1. Come up with a definition for the word “PERSONALITY”

2. Write down words that describe personality

PERSONALITY AND MENTAL HEALTH

Personality

Personality - The unique combination of traits that make you an individual. These traits include behaviors, attitudes, feelings, and ways of thinking that are characteristic of you.

Question?

If you heard gunshots what would you do?

Why does one person act completely different than another person in the same situation?

Describing Personality

Extrovert – Friendly and outgoing personality

Introvert – Less outgoing and thoughts are directed inward.

Optimist – Someone who focuses on positive.

Pessimist – Someone who looks at the negatives and expects the worst.

Describing Personality

Assertive – Able to stand up for yourself and express your feelings in a nonthreatening way.

Passive – Holding back your feelings and yielding to others

Aggressive – Communicating your ideas and feelings in a forceful or threatening way.

Can You Describe Their Personality?

Half full or Half empty?

Question?

Who determines what type of personality is mentally healthy?

Psychologists

Psychologists – People who study the human mind and behavior.

They study what it means to be mentally healthy.

What is mentally healthy?

Mentally Healthy

Mental Health – the state of being comfortable with yourself, others, and surroundings.

5 characteristics of Mentally healthy people 1. Realistic about their strengths and

weaknesses. 2. Able to take on the responsibility of daily

living. 3. Caring toward themselves and others. 4. Able to handle disappointment and learn

from them. 5. Able to feel enjoyment and a sense of

achievement.

How is our personality formed?

Psychologists state that there are two ways our personality is formed.

1. Heredity – passing from parent to offspring just like hair color and eye color.

2. Environment or Surroundings For the most part, personality is a

combination of both.

Environment

What does our environment have to do with our personalities being formed?

Environment

Children learn about feelings, attitudes and appropriate ways of behaving from the people close to them.

This would most likely be their __________?

Modeling - As children develop, they copy the behaviors of others. Ex. A child may learn to be respectful of older

adults by observing his/her parents behavior toward the grandparents.

Environments Influence on Personality

As children grow older and get into teenage years, friends, school, and community become increasingly important influences on personality.

American teenagers spend more than half their time with other teens.

Peer group – people about the same age group with the same interests.