2. Activity Describe yourself in three sentences.
People are all different
We want different things
We are attracted to different people
We have different characteristics
Why?

3. Personality Testing

6. Absorption Openness to absorbing and self-altering experiences
Prone to fantasies
Become immersed in art, music, computers, books, etc.
This scale has proven to be an accurate predictor of how easily a person can be hypnotized. 
If you are high on the Absorption Scale, you'll find the questions fascinating.  If you are low on the Absorption Scale, You will think these are the stupidest questions you've ever seen.

9. Blase Babe
You're a let-it-go girl who never fusses -- with coworkers, lovers, even the dry-cleaning guy who lost your favorite pants. Problem is, "you're so afraid of appearing picky that you never air your true feelings," says Sharon Keys Seal, motivation coach and facilitator at Baltimore's Coaching Concepts. But sometimes shaking things up is okay -- even necessary -- in order to get the respect and results you deserve.

10. Cool Chica
You're the girl everyone wants to hire, befriend and date because you handle life's highs and lows with finesse. "You're a problem solver and can keep your emotions in check," says Cheryl Richardson, author of Life Makeovers (Broadway Books, 2000). "When you do get worked up about a problem, you stop and do something healthy to center yourself and then face your dilemma head-on."

11. Dramatic Diva
Hold up, histrionic honey! You may think your routine hassles are as captivating as Survivor episodes, but your friends wonder why you can't make a move without blowing everything out of proportion. "You get a high from turning every element of your life into a drama," says Sharon Keys Seal, motivation coach and facilitator at Baltimore's Coaching Concepts.

12. Personality Psychology
What it isn’t
It is what you think psychology is about!
Personality psychology is fun!

13. Personality
An individual's characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior

14. Question What do we know when we know a person?
Note: Personality is broad! Best way to study it is to exam different elements of a person.

15. Basic Approaches Trait Approach Biological / Evolutionary Approach
Psychoanalytic Approach

16. Basic Approaches Phenomenological Approach
Learning / Behavioral Approach
Cognitive Approach

17. So, which is best? Not really competing with each other
They examine DIFFERENT aspects of personality

18. Draw-a-Person Test (DAPT)
Draw a picture of yourself
NOT a stick figure