COMN 2111: COMMUNICATION IN EVERYDAY LIFE THREE ASPECTS OF THE SELF Lecture 9a

THREE ASPECTS OF THE SELF l PERSONALITY l SELF-CONCEPT l SELF-ESTEEM

PERSONALITY PREFERENCES MBTI l MYERS & BRIGGS - TWO WOMEN CREATED TEMPERAMENT INVENTORY TO DESCRIBE PERSONALITY l JUNG’S MODEL l LIKE FREUD: EGO AND THE PERSONAL UNCONCSCIOUS l UNLIKE FREUD PUTS MUCH MORE EMPHASIS ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE EGO  MANAGES OUR RELATIONS WITH WORLD

PERSONALITY PREFERENCES MBTI l RECOGNIZEABLE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PEOPLE IN TERMS PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF THE EGO - THE WAY THEY USE THEIR MINDS l PARTLY INHERITED - PARTLY SHAPED l HE STARTS WITH TWO KEY INTERNAL FUNCTIONS l PERCEPTION AND DECISION-MAKING (JUDGMENT)

PERSONALITY PREFERENCES MBTI l TWO KEY INTERNAL FUNCTIONS l PERCEPTION: SENSING - INTUITIVE l SENSORS - FACTS, ROUTINE, SEQUENTIAL APPROACH, DETAILS, PRACTICAL l INTUITIVE - BIG PICTURE, CHANGE, RANDOM APPROACH, PATTERNS,FUTURE FOCUS l DECISION-MAKING (JUDGMENT) : THINKING-FEELING l THINKERS - OBJECTIVE, RATIONAL, LOGIC, FIRM, JUST l FEELERS - SUBJECTIVE, PERSONAL, EMOTIONS, VALUES

PERSONALITY PREFERENCES MBTI l TWO WAYS TO CONNECT TO WORLD l WHERE YOU FIND ENERGY ( LOCATE INFORMATION) - INSIDE OR OUT: INTROVERSION - EXTROVERSION l INTROVERTS - INNER WORLD, DEPTH, PRIVATE, RESERVED, THINK BEFORE TALKING, REFLECTIVE l EXTROVERTS - OUTER WORLD, BREADTH, SOCIAL, TALK TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY THINK, ACTIVE

PERSONALITY PREFERENCES MBTI l YOUR ORIENTATION TO WORLD - JUDGING - PERCEIVING l JUDGERS: STRUCTURED, SCHEDULED, ORDERED, PLANNED, DECISIVE, DELIBERATE l PERCEIVERS: FLEXIBLE, SPONTANEOUS, ADAPTIVE, RESPONSIVE TO SITUATION, TENDENCY TO KEEP COLLECTING DATA

PERSONALITY PREFERENCES MBTI l WE PREFER ONE FUNCTIONAL ASPECT OVER ANOTHER l THE “CALL AND RESPONSE” OF CHILDHOOD GIVES FOCUS l BUT WE CAN USE THEM ALL l CAN ADAPT AND LEARN l THE UNDER USED SIMPLY “HANG OUT” IN OUR NON- CONSCIOUS MIND l AND AS WE MATURE THE UNDERUSED REAPPEAR

PERSONALITY PREFERENCES MBTI l MBTI PERSONALITY TYPE IS USUALLY ORGANIZED AS FOLLOWS: ENFP l SOURCE OF INFORMATION EXTRO - INTRO l BASIS FOR PERCEPTION - SENSATE - INTUITIVE l MODE OF DECIDING- THINKING - FEELING l ORIENTS TO WORLD - JUDGER - PERCEIVER l WE ALL USE ALL FUNCTIONS/MODES BUT WE HAVE STRONG (AUTOMATIC) PERFERENCES FOR ONE OVER THE OTHER - FIRST CHOICE

PERSONALITY PREFERENCES MBTI l OUR TYPE - COLLECTION OF PREFERENCE SHAPES HOW WE COMMUNICATE l SEE OTHERS l WE ALWAYS TEND TO SEE OUR SELVES AS OK l OTHERS WHO ARE NOT LIKE US - NOT OK l SINCE ALL PREFERENCES ARE “NORMAL” AND FUNCTIONAL - ALL CAN BE USED - THIS IS A MODEL OF DIVERSITY AND TOLERACE l NOT NORMAL VS. ABNORMAL - MOST OTHER PSYCH MODELS AND TESTS