Introduction to TOP

Question 1

The latin word where the word PERSONALITY came from

Answer 1

persona

Question 2

The ancient Roman actors actually wore a theatrical mask to project a role or false performance (Feist, Feist & Roberts, 2018) when they
performed in Greek dramas.

Answer 2

history of persona

Question 3

According to Roberts & Mroczek in 2008 in Feist, Feist and Roberts (2018),
it is a pattern of relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give
both consistency and individuality to a person’s behavior.

Answer 3

Personality

Question 4

A perspective which places importance on the role of the unconscious and early childhood experiences. Specifically, this include the Psychoanalytic Theory by Sigmund Freud and the several neo-psychoanalytic theories

Answer 4

Psychodynamic Perspective

Question 5

A perspective which emphasizes the importance of free will and individual experience in the development of one’s personality. The theories which subscribe to this perspective believe in the realization of our full potentials in life

Answer 5

Humanistic Perspective

Question 6

A perspective which suggests that personality is the result of the interaction between the individual and the environment. These theorists study observable and measurable behaviors and place less emphasis on the role of the unconscious.

Answer 6

Behavioral and Cognitive Perspective

Question 7

A perspective which view personality as the result of internal characteristics that are genetically based.

Answer 7

Dispositional Theories

Question 8

Give the five issues in the study of personality or human nature.

Answer 8

1. Free will vs. Determinism
2. Uniqueness vs. Universality
3. Causality vs. Teleology
4. Optimism vs. Pessimism
5. Nature vs. Nurture