Personality CALM 20 What is Personality Personality is

Personality CALM 20

What is Personality? Personality is a pattern of stable states and characteristics of a person that influences his/her Behaviour

Where does it come from? How or why do you have the personality that you have? Heredity Environment Situation Culture Family and Social Background

What is a “trait”? Personality Trait is a characteristic that endures (lasts) over time and across different situations Can be used to predict Behaviour based on traits

What is a “state”? Are temporary behaviors or feelings that depend on a person’s situation and motives at a particular time.

So why know about your personality? Allows you to match yourself with jobs that would suit your personality Know your strengths and weaknesses Allows you to grow as a person

DOPE personality Test Put your name on your worksheet Complete the questions

DOPE D=Dove O= Owl P= Peacock E= Eagle

D=Dove Harmony Seeker Low Assertiveness/High Emotionality The Peaceful Dove The Dove is people-oriented, loyal, friendly, hardworking and a great team player but tends to avoid change, confrontation, risk-taking and assertiveness

D=Dove Strengths You are supportive, respectful, dependable, agreeable, and willing to do what it takes to make things work Weaknesses You tend to conform, can be unsure, are sometimes too dependent on other, have a tendency toward awkwardness, and are sometimes pliable around those with greater influence

O=Owl Detail Seeker Low assertiveness/low emotionality. The Wise Owl The owl is logical, mathematically minded, methodical and sometimes seen as a perfectionist. The owl can be slow to make decisions and inflexible if rules and logic says otherwise. Owls are not big risk takers but low detail

O=Owl Strengths You are industrious, orderly, exacting, persistent, and usually serious Weaknesses You can be overly critical, generally indecisive, sometimes stuffy, overly picky, and sometimes oppressively moralistic

P= Peacock Excitement Seeker High Assertiveness/High Emotionality. The Showy Peacock The peacock loves talking, being the center of attention, has a wealth of passion, is highly enthusiastic, and is generally optimistic. Peacocks can be accused of talking too much and tend to lag in the ability to deal with details or time management

P=Peacock Strengths You are enthusiastic, ambitious, dramatic, friendly, and stimulating Weaknesses you can be overly excitable, seemingly manipulative somewhat egotistical, and sometimes undisciplined.

E= Eagle Results Seeker. High Assertiveness/ Low Emotionality. The Bold Eagles are dominant, stimulated by challenge, decisive, and direct. Eagles can be blunt and stubborn, they can lose sight of the big-picture, and they can be insensitive to other people’s needs. Eagles are natural achievers

E=Eagle Strengths You are strong willed, independent, practical, decisive, and efficient Weaknesses You can be overly dominating, tough, severe, pushy, and harsh

Do you think you match the result you got? Why or why not?