An Introduction to

Personality Development

By: Ms. Pamela A. Go, MBA Tourism Program St. Paul University Manila

Formula for success in tourism industry

Image is (Almost) Everything

Personality: It Matters More than You Think

Skills: Show What You Know

Experience: A Strong Foundation for Success

Creating a Balanced DecisionMaking Framework

Source: http://www.hcareers.com/us/resourcecenter/tabid/306/articleid/297/default.aspx

Personality
We use the term personality frequently but what does it actually mean?
She has a wonderful personality. He has no personality. He has personality plus. We seem to have a personality conflict. Its just her personality. She has her mothers personality. Hes a real personality.

http://www.wilderdom.com/personality/L5-1WhatIsPersonality.html

Personality comes from the Greek word "persona", meaning "mask" The study of personality can be understood as the study of masks that people wear. These are the personas that people project and display, but also includes the inner parts of psychological experience which we collectively call our self.

Personality
Definition "Personality is not an existing substantive entity to be searched for but a complex construct to be developed and defined by the observer." (Smith & Vetter, 1982, p.5) A contemporary definition for personality is offered by Carver and Scheier (2000, p.5): Personality is a dynamic organisation, inside the person, of psychophysical systems that create a persons characteristic patterns of behaviour, thoughts, and feelings. Carver & Scheier (2000, p.5) Internally produced patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving

Each person is
Like all other people Like some other people Like no other person

http://uweoconnect.extn.washington.edu/publicperson1/

Personality
Components First, people use a mask or external The second level of personality, behind the mask, is the private self or ego. The third component, distinct from both the persona and the conscious self, is the realm of unconscious processes in the mind.
http://www.intropsych.com/ch11_personality/what_is_personality.html

Personality

Influencing Factors
Relationships Education Environment Trauma
http://www.focusonthefamily.com/parenting/schoolage_children/your-childs-personality.aspx

Personality

Effects
how a person relates to other people, how a person deals with problems, how a person organizes his thoughts and carries out tasks, and what interests and motivates a person.

Is the Glass half full or half empty?

Temperaments

Photo source: http://docmo.hubpages.com/hub/Every-Body-Part-Tells-a-Story-2-A-History-of-Anatomical-Terms

Activity