LESSON 2: KNOWING ONESELF Flashcards
Heredity or genetic make-up
Nature
Time where young people start to ask
questions about themselves
- For Socrates, the most important
thing to pursue was self-knowledge,
and admitting one’s ignorance is the
beginning of new knowledge
- For Plato, the beginning of
knowledge is self-knowledge
Defining the Self
Personality from Environment
Nurture
Approach in identifying types of
personalities based on certain traits
or attributes, which vary from one
person to another
Trait theory
Curiosity, interest, imagination, and
creativity to new ideas.
O________s
Openness to Experience
Planning, organizing, hardworking,
controlling, persevering, punctuality
Conscientiousness
Sociable, talkative, active, outgoing,
fun-loving
Extraversion
Friendly, warm, trusting, generous,
kind-hearted
Agreeableness
Calm, relaxed, comfortable
Neuroticism
The Building Blocks of Self: Your VITALS
Values
Interest
Temperament
Around-the-clock Activities
Life Mission
Strengths