sorter

18. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

20. WRITTEN WORK In your journal, write your:
thoughts and feelings about what you have discovered and understood about your “self”, your personality and personality traits, and
your reflection regarding the question
“Who am I?”.

21. Source:
Personal Development by Ricardo Rubio Santos