KKD 2063PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

Topic 1

TOPIC 1

INTRODUCTION TO PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

OBJECTIVES

At the end of the class, students should be able to

define the term personality differentiate these terms – sahsiah,

personality and moral Differentiate the term personality from

Western and religious perspectives relate personality to teaching profession.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up

- Mark Twain

According to Muhammad Nubli (2008), personality consists of :◦ External aspects (physical) – talkative, friendly,

love to smile.◦ Internal aspects (emotion, spiritual, cognitive and

social) – thinking, feeling, ◦ The combination of these two aspects will be

shown through behaviour; known as individual personality.

INTRODUCTION

Burger (2000) gives three processes that should be given priority in developing positive personality◦ Interpersonal process – your relationship with

others. ◦ intrapersonal process - relationship with yourself.◦ Influence of external factors- influence of mass

media, social media etc.

INTRODUCTION

Friedman and Schustack (2009), stated that personality can change according to situation and surroundings.

Personality is not fixed and it will grow and change from time to time according to situation.

How?

INTRODUCTION

Sahsiah is said to originate from Arabic which gives the meaning of personal characteristics (Kamus Dewan, 2011).

DEFINITION OF PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

Maye (2007) stated that personality

is a structured,growing system within the individualrepresenting the behavior of a person.

DEFINITION OF PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

According to Ryckman (2000), personality is

◦ Dynamic and structured ◦ Owned by a person that is influenced by certain

aspects such as cognitive, Motivation and Behaviour in different situations

DEFINITION OF PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

In Islamic context, personality is shown (Imam Ghazali in. Syed Ahmad, 2007).

It refers to: ◦ character,

behavior,habits of a person.

DEFINITION OF PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

There are four main pillars according to Imam Ghazali (1999), ◦ Wisdom – able to think wisely.◦ Courage – brave – you are able to beat the fear. You

come to Malaysia – show your bravery. ◦ Sincerity - doing thing wholeheartedly – honest – you

do certain things because you want to do it – study – for the sake of knowledge – not because of getting money.

◦ Justice – putting thing accordingly – do assignment accordingly – not plagiarism – from your own effort – not copy from friends, internet.

◦ Having all these features, an individual is considered to have a complete and beautiful character.

DEFINITION OF PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

TermsAspek

Sahsiah Personality Akhlak/ Moral

OriginArabic Latin = “Mask” Arabic – original behaviour of a

person

Usage Malaysia in Malay language Western countries and Malaysia Generally used in religious perspectives

Definition Referring to the properties attitude or behavior), to form a personal character.It covers all aspects such as internal characteristics, social impact, the quality of mental, physical qualities, relationships, personal goals.

Refers to the collection of individuals traits or characteristics that include a variety of psychological constructs such as temperament, intelligence, feelings, emotions, attitudes, interests, beliefs, behavior, etc. that make up an individual personality as a whole.

Refers to the nature, habits, customs, habits, dignity and lifestyle of an individual or group of individuals with a system based on religion or belief by individuals.

Comparison between “sahsiah”, personality, and Morals

TermsAspek

Sahsiah Personality Akhlak/ Moral,

Emphasis Individual external and internal characteristics

Individual external and internal characteristics

Genuine, sincerity in each components such as individual attitude, wealth, energy, language and trait.

Comparison of Personality, and Morals

In school context, teachers play important role in developing students’ personality.

Teachers - mirror of the students personality According to Ismail (2007), teachers have

the most important role especially :◦ in controlling the balance of students morale◦ Responsible in controlling the students’ discipline◦ This will lead to having successful students who

can contribute to the country

Role of teacher in personality development.

Personality and teaching profession

Personality and teaching profession

PERSPECTIVES OF THE WEST AND PERSPECTIVE of RELIGION (ISLAM, CHRISTIAN, HINDU AND BUDDHIST)

Western perspectives

More on fulfilling physical needs of a person

Physical needs includes physical, psychological,

increase power, religion and social economic status

Personality development based on personal and time factors – life span from birth till death

Based on six approaches / theories (psychoanalitic, trait, biological,

humanistic, behavioural and cognitive)

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO WESTERN PERSPECTIVES

IIslamic perspectives

on personality

development

Is known as moral

development Covers not only physical but also spritual, cognitive

and affective aspects

Divided into good and bad

behavior

Significant element is human relationship with

Allah S.W.T., interactions ksi roh dan jasmani serta

peranan akal

Focus on spiritual , moral, what you do everyday and your

appearance

More on intention

More on intention – characteristics ( genuine,

truthful), wealth (donation), physically (helpful), language

used (politeness) and attitude (sympthahtic ,

friendly)

Covers all aspect – knowledge, known

Al Quran,

Human communication,

ways to earn living

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO WESTERN PERSPECTIVES

Three main concepts

• love•trust•hope

Dimensions of life

•Personal Dimension (safety, identity, self esteem)

•Social Dimension (sense of belonging)

•Development of Psychosocial dimension

•Cognitive dimension•Experiential dimension

Love – self compass

•Caring your neighbours as if you love yourself

•Care about the world•Have a tender heart •forgiving

Principles accordance

to Old Testament

Things that are

prohibited

Personality development : Christianity perspectives

. good lifestyle

. Respect parents

. Fair

. truthful

. Doing good things

Commit adulteryStealKill

•Birth and life is considered as suffering stage

•Man will be free from suffering when God converted his soul, and eventually part of the human soul will die, his spirit will no longer be born again

•Man will be free from suffering when his soul is not allied to evil things

•Human are divided according to caste (Brahmin, Ksyatria, Vasya and Syudra). Caste is associated with the Law of Karma and rebirth

Five principles

•Each activity and individual decisions are affected by the actions of the past.

•Goodness is a sign of independence, health, wealth and happiness.

•Evil is a sign of slavery, pain and misfortune.

Princiles according to Karma bible

•Principles of Hindu ethics is seen as the source of all moral dignity of human beings

• Brahma forms the basis of the orderly principles and objective norms.

•It covers all aspects of human life.

•Individual must obliged to the goals stated in the Brahma principle based on class and status in order to develop personality

Ethics

Personality development : Hindu perspectives

Buddha

Four Noble Truth : The truth regarding pain, truth regarding sources, facts regarding ways

to overcome pain, truth regarding demolishing pain

Moderate lifestyle

Three sources of pain: three fire – wanting

more, hate and doubt

Overcame pain through changes: from wanting

more to symptahy, materialistic to nurture,

doubt to wisdom

Ways to overcome painful: through decision being

made- Understanding,

communication, action, thoughts and being

responsible

Personality development : Buddhist perspectives

Persectives/Criteria

Personality Development in Different PerspectivesWestern Perspectives Perspektif Agama

Islam Kristian Hindu Buddha

Main principles Based on six domain /

approaches : Psychodynamic, Trait

Biological, Humanistic, Behaviorisme, and Cognitive.

Morality is based in the heart and soul property, energy, language and attitudes.

Three basic concepts of love, faith and hope.

Need to meet the dimensional requirements of Western lifestyle

Based on the Book of the Vedas.

Principles of Hindu Ethics and Brahma principle

Four Noble Truths are the fundamental principles to develop individual personality

Aim / Focus Focus more on

meeting the physical needs, psychological needs, increasing the status, religion and status social economy of people,

Morals are not only seen from the physical aspect, but also covers all aspects of spiritual, psychological, and intellectual .

Stress on human relationship with God S.W.T.

Loving yourself and others are the main focus.

Loving your neighbour as you love yourself.

Focus on compassion and forgiveness.

The principles of the Veda contains the foundations of the deity and his followers must be firmly held by a goal in life.

Prinsip-prinsip

Painful to find ways for solution

Moderate lifestyle

Characteristics of personality development

Development through out lives.

4 characteristics- beliefs, spritual, ritual, ethics and appearance

Love Aim in life according to Brahma principles

Change from wanting more to sympathy, hate to love, doubt to wisdom

Teachers are the mirror for their students Teachers not only teach but also educate

the new generation Teachers should have the expertise,

knowledge and skills Teachers as role model to students

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT AND TEACHING PROFESSION

Expertise

Knowledge

Personality

Professional

teachers

Personality development and teaching profession

Importance of personality development Factors and process of personality

development

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