Personality is defined as the characteristic sets of behaviors, cognitions, and emotional patterns that evolve from biological and environmental factors. While there is no generally agreed upon definition of personality, most theories focus on motivation and psychological interactions with one's environment. Trait-based personality theories, such as those defined by Raymond Cattell, define personality as the traits that predict a person's behavior. On the other hand, more behaviorally-based approaches define personality through learning and habits. Nevertheless, most theories view personality as relatively stable.
Personality traits reflect people’s characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Personality traits imply consistency and stability—someone who scores high on a specific trait like Extraversion is expected to be sociable in different situations and over time. Thus, trait psychology rests on the idea that people differ from one another in terms of where they stand on a set of basic trait dimensions that persist over time and across situations.
WHICH OF THE FOUR ARE YOU?
1. AN EXTROVERT
This is a friendly person who enjoys talking to and being with other people. Extroverts love parties, talking on the phone, and meeting new people.
Extraverts are also more likely to engage in risk-taking behaviors, including risky health behaviors.
Some of the general characteristics associated with extroversion include:
*Enjoys being at the center of attention
*Enjoys group work
*Feels isolated by too much time spent alone
*Likes to communicate by talking
*Likes to talk about thoughts and feelings
*Looks to others and outside sources for ideas and inspiration
*Numerous, broad interests
*Tends to act first before thinking
Extroversion has been correlated with a number of different outcomes. Among the positive outcomes, extroverts tend to spend more time with other people, spend more time engaged in social activities, and tend to have more friends.
2. AN INTROVERT
An introvert is a person with qualities of a personality type known as introversion, which means that they feel more comfortable focusing on their inner thoughts and ideas, rather than what's happening externally. They enjoy spending time with just one or two people, rather than large groups or crowds, Generally prefers solitary activities to interacting with large groups of people. If you would rather work through your feelings in your diary than have a conversation, then you are an introvert.
but the truth is that most people lie somewhere in the middle.
While introverts make up an estimated 25 to 40 percent of the population, there are still many misconceptions about this personality type. It is also important to note that introversion is not the same thing as social anxiety or shyness. Being an introvert does not mean that you are socially anxious or shy.
In summary, introverts prefer being on their own.
The image below are the difference between an extrovert and an introvert.
3. AN MBIVERT
This is someone who exhibits qualities of both introvert and extrovert. They cannot be labeled as pure introvert (shy) or extrovert (outgoing). ... Depending upon their mood, context, situation, goals, and people around them, A Mbivert can switch to extroversion or introversion.
Since ambiverts live in the middle, they have a unique ability to take advantage of traits on both ends of the spectrum. They might even have an easier time compromising when it comes to interactions because they can feel comfortable in a variety of different settings.
A typical example are most females one time they are open minded and social another time they just become mute, I think it called mood swing but what so ever it is called let just assume they are ambiverts.
4. A TEXTROVERT
A person who is more eloquent, expressive, funnier, etc. via texting than in person.
Is someone who is expressive and funny in texts but shy in person. But when this individual starts texting, he or she becomes a totally different person. ... This individual feels a lot more comfortable texting someone than talking to them face to face..
In a somewhat disturbing trend, more and more people prefer to text than to email or even speak. In fact texting is to email- what email is to faxing. The new now.
Moreover textroverts “text” messages that in many cases they would never say out loud. Consider this, words that are in text form can become a double entendre and taken completely out of context.
NOW ASK YOURSELF WHAT PERSONALITY ARE YOU?
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