Knowing Oneself
Knowing Oneself
Know Yourself
How well Do You Know Yourself
Nature, Nurture and Personality
The Big Five Personality Traits
Measuring Personality
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Summarizing the Big Ideas in this ChapterThere are different
personality theories and one of them is the BIG Five or Five-Factor
Model by Costa and McRae, which defines five dimensions of
personality: Openness to experience, Conscientiousness,
Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism.Personality traits can
be measured using different personality tests such as the
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
Summarizing the Big Ideas in this ChapterThe Self can be defined
in different ways: philosophically, psychologically, spiritually,
and also in thoughts, actions, or behavior.Personality is the
unique and enduring set of behaviors, feelings, thoughts, motives,
and attitudes that characterize a person.Both nature (heredity or
genetic) and nurture (environment) influence the development of
ones personality.
Dualism of Rene Des Cartes
