Essays on Personality

Personality is the blueprint of the true definitions of who we are in terms of our emotions, temperaments, and feelings about ourselves as well as others. Personality plays a significant role in shaping our psychological being. In short personality is the cumulative characteristics or traits...

Personality is defined as “the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual’s distinctive character.” My personality would be described by others as introverted, reserved, disorganized and helpful. My personality is shaped by my experiences, rewards, and punishments I have received. There are four...

Who am I? To answer this question requires a lot of thoughts, and cannot be put into a single sentence, as there are several things that can describe who I am. In general, I am a kind and positive person who likes being around people...

“Personality is the integration of characteristics acquired or brought by birth which separate the individual from others”. (O. Ozdemir) From the moment that a child is able to perceive the actions of their surroundings, they begin to develop their own individual personality. While scientists debate...

Big Five Theory otherwise referred as the five factor model was developed and defined by many individual researcher groups and is a system for defining personality with five very broad categories. Each category is used in the definition of an individual’s personality and is marked...

Every person has a list of attributes that characterizes them, like their way of thinking, the way they act, and how they feel. This is what we call a personality. Through the course of our lives, our personalities develop in many ways, and two of...

In the past sixteen years I have faced various challenges that have molded my personality to as it is today. I went through a very tough stage in my social life when I was in grade seven and eight at the age of twelve and...

Personality is the special combination of qualities in a person that makes that person different from others, as shown by the way the person behaves, feels, and thinks. In this essay I will summarize some of my insights from self-awareness questions. Also I will be...

Personality is like a narrow entrance hall to the great room that is our true nature. It has those aspects that people feel comfortable sharing with people at the outset of a relationship. If I talk about Salman Khan’s personality there has been a lot...

A mask is used to cover a person’s face; their expressions and traits. The Latin word for personality, persona, refers to a mask worn by actors in a play. This makes me lean towards the question, is our personality a mask for who we truly...

What is ethics? Most people would simplify it as a moral standard that people rely on when making decisions whether it’s in business or in your personal life. I believe a set of ethics should be created when conducting business or in your personal life...

Being alone and being lonely is different. You can be alone but not feel lonely and yet feel lonely even when you’re with other people. Enjoying the feeling of solitude doesn’t necessarily mean I’m anti-social it’s just that I enjoy the feeling of having time...

It doesn’t matter how smart or talented you are, or if you come from a rich family, you are the total sum of the people you spend your time with. They can either push you to try new things and excel, or they can bring...

Robert A. ‘Bob’ Hoover was born on January 24, 1922, in Nashville Tennessee. This man would grow up to be a war hero and a legendary aviator. Bob Hoover was one of the bravest leaders that would take part in the evolution of advanced aviation...

An open minded person is one who’s having the capability of inclination to understand that one’s views, ideas and notion are not the absolute but it’s about maintaining a profound respect for other’s views, ideas and notion as well. There are may be three possible...

Passion for Post-Colonialism and Colonial Injustice/ Frantz Fanon’s passion for Post-Colonialism was sparked by the unjust treatment of French soldiers towards the Martiniquan people where they raped and sexually harassed the women. These troubling occurrences caused Fanon to despise French rule. The colonialist had such...

It is commonly accepted that friendships between people mostly consist of same-sex friendships, which are most common among groups of high school girls or boys who always move together. “The Leading B*tch” is one of the most well-known images in teenage TV series, originating from...

Is it just my nature or was it due to the environment I was raised in? Throughout my life, I’ve always been a shy person and feared of being judged. Every time in my life when I had a choice to try to work against...

As Schultz & Schultz state, “we all have one” – a personality, that is. There are many ideas and theories about how a person’s personality is formed. As Christians, our understanding of personality and identity formation may go deeper still. To begin with, “personality can...

This essay will explore why social media can impact one’s self-esteem. In 2019, it is evaluated that there may be a whooping figure of 2.77 billion social network users around the world and more than often, people post pictures, things they like or do on...

There are many people struggling with negative expectations which may come from their low self-esteem. “I am going to fail my class even if I try my best.” “I am such an idiot that there is nothing I can do well.” “I am not good...

People are often reminded that the world, in fact, does not ‘revolve around them’ but when one can only perceive the world around them with their own eyes, ears, heart, and mind, it may very well. From the time an individual’s conscious is developed to...

When we were a child, most of us were asked about who our heroes were, and the usual answers would be our parents or superheroes. We were born to look up to other people, but you know, there’s nothing wrong with looking up to ourselves...

Introverts. Extroverts. Ambiverts. These are some examples of people with different types of personalities. There are those that are outgoing, those that are closed off, and some a mix of both. And these types of personalities are influenced by a lot of factors around them....

The personality trait of shyness can be analyzed from the biological, cognitive and behavioural perspectives of psychology. I perceive my fear of social interactions to be problematic because I find making friends and public speaking challenging. From the biological perspective, the theorist Charles Darwin believed...

Steve Jobs was an American who was a very successful businessman and a cancer survivor. He was a business man that invented very successful technology. He is the creator from the famous Apple; he created computers and any new technology we have. Steve Jobs was...

Psychopathy is a personality disorder that effects roughly 1% of the population. The stereotype associated with psychopaths is that they are all ‘cold-blooded killers’, however this is not true. Most of those with psychopathic traits are often considered to be the average citizen, most achieving...

It is argued whether William Morris should be considered an artist or a craftsman because of his focus on vessels. While the creation of vessels in the ancient world was a seen as a craft because of the mass production and use of these vessels,...

Hillary Clinton is a former First Lady of the United States who served under former President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001. For the first time, on September 28, 1993, Clinton was the lead witness on a major Administration legislative proposal. She was also the...

Freudian Theory Freudian theory is theory developed by Sigmund Freud, which is the psychoanalytic theory of consumer personality development, which argued personality is formed through conflicts. Conflicts in human’s minds are usually formed of 3 components, the ID, ego and superego. Freudian theory is basically...