Personality and its Dimensions

 

Definition

“The characteristic ways of behaving of any individual”

“Human Personality includes Spirit, Mind and Body”

 

Elements

Behaviour

Perception

Communication

Appearance

 

Where does it come from?

Genetic

Mimetic (Imitation)

Theoretic (our learning and processing of abstract information)

 

 

 

 

Genetic

Our Body

Our Gender

Our Dispositions

Mimetic

Parents

Significant others

Celebrities

Theoretic

Education

Learning

Abstraction and Interpretation

Dimensions

Mental

Intellectual

Moral

(Social)Interpersonal

Physical

 

Mental

Normal

Continuity with past, present and future

Self-Awareness

Linear stage-crossing

Abnormal

Discontinuity

Delusions

 

Intellectual

Ability to internalize knowledge

Cumulative maturity

Progressive Growth

 

Moral

Good/Bad

Human/Animal

Creative/Destructive

Authoritative/Democratic

Social

Introvert/Extrovert

Open/Closed

Exclusive/Inclusive

Accommodative/Dominating

 

 

Physical

 

Tall/Short

Fair/Dark

Fat/Thin

Who is a Beautiful Person?

 

 

Well-Rounded person

Grown on all dimensions

 

To be beautiful is

To manage your emotions well

To communicate effectively/democratically 

To be completely self-aware

To learn to joke about oneself

To be able to carry oneself beautifully

To value oneself and others

To achieve coherence between body and Mind and spirit

 

 

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