1. Personality
Chapter 1, Lesson 4 Notes

2. 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)
Definition

3. Come up with at least 5 words that describe your personality.
Activity #1

4. Personality Traits Sense of humor Knowledge of different subjects
Consideration for others
Optimism
Gratitude
Adventurous
Artistic
Organized
Persuasive
Calm
Energetic
Funny
Outgoing
Shy
Competitive
Compassionate
Firm
Logical
Practical
Personality Traits

5. More about traits! Where do they come from? Heredity Environment
Behavior
Significant adults or peers
More about traits!

6. Hemispheric Dominance Test
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!
Hemispheric Dominance Test

7. Which hemisphere are you?
Left:
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
Which hemisphere are you?

8. 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.
Activity #2

9. Using the pictures, decorate the character so that it accurately describes your personality.
Choose from the following characters:
Garfield
Spiderman
Mr. Incredible’s son
Doug
Spongebob
Mike (from Monsters, INC.)
Dora
Lizzie Maguire
Activity #3

10.
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.