PERSONALITY

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PERSONALITY VALUES Part2

• Psychology 207, UKZN,
• 2009
• M J Kometsi M.A.(Clin.Psych.)(UCT)

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The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

• Widely used
• 166-question personality test
• Classified as
• Extraverted or Introverted (E or I)
• Sensing or Intuitive (S or N)
• Thinking or Feeling (T or F)
• Judging or Perceiving (J or P)

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MBTI cont..

• Extraverted (outgoing socialble) vs.
  Introverted (quiet shy)
• Sensing (practical routine, order) vs.
  Intuitive (rely on uncs. Process, big picture)
• Thinking (reason logic) vs. Feeling (values
  emotions
• Judging (control order) vs. Perceiving
  (flexible spontaneous)

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MBTI cont

• INTJ are visionaries-original minds, sceptical,
  critical, stubborn
• ESTJ are organizers- realistic, logical,
  analytic, head for business
• ENTP are conceptualizers- innovative,
  individualistic, entrepreneurial ideas
• http//www.personalitypathways.com

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The Big Five Model

• The Big Five Factors
• Extraversion
• Ones comfort level with relationships
• Extraverts are outgoing, assertive sociable
• Introverts are reserved, timid quiet

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• 2. Agreeableness
• An individuals propensity to defer with others
• High cooperative, warm trusting
• Low cold, antagonistic disagrreable

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• 3. Conscientiousness
• Measure of reliability
• High responsible, organized, dependable,
  persistent
• Low easily distracted, disorganized, unreliable

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• 4. Emotional Stability
• Ability to withstand stress
• Pos() calm, self-confident, secure
• Neg(-) nervous, anxious, depressed, insecure

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• 5. Openness to experience
• Ones range of interest fascination with
  novelty
• Xtrmly open people creative, curious, sensitive
• Opp. conventional, comfort in the familial

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Relationship btw 5 dimensions Job Performance?

• Broad spectrum of occupations
• Performance measured by performance appraisal
  ratings
• Conscientiousness predictor of job performance
  in all occupational groups
• Extraversion predicted performance in managerial
  sales positions

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Other implications for work for life

• Compared to introverts, extraverts tend to be
  happier in their job lives as whole
• More friends, but appear impulsive
• Conscientious people live longer because they
  tend to take better care of themselves
• emotional stability related to life job
  satisfaction, and low stress levels
• openness to experience are more creative in
  science and art, less religious, and are more
  likely to be politically liberal.