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    Introduction In the movie Rain Man, Raymond Babbit is portrayed by actor, Dustin Hoffman. Raymond Babbit is a patient of the Walbrook Institute where he was placed at a young age. Raymond is diagnosed with Savants Syndrome. In Raymond’s case, he functions at an impressively high level (Inc., 2004). Savant syndrome is diagnosed when an individual performs basic cognitive processes below what is deemed as normal. However these individuals exhibit exceptional abilities in certain areas. In the case

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    Introduction Personality is what makes a person the way they are through thoughts, feelings, and behaviours; every individual has got their own personality which defines them which in effect creates dynamism throughout the entire universe (Weiten, 2016). According to Weiten (2016), personality is a collection of traits that are linked with a person and these personality traits are linked with a person and these personality traits are behaviours and feelings that are long-term and consistent. The

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    Social stability starts at an early age when the child or adolescent learns how to develop trust, take initiative, and achieve a sense of identity. Erick Erickson is a great example of showing the importance of completing the psychosocial stages of development (Erikson 1994). One can glean how crucial these psychosocial stages are and the support needed around the developing child to meet these checkpoints in their life. Children are incredibly malleable; however, instilling a negative light toward social

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    Measuring Personality Measuring personality is essential for the managers of all organisations. Many methods have been elaborate to evaluate personality of people. Benefits of personality tests to managers: • It helps to determine areas of difficulty of employees. • It helps to determine the right job for employees according to theirs strengths and weaknesses. • It helps to determine factors responsible for good and bad performance. • Personality test results helps managers develop team leaders

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    The desire to help another human being has always been considered as a useful feature of an individual. When these personality traits are becoming a necessity, it can be assumed that a person has the main prerequisites for successful mastery of the medical profession. One of the key requirements of medical ethics is the ability to develop the humane treatment of the patient’s personality and show a high sense of responsibility for their actions. Thus, the dental assistant is required not only to provide

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    world and psychological preferences. In this paper the author will explain their own results from the MTBI test and go into greater detail whether or not it accurately depicts their personality. This author will not only describe their personality type but show the strengths and weakness of this particular personality. This author will also explain how employers look at the MTBI test as a valuable tool in selecting great employees. Introduction Trait theory is defined as "The measurement

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    The notion of personality can be defined as a specific set of organised characteristics that influence a person’s everyday actions. These actions are guided by different motives and cognitive processes causing the large range of behaviours in a person. Each person’s characteristics are unique and come together to create an individual personal identity (Burger, 2011). Therefore a personality is subjective to each individual person, it is these unique characteristics that make it so. Characteristics

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    out and explore, returning to the adult as a place of protection. It is a building block for future relationships and for the development of the child 's personality. Most infants display a secure attachment: a balance of exploration and play with the desire to remain near their mothers or

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    The theory Innocent Until Proven... (IUP) is a psychological theory developed to understand persons who exhibit characteristics and personalities shaped by their external environment. In our society, we are exposed to certain behaviors which shape our personality as we become adults. The theory specifies that infants are brought into this world having no knowledge of the “outside world.” They are taken from the comfort of their mother’s womb, and forced to adapt to the daily life of the individual

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    Compare and contrast the various personality theories: Psychodynamic perspective, Behavioral and Social Cognitive perspective, Humanistic perspective, and Trait perspective) and discuss which perspective you think is most applicable. Support your argument (based on what you learned, examples, etc). Psychodynamic Perspectives- view personality as being primarily unconscious and as developing in stages. Psychodynamic theorists believe that behavior is merely a surface characteristic and that to

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