The Problem Of Personality Psychology Essay - 2390 Words

What is personality? This is the question that we have been posing this whole semester. The textbook states personality psychology is, â€Å"the scientific study of what makes us who we are† (Miserandio, 2012, p.3). Therefore, if that is the case then personality is what makes us who who we are. How we find our own personality takes a lot of work and a lot of soul searching. I know for myself, I cannot judge my personality only from the Five Factor Model (FFM). Yes, the FFM is a good predicament of our personality, but it does not further explain why we get such scores. What I mean by this, is that we have to look at religion, culture, gender, nature vs. nurture, our self-concept, our locus of control, and how we become motivated. Even this list, is very small in comparison to how we should evaluate and discover our own personality. Personality is a very complex concept, and this is why it is very hard to accurately depict a person’s personality with just a few things. To begin, I would like to begin with the FFM and the results I obtained doing a test called â€Å"The Big Five Project Personality Test†. After I took the test, my results were as followed: openness 12, conscientiousness 58, extraversion 27, agreeableness 27, and neuroticism 80 (Potter, 2000).Openness refers to how original and open minded we are in things such as fantasy, values, actions, feelings, and aesthesis (Miserandio, 2012, p.36). I somewhat agree with this score because I come from a very traditional family.Show MoreRelatedIndividual Psychology in the Real World809 Words   |  3 PagesIndividual psychology is a theory developed by Alfred Alder to explain human personality and the behaviors that stem from that personality. His personality theory regards people in a positive light especially in their potential to overcome physical disabilities and the feelings of inferiority that stem from them. 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