EL122 Types of Personalities

 Research question:  

Discuss Types of Personalities.

Thesis statement:

Personality refers to differences among individuals in terms of multiple factors like characteristic patterns of thinking, behaving and feeling. When we study personality we mainly focus on understanding the individual differences in particular and on personality characteristics such as irritability and sociability.

Focus of the essay:

Process

Outline

Introduction

Our personalities reflect our behaviors, and the type of personality refers to the psychological classification of individuals types. It can be sometimes mixed up with personality traits, however, personalities types are involved to many qualitative differences that distinguish people from each other. There are different classifications for personality types, such as Jung’s theory of psychological types of personality. Therefore, in this paper we will discuss the commonly known types of personality with detailed examples for illustration purposes.  (Zhang, 2001)

Topic sentence:

-Personality is a group of characteristics that reflect human behaviors.

- Different types of realm can result in sixteen personality types that reflect the individual’s attitude towards the external world.

Topic sentence:

- There is a taxonomy that divides the personality types based on their attitude and how they deal with people and different situations around them.

-Describing and discussing different types of personality in the taxonomy.

Topic sentence:

-There is a taxonomy that divides personality according to how they react in different situations.

-Describing and comparing different types of personality in the taxonomy.

Conclusion

Personality refers to differences among individuals in terms of multiple factors like characteristic patterns of thinking, behaving and feeling. Our personalities reflect our behaviors, and the type of personality refers to the psychological classification of individuals types. There are different classifications for personality types, such as Jung’s theory of psychological types of personality who divided personality types into four realms in each realm there are two contradicting personality types. There are other taxonomies of personality types such as the taxonomy that divides them into sixteen types. Sometimes, we may find one or more of these personality types in one person. (Sato, 2018)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Introduction

Our personalities reflect our behaviors, and the type of personality refers to the psychological classification of individuals types. It can be sometimes mixed up with personality traits, however, personalities types are involved to many qualitative differences that distinguish people from each other. There are different classifications for personality types, such as Jung’s theory of psychological types of personality. Therefore, in this paper we will discuss the commonly known types of personality with detailed examples for illustration purposes. (Zhang, 2001)

Discussion

Personality is a group of traits and characteristics that reflect how we behave and react to different situation around us. It can predict how we feel about things and deal with problems around us. Different personality types were analyzed by researchers in different ages. According to Jung’s theory of psychological types of personality, people can be classified into four realms of personality groups; those who prefer the general attitude, they can be either, extraverted or introverted, which identifies the source and direction of the individual’s energy. He compared them with other type of people who prefer one of the two functions of perception, sensing or intuition, which identifies the perception of information method. Then there are those who are inclined to one of the two functions of judging, thinking or feeling, which represents the information processing process and how to organize all events in one’s live and exploring possible alternative options. Finally, he illustrates the type of people who prefer one of the two functions of perception, judging or perceiving, which reflects the method of processed information implementation. These four realms can result in sixteen personality types, they reflect the individual’s attitude towards the external world and how his or her perception can function. The third group represents the way everyone perceives information and the final group reflects the way that everyone processes this piece of information. According to Jung, one of these psychological functions might be primary and the other is the secondary one. (Sato, 2018)

According to researchers, there are another taxonomy that divides the personality types based on their attitude and how they deal with people and different situations around them. The inspector; for instance appears formal, loving traditions and serious. They see him as a hard worker, socially and culturally responsible. The counselor, on the other hand, appears visionary and idealist and always projects imaginary and creative ideas. They found that he is distinguished by having a profound and different way to look at the world. He does not like to take things at the surface level or accept them as they look like from the outside, he prefers to go deep inside things to explore them. Also, there is the mastermind, the quiet, comfortable being alone and reserved person. He prefers to work alone rather than in a group. He is interested in theories and ideas and prefers to observe the world and the reasons behind things happening in it. The giver is another example who is a people focused person, with idealistic, charismatic and ethical personality; he usually prefers to make relationships with others regardless their background or personality. He depends in his judgments on feelings and intuition and tend to live in his own imagination instead of living the real world. He focuses on caring for the future rather than the current present tense. (Grumm, 2009)

On the other hand, There is the taxonomy that divides personality according to how they react in different situations, such as the craftsman; who is described as a mysterious person who is usually very rational and tends to go for logic while being enthusiastic at the same time. It is not easy to recognize his personal traits compared to other types of personality, so it is hard to anticipate his reactions towards what is happening around him. He is spontaneous and capable of hiding his traits from the outside world. The provider, for instance, is extrovert, social butterfly and usually in need to interact with others and make them happy; he attempts to be the cheerleader or the soccer hero in school and college. He focuses on organizing the social events for his friends and family and the community to which he belongs. Nevertheless, there is the idealist who is an introvert, he seems always reserved and quiet. He prefers to speak about himself especially when he is communicating with new people. He prefers to stay alone and analyze signs and symbols and think of the metaphors they may represent deep in his mind. He is always drawn to his dreams and imagination with his own thoughts and ideas. The performer, also, is distinguished by being perceptive, observant and extraverted. He likes to be the spotlight wherever he is, he is a funny person and enjoy being the center of attention. He is generous, friendly and warm, he concerns for people’s well-being. The researchers described the champion as being intuitive, extraverted, perceptive and have a lot of feelings towards others. He tends to make his own methods of life, his own ideas about things and his own habits and looks, he does not like to be forced to do something he does not want. He likes to be around people and sounds strongly intuitive when it comes to himself and others. The doer, also, is extraverted, with a sensible and thinking personality, he is governed by his needs for social relationships and his emotions. He is always in need for freedom and he is distinguished by having reasoning and logical processes. He is not always convinced by theories or abstracts, he is capable of fixing his own mistakes as he goes, and he never sit idle or set for contingency plans. However, we find the supervisor as the honest, organized, dedicated and traditional in his way of doing things. He is a good believer of doing what he believes. He always takes the path towards what is good or what is right and he is happy with his decisions. On his part, the researchers described the commander as the one who focuses on external aspects and tends to deal with things with rational and logical thinking. He is internally pushed towards behaving with things around him. The thinker, also is known for his brilliant ideas and theories and tends to use logic in everything he deals with. He likes to handle patterns and is capable of reading people. The nurturer, for researchers, is a sort of a philanthropist who is always ready to give back, he is known with generosity and always values cooperation and harmony. The visionary is someone of the rarest people in the world who is completely understandable. He is an extrovert and he does not like small talks in different social situations. And finally there is the composer who is, on the contrary, an introvert and finds difficulties to connect with others. We can, sometimes, find one or more of these personality types in one person. (Zhang, 2001)

 

Conclusion

Personality refers to differences among individuals in terms of multiple factors like characteristic patterns of thinking, behaving and feeling. Our personalities reflect our behaviors, and the type of personality refers to the psychological classification of individuals types. There are different classifications for personality types, such as Jung’s theory of psychological types of personality who divided personality types into four realms in each realm there are two contradicting personality types. There are other taxonomies of personality types such as the taxonomy that divides them into sixteen types. Sometimes, we may find one or more of these personality types in one person. (Sato, 2018)

References

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