Personality

Hey guys, I know I have come here after long time. The reason is I was not well. But coming to the point, I am going to post about what type of personality I have. I am going to compare myself to a Simpson's character. You guys might think why a Simpsons character? It is because in the lecture our lecturer Ruth had Simpsons characters on the lecture slide and each of them differ from one anothers personality. I took a Personality test and my result was ESFJ. I know most people don't know what it is, well it means that I am a very supportive person. The Simpson's character I resemble is that of Ned Flanders. Below im going to put a table which will give the description of the type of person I am and below the table is the picture of the very supportive Ned Flanders.

The Supporters (ESFJ) are warm hearted people who highly value their relationships. They also are customer focused (in the business world) with the ability to bring the best of people. The only drawback is that they are very self sacrificing and won't pay enough attention to their own needs.

I totally agree with that as I am exactly that, as I put my friends and people who are close to me first and then I think of my self, which when you think of it tells you that why I am a supporter.

According to the theory side of things the dictionary definition of Personality is " the complex of all the attributes such as behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental which suggests that characterize a unique individual.

According to Solomon (1999), he stated that personality is a "person's uniqe make up which consistently influence the way a person will respond to their environment." In my personal opinion personality is something which is a mixture of your inner thoughts and feelings and the way you beave in the outer world and these three things makes a person's personality stand out and unique. In everyday life we come across so many different people (i.e. while going to work, school, on the bus, train, while walking on the streets) and each of them have their own unique and different style of personality.

The Picture above is of the two boxers, they may be in the same sport, but both their personalities look different. Going on height, the boxer on the left is taller than the boxer on the right (every one knows who the boxer on the right is known as Mike Tyson). But as its a famous saying that don't judge people on their appearance, its not necessary that the person who is taller will overpower the guy who is short in height, it depends on the strength as every one knows Mike Tyson is very strong and a great boxer, so the height may not be a question. If the boxer on the left is tall, Mike Tyson on the right has an aggresive feel to him like the muscles and the tattoos.
In business, understanding one's personality is really important, as even though people are different to one another in this world but every one has values and their own personal strengths and qualities, and so the marketeers should have a psychological edge over what kind of product to target to what customer depending on the type of personality they have.

One of the main theory on Personality is undertaken by Horney (1945), he talked about a common sense style about the development of neuortic character structure and interpersonal relationships. In simple language this translates to that his theory stated that personality is developed from the level of anxiety a dependent child feels. There are a lot of things which can result from this like Indifference amongst your ownself, Lack of Respect and Too Much of Admiration from Others.

Hollander is another important theorist who spoke about Personality. He stated that personality is "the sum total of an individual characteristic which makes him unique". In simpler words what he meant was that the best way you can understand someone's personality is by looking at the structure. What Hollander means by structuring is that it can be divided into three different but related to one another's levels.

One of the levels being the Psychological Core which has fairly permanent qualities including beliefs and values, second one being behaviour which is different at different times and in different situations and third one being is a typical response which affects the role of the related behaviour.


Trait is another theorist and the main theory for personality he has carried out is Cattel's Trait. He introduced a 16 factor model for personality. Below is an image of the 16 factor model:

Trait has introduced a 16 factor model of personality. This 16 factor model which has been identified, is now used in the Big Five model of personality. Cattell's 16 factor model would identify certain common traits which are considered to be possessed by all and some unique traits which are possessed by some people.

Hope this post on personality was usefull. Any feedback regarding this post, please feel free to comment.