Understanding Personality
... We can see that in our society, we have come to interpret a person’s personality by his or her role in our community. We tend to equate a person’s personality by his job title, his life experience or his circumstances. ... And that is the topic of our alternative class today, Personality. The term personality is often used in everyday conversations. ... Like for example in newspaper job ads, you will see the term “must be with pleasing personality”. Or in beauty contests, contestants are judged based on their “personality”. Even students sometimes blame their failures to their professor’s “repulsive personality”, or their successes to professors who are inspiring or has a dynamic personality. But what really is Personality? ... Personality comes from the Latin word “Persona. ... Personality was initially perceived as a superficial social image, something that we put on and eventually take off or change once we are on our own. ... But the Filipino personality should not focus only on the “mukha” so the better term should be “Pagkatao”. ... Ways of Defining Personality 1. Omnibus – the Omnibus way of defining Personality takes into account all of the processes and activities that a person is capable of. ... Integrative – the Integrative way of defining personality incorporates the various characteristics of the individual. An example of this would be the Personality factors like suspiciousness, cheerfulness, sensitivity, conventionality, etc. ... Totality – the hierarchical way of defining personality emphasize the integration of the various aspects that make up the personality.