MY PERSONALITYCareers

HEREDITY VS. ENVIRONMENT

• Each person has individual character traits

• Personality is the result of heredity and environment

• Your personality will affect your school, and work (and other) experiences

HEREDITY

• The unique genetic information you were born with

• It affects your ability to learn and emotional tendencies

• It also affects your gender and physical appearance

• Heredity gives the capacity for certain qualities which can affect your behaviour.

• What personality traits do you share with one or both of your parents?

ENVIRONMENT

• Environment forms a person's experiences from before the time she was born to the present

• Environment makes it possible to reach that capacity and may encourage a person to develop in a certain direction.

• What things in your environment have shaped your personality?

• hands level, close your eyes

QUICK PERSONALITY TEST

• Hi there

• Ok, you didn’t shut your eyes

• That’s fine

• But I don’t want you to get bored

• So here’s something for you to look at

• Hands separated?

• You tend to be more imaginative, sensitive, intuitive, and you can become absorbed in books and movies

• Level?

• Down to earth, logical, analytical, and enjoy puzzles and games

• Complete the handout on how people think of you

• Start with part C, and continue forward, come back to part A at the end

HOW I VIEW MYSELF AND HOW OTHERS VIEW ME