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PSY 405 Week 4 Individual Assignment Personality Analysis

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Personality Analysis
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PERSONALITY ANALYSIS 2
Personality Analysis
Disposition refers to a tendency or habit adapted by individuals depicting an added
inclination towards various dimensions of life. Natural and are inborn causes have been
attributed to being the critical predisposing factors for disposition hence rarely affected by
environmental factors. The ability for an individual to alter his or her stored knowledge through
the means of acquisition and expansion requires the process of learning. Learning encompasses
some many different areas and so many types. There are three types of learning, visual, auditory
and kinetic. You can get more knowledge by reading a book, performing an experiment or
listening to speech. Learning can also be associated with a person's emotions, their individual
thought processes and their learning environments.
According to research a genetic component is absent from those individuals presenting
with situational behavior, depicting flexible personalities. The environment plays an important
role in the behavior of situational individuals. Making a sound assessment between personality
and situational behavior is difficult. Interpersonal relations aspects portrayed by the theories are
dependent on the personality presented exclusively by the individual (Feist & Feist, 2009). For
example the behavior of children can be considered situational. A child may be well mannered,
polite and obedient in the presence of his or her parents. However, in the presence of the
babysitter the child may become unruly and act out. The main change in the environment is the
babysitter verses the parents. The same goes for other individuals in society.
Think about the last time you were driving down the road and you noticed a speeding
motorist. Then you suddenly notice the same motorist has slowed down in front of you. Then
you notice the police car that is two cars ahead of the speeding motorist. In this situation bad
behavior is shifted to good behavior in the presence of an authority figure. Situational and

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Personality Analysis Name PSY/405 May 30, 2011 Instructor Personality Analysis Disposition refers to a tendency or habit adapted by individuals depicting an added inclination towards various dimensions of life. Natural and are inborn causes have been attributed to being the critical predisposing factors for disposition hence rarely affected by environmental factors. The ability for an individual to alter his or her stored knowledge through the means of acquisition and expansion requires the process of learning. Learning encompasses some many different areas and so many types. There are three types of learning, visual, auditory and kinetic. You can get more knowledge by reading a book, performing an experiment or listening to speech. Learning can also be associated with a person's emotions, their individual thought processes and their learning environments. According to research a genetic component is absent from those individuals presenting with situational behavior, depicting flexible personalities. The environment plays an important role in the behavior of situational individuals. Making a sound assessment between personality and situational behavior is difficult. Interpersonal relations aspects portrayed by the theories are dependent on the personality presented exclusively by the individual (Feist & Feist, 2009). For example the behavior of children can be considered situational. A child may be well mannered, polite and obedient in the presence of his o ...
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