Personality

Personality

People often wonder what it means to have this type or that type of personality without understanding what personality actually is. Personality is the particular combination of emotional, attitudinal, and behavioral response patterns of an individual. Understanding personality is also the key to unlocking elusive human qualities. Developing an understanding of personality typology, personality traits, thinking styles and learning styles is also a very useful way to improve your knowledge of motivation and behavior of self and others. Understanding personality types is helpful to know that while people are different, everyone has a value and special strengths and qualities, and that everyone should be treated with care and respect.
I took the opportunity to evaluate myself on the bases of several great psychologist and their theories to help me understand my own personality. I do have a particular theory that I like more than the others however, no one theory can describe my personality. As a young teenager I often wondered what it was that gave me the drive and what influenced me the most to go about life the way I did. Now that I am older and can reminisce on the times I had coming up good or bad and see what motivates me to keep pushing myself and never settle. All the psychology courses I have taken in college have given me a different perspective on my behavior and how many factors like environment, parenting, genetics and even schooling have had a great impact on my development. To fully understand one’s personality you would have to go back to when they were new to this world because those years are probably the most important in development. Several psychologist talk about in their theories how early childhood development is the most pivotal in determining how a child will turn out in their later years. I was born to a single mother who already had two girls. My sisters were not close in age, one was 10 and the other one was just a year old. My mom was...