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PERSONALITY. PERSONALITY THEORIES
Exercise 1. Topic Vocabulary
wear (wore, worn) [weər] -
to imply [ɪmplaɪ] -
consistency - ,
predominant -
needs -
cheerful ['tʃɪərfəl] - ,
gloomy -
violent [vaɪələnt] -
calm [kɑ:m] -
trait [treɪt] -
to obscure [əbskjʋr] -
demand [dɪ'mænd] -
extent - ,
at will -
predict -
to contribute (to) [kəntrɪbju:t] -
foresight ['fɔ:rsaɪt] -
anticipation [æntɪsə'peɪʃən] -
sociability [ ˌsəuʃɪˈbɪlɪtɪ ] -
affectivity [ əfektɪvɪtɪ ] -
Exercise 2. Pronounce correctly
Characteristic [kærɪktə'rɪstɪk], distinguish [dɪ'stɪŋgwɪʃ], stimuli [ˈstɪmjulaɪ], desire [dɪzaɪə], sanguine ['sæŋwɪn], melancholic [melənkoʊlic], choleric [ˈkɒlərɪk], phlegmatic [fleɡˈmætɪk ], initiate [ɪ'nɪʃɪeɪt]
Exercise 3. Translate into Ukrainian
a pattern of characteristic thoughts and feelings, to persist over time and situations, to predict human reactions to other people, to change from day to day, persons responses to different stimuli, typical modes of expressing needs and feelings, the description of four temperaments, personality traits, to affect behavior, the biological basis of personality, to be responsible for foresight and anticipation, processing visual information, to depend on the volume of the brain cortex
Exercise 4. Translate the sentences in the Passive. Use them in the Past
1) An emotion is initiated by certain perception and stimulated by the situation.
2) Personality traits can be used to classify people.
3) The choleric temperament is traditionally associated with fire.
4) The title character of Hamlet by William Shakespeare is self-described as melancholic.
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5) In Waldorf education and anthroposophy, the temperaments are used to help understand personality.
6) Most personality traits are based on the joint influence of genetics and environment.
Exercise 5. Read the text. Be ready to name and characterize the main characteristics of
Personality
PERSONALITY
Personality is that pattern of characteristic thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that distinguishes one person from another and that persists over time and situations.
The Latin term persona means actors face mask. In a sense, ones personality is the mask worn as a person moves from situation to situation during a lifetime.
Personality also predicts human reactions to other people, problems, and stress. There is still no universal consensus on the definition of "personality" in psychology.
At a general level, the concept of personality has a number of characteristics relatively stable across time.
The first characteristic of personality implies that a persons behavior should show some degree of consistency that distinguishes them from persons responses to different stimuli. Though people change from day to day, from year to year with age and experience, they remain more or less what they are.
The second characteristic of personality is that the behaviours should distinguish the person from others. People differ in their predominant desires, in their characteristic feelings, and in their typical modes of expressing needs and feelings. In the 5th century B.C. Hippocrates gave the description of four temperaments: sanguine (cheerful and active), melancholic (gloomy), choleric (angry and violent), and phlegmatic (calm and passive).
The specific attributes of a person are called personality traits. A trait is any characteristic in which one person differs from another. Every trait can be used to classify people. A persons personality may be described in terms of a particular combination of traits.
The third characteristic of personality is that persons behavioral consistency may be obscured by demands of the situations. Two different situations may produce radically different effect in person. Both individual differences and situations affect behavior to some extent.
A response of a person to a situation is an emotion. An emotion is not an independent element which comes and goes at will. It is initiated by certain perception and stimulated by the situation.
The fourth characteristic of personality lies in impossibility to accurately predict an individuals behavior on the specific occasion from a single measure of personality.
The biological basis of personality is the theory that anatomical structures located in the brain contribute to personality traits. For instance, in human beings, frontal lobes are responsible for foresight and anticipation, and the occipital lobes are responsible for processing visual information. In addition, certain physiological functions such as hormone secretion also affect personality. For example, the hormone testosterone is important for sociability, affectivity, aggressiveness, and sexuality. Additionally, studies show that the expression of a personality trait depends on the volume of the brain cortex.
