1. Personality Learning Outcome I can discover my personality and areas of intelligence.

2. Journal Requirements Week 1 Journals Week 1 Journals Date: 10-16-15 Date: 10-16-15 Question: Question: Response: Response:

3. Daily Journal Week 1 10-16-15 Tell five things you’d like to do on your next birthday.

4. Personality Combination of feelings, character traits, attitudes and habits that you display to others Combination of feelings, character traits, attitudes and habits that you display to others

5. Influences on your personality Heredity – passing of traits from parents to child Heredity – passing of traits from parents to child Passiveness Passiveness Temper Temper Ability to deal with stress Ability to deal with stress Environment Environment Town vs city Town vs city Climate Climate Caregivers Caregivers Acquired – learned from the people and things you are around Acquired – learned from the people and things you are around Skills Interests Hobbies

6. Influences on your personality Culture – ways of thinking, acting, dressing and speaking shared by a group of people Culture – ways of thinking, acting, dressing and speaking shared by a group of people Race, ethnic group, geographic location, social class Race, ethnic group, geographic location, social class Family Background Family Background Siblings Siblings Communication Styles Communication Styles Activities of interest Activities of interest Experiences Experiences

7. Roles Role – the way you behave when you interact with another person Role – the way you behave when you interact with another person Friends Friends Family Family Student Student Employee Employee

8. Discovering You

9. Personality Test Reflection 1. Do you agree with your results? Why or why not? 2. Do you think these tests are accurate? Why or why not? 3. What did you learn about yourself from these tests? 4. Can your personality change throughout your life? How? What can cause changes to occur? 5. How can you use this information in your life?

10. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Learning Outcome Identify the theory of Maslow’s hierarchy and explain how it will affect one’s decisions

11. Daily Journal Week 1 10-19-15 Describe your room at home. What are you proudest of and why?

12. Abraham Maslow While other psychologist studied people with psychological problems, Maslow studied successful people Assumed human nature was good, not bad, and we continually need to fulfill needs Believed people with balanced needs live healthy lives, but if needs are denied people become ill Developed a hierarchy of needs

13. Hierarchy of needs Physiological Needs Security Needs Love and Belonging Self-Esteem Self- Actualization

14. Biological necessities such as food, water and oxygen; these needs must be met for survival

15. The need to feel safe and secure

16. The need to give and receive love, to escape loneliness and alienation; having a sense of belonging

17. The need to feel valuable, to have self- respect and respect for others

18. Maslow thought few people reached this level, where all needs are met; described as “finding your calling”

19. Learning About You All About Me Project