1. Personality

2. Describing Personality
Each person has a unique personality.
Your personality consists of the behaviors, attitudes, feelings, and ways of thinking that make you an individual.
A psychologist studies how people think, feel, and behave.
Many researchers use five central traits to describe peoples’ personalities
extroversion
agreeableness
conscientiousness
emotional stability
openness to experiences

3. Extroversion
This trait describes how much you like being with other people.
An extrovert tends to be outgoing, talkative, and sociable.
An introvert tends to be shy, quiet, and reserved.

4. Agreeableness
This trait describes your tendency to relate to other people in a friendly way.
People who are agreeable tend to cooperate with others.
People who are disagreeable tend to be suspicious or hostile.

5. Conscientiousness
This trait describes how responsible and self-disciplined you are.
Conscientious people tend to be dependable and make good decisions.
On the other end of the scale are people who do not think through decisions, are careless, and easily distracted.

6. Emotional Stability
People who are emotionally stable tend to be relaxed, secure, and calm, even during difficult situations.
On the other end of the scale are people who are fearful, worried, and angry.

7. Openness to Experiences
People who are open to new experiences tend to be curious, imaginative, and creative.
People who are less open tend to be more predictable and less independent.

8. How Personality Forms
Personality traits are influenced by a combination of heredity and environment.

9. Heredity
Infants are born with distinct tendencies to act in certain ways.
Traits such as cheerfulness and shyness may be inherited.
Talents such as musical and artistic abilities may be inherited.

10. Environment
Heredity is only half the picture. Your family, your friends, and your cultural group are important parts of your environment. They all have an influence on your personality.
Culture Personality traits that are valued in one culture may not be as highly valued in another culture.
Friends Starting in childhood and throughout the teenage years, friends become an increasingly important influence on personality. These friends, who are about the same age and share similar interests, are called a peer group.
Family Experiences you had as a child helped to shape your personality. Children learn about feelings, attitudes, and appropriate ways to behave from their families. As children develop, they copy the behavior of others. This is called modeling.

12. BLUE
Relationships

13. 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

14. Blue May See Self As: Others May See Blue 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

15. Gold
Duty and Responsibility

16. 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

17. Gold May See Self As: Others May See Gold 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

18. Orange
Freedom

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

20. Others May See Orange As:
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

21. Green
Intellectual Competence
(Information & Knowledge)

22. 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

23. Others May See Green As:
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

24. Stages of Personality Development
Personality develops throughout life as people meet a series of challenges.
Develop Trust
Search for Identity
Learn to be Independent
Establish Intimacy
Take Initiative
Create and Nurture
Develop Skills
Look Back With
Acceptance

25. Stages of Personality Development
Develop Trust If needs are met, the child learns to trust other people. If needs are not met, the child learns mistrust and may withdraw from others.

26. Stages of Personality Development
Learn to Be Independent This is the stage when young children learn to do things on their own. If children fail to master these tasks, they develop self-doubt.

27. Stages of Personality Development
Take Initiative During this stage, children start to plan their
own activities. If children are harshly scolded for poor initiatives, they may feel unworthy, guilty, or resentful.

28. Stages of Personality Development
Develop Skills These skills make children feel competent—capable of achieving their goals. Without skills, a child may feel like a failure.

29. Stages of Personality Development
Search for Identity As a teenager, your main challenge is a search for identity or a sense of self.

30. Stages of Personality Development
Establish Intimacy As a young adult, your challenge will be to establish close bonds with others.

31. Stages of Personality Development
Create and Nurture During middle adulthood, people need to stay productive and creative in all parts of their life.

32. Stages of Personality Development
Look Back With Acceptance During older adulthood, people reflect on their lives.

33. 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?