Personality

Question 1

What is the Mars model?

Answer 1

Personality->
Motivation
Ability
Role grasp-> (situation)
Individual behaviour and performance

Question 2

What are some individual differences?

Answer 2

Demographics
Physical attributes and abilities
Intellectual ability
Personality

Question 3

What is personality?

Answer 3

Relatively stable way of thinking, feeling and acting that makes a person unique

Question 4

But five personality factors

Answer 4

OCEAN
Openness 
Conscientiousness
Extroversion 
Agreeableness
Neuroticism

Question 5

What are some features of personality factors?

Answer 5

Stable over long periods
Heritable
Culturally universal
Useful for insight and improvement

East Asia scores low in all factors except neuroticism where it is higher than the rest

Question 6

Myers Briggs type indicator

Answer 6

Reflects cognitive style

Extroversion vs introversion (source of energy)
Sensing vs intuition (how you absorb information)
Thinking vs feeling (how you make decisions)
Judging vs perceiving (speed of decision making)

16 potential combinations

Question 7

Emotional intelligence

Answer 7

Self awareness: perceiving your own emotions and strengths and self confidence
Self management: self control, adaptability and initiative
Social awareness: ability to perceive others emotions and social situations
Relationship management: using social awareness to navigate social life