Transcript Personality - Garnet Valley School District

Chapter 1, Lesson 4 Notes
» Personality is a personality is a person’s unique
blend of traits
˃ A trait is a distinguishing quality or characteristic
» Some traits are inherited:
˃ Hair color, eye color, height
» Others develop over time:
˃ Likes, attitudes about things, actions
» Some traits you cannot control – but you can
control your personal behavior (positive
personality traits)
» Come up with at least 5 words that describe
your personality.
» Sense of humor
» Knowledge of different
subjects
» Consideration for
others
» Optimism
» Gratitude
» Adventurous
» Artistic
» Organized
» Persuasive
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Calm
Energetic
Funny
Outgoing
Shy
Competitive
Compassionate
Firm
Logical
Practical
» Where do they come from?
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Heredity
Environment
Behavior
Significant adults or peers
» The brain is divided into two hemispheres, the right
and the left.
» Each side is associated with different
characteristics.
» After taking a short test, you might be able to get
an idea whether you are more “right brained” or
“left brained”
» On the worksheet, answer the questions as best as
you can. Pick the answer that BEST describes you!
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Task orientated
Memorizing
Neat and organized
Reality based
Time orientated
Sequential (need to do things in
order)
˃ Learn well through lectures
˃ Like to outline
˃ May prefer:
+ Languages
+ Reading/Phonics
+ Locating facts and details
+ Planning – like to schedule
everything out
» Right:
˃ Often not as organized
˃ Always on the move/have trouble
sitting still
˃ Get hunches (intuition)
˃ Can be dramatic
˃ See the overall picture
˃ Think outside the box – imaginative
˃ Find memory devices helpful
˃ Benefit from color coding
˃ Like to use visuals
˃ May prefer:
+ Identifying shapes and
patterns
+ Music
+ Arts and crafts
+ Recognizing feelings and
emotions
+ Spatial relationships
» On the back of the cartoon, create a word web
that describes your personality.
» Your name should be in the middle.
» Branching out from it should be circles that
show your various personality traits.
» You need to include at least 5
˃ From each of those five traits, you need to have 2 separate branches
that give an example of how you show that trait.
» Using the pictures, decorate the character so
that it accurately describes your personality.
» Choose from the following characters:
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Garfield
Spiderman
Mr. Incredible’s son
Doug
Spongebob
Mike (from Monsters, INC.)
Dora
Lizzie Maguire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQoOqQiVzwQ
During the video and hearing the description of the
different personality types, write down the words that
best describe you.
Once the video has completed, in essay form, list at least
2 real life examples that help to explain your choice.