Personality

1. 1. Personality comes from the word "Persona" meaning mask

2. 2.Personality types based on excess of four bodily fluids :Yellow bile=irritable,Black bile=depressed,blood=optimistic,Phlegm=calm

3. 5. Personality System: Vata=Ectomorph; Pita=Mesomorph; Kapha=Endomorph

4. 4. Costa & McCrae(1990) : The big five personality Test

4.1. Open to new experiences

4.2. Cumcientious

4.3. Extraverted

4.4. Agreeable

4.5. Nervous

5. 3. Projective Tests

5.1. Based on Freudian psychology and assess personality with unstructed stimuli

5.2. Examinee responds to vague or ambiguous images

5.3. Responses reveal unconscious needs, motives & conflicts

6. Primary Personality Traits

6.1. Reserved -outgoing

6.2. Less intelligent-more intelligent

6.3. Affected by feelings- emotionally stable

6.4. Submissive-dominant

6.5. Serious-Happy-go-lucky

6.6. Expedient-Conscientious

6.7. Timid-Venturesome

6.8. Tough-minded-sensitive