PERSONALITY DEFINITION AND ITS COMPONENTS PD 1 Personality

PERSONALITY: DEFINITION AND ITS COMPONENTS PD 1: Personality Development and Public Relations Jona Victoriano, M. A.

Objectives: O To be able to define personality and give its components. O To be able to discuss why personality is important. O To be able to discuss how personality occurs and how it can be improved.

WHAT IS PERSONALITY? O Is the sum total of the qualities and characteristics of a person as shown in his manner of walking, talking, dressing, and her attitudes, interests, and ways of reacting to other people.

“HALO EFFECT” O is a cognitive bias in which an observer's overall impression of a person influences the observer's feelings and thoughts about that entity's character or properties. Edward Thorndlike

PERSONALITY VS CHARACTER

WHAT ARE THE COMPONENTS OF PERSONALITY? 1. Physical Aspect. This includes the mode of dressing, manner of walking, posture, body build, health, complexion, and facial expression. 2. Intellectual Aspect. How a person talks and what he talks about. 3. Social Aspect Good manners. To do the right thing at the right time, to act in the proper manner, and to get along well with others.

4. Emotional Aspect. It includes a person’s likes or dislikes. Whether she is calm or nervous, and whether she loses her temper easily or “keeps her cool. ” 5. Value System. This includes a person’s attitudes, values, beliefs, and philosophy in life.

WHY IS THE STUDY OF PERSONALITY IMPORTANT?

TECHNIQUES IN IMPROVING YOUR PESONALITY 1. Realize that improvement is needed. 2. Have a strong motive or desire to improve. 3. Take an inventory or make a checklist of the strong and weak points, of what is to be improved. 4. Have a step-by-step plan for improvement.

ACTIVITY # 2 CREATING A SELFASSESSMENT CHART