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What Makes Me Unique?
A. Personality is the combination of the attitudes, interests, behaviors, emotions, roles, and other
traits that makes you who you are.
 Your personality shows in the way you look, the way you communicate, and the way you act. It is
the part of you that you show to other people.
 It is a way a person presents himself outwardly.
 Your personality continues to change as you experience new things and meet new people.
 Personality can be measured using different kinds of tests like the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
(MBTI) Test. Many online tests are provided for free, particularly for those who seek to find out
their personality to establish their career paths.
 Heredity and Environment (Nature vs. Nurture)
Heredity is the passing on of traits, or characteristics and
qualities, from parents to their children. Some of these
traits are physical, such as your eye color, your facial
features, and your body build. Some aspects of your
personality is influenced by the genes.

Your personality may have begun with your heredity, but it
is shaped even further by your environment. Your
environment is everything around you, including people,
places, things, and events.

Your family and your culture are usually your most
important environmental influences.

Children raised in an environment filled with love and emotional support are more likely to
appreciate their worth and develop healthy personalities.

 Many contemporary personality psychologists believe that there are five basic dimensions of
personality, often referred to as the "Big 5" personality traits.

The five-factor theory emerged to describe the essential traits that serve as the building blocks
of personality.

The five broad personality traits are extraversion (also often spelled extroversion), agreeable-
ness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism.

The Big Five model resulted from the contributions of many independent researchers.

Gordon Allport and Henry Odbert first formed a list of 4,500 terms relating to personality traits
in 1936. Their work provided the foundation for other psychologists to begin determining the
basic dimensions of personality.

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