Psychiatry News | Ho-seon Lee, specialist in psychiatry
Thanks to the popularity of MBTI, interest in the personalities of others seems to have increased. You may be satisfied or dissatisfied with your unique personality. Most psychologists consider “personality”(Personality)‘ doesn’t change, but if you feel like you’ve changed, it’s because your social skills have improved.
What is “personality”? To put it simply, it can be said that personality is a way of adapting to the external environment. Throughout our lives, we encounter slightly different situations every time and we need to understand them in order to make choices, organize our thoughts and act. In the process, you create facial expressions, answer different questions with a characteristic tone of voice and even take action.
Because this process repeats over a long period of time, it remains in the body as a habit, leading to immediate choices and actions. This relatively consistent and predictable form that does not change over time is called personality. It is generally believed that personality is formed in late adolescence or early adulthood.
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One scholar refers to the personality as a shield (amor) and shows that defense mechanisms are discussed when talking about personality (Wihelm Reich). For example, if you find yourself in a situation where people around you criticize you, you may think that it is not your fault but someone else’s or a problem with the environment. Or you can ignore the situation and avoid it, pretending it didn’t happen.
Although these defense mechanisms may be considered negative, it may be better to think of them as a way to protect ourselves from internal impulses or environmental pressures rather than as the wrong approach. However, more mature people are believed to use defense mechanisms such as suppression, sublimation and humor rather than methods such as projection or avoidance.
The best-known theory regarding personality is the five-factor model, which attempts to explain personality in terms of five fundamental traits. This theory emerged in the 1930s after a scholar named McDougall proposed that personality should be analyzed broadly by dividing it into five factors.(Extroversion)friendliness(Pleasantness)sincerity(Conscientiousness)neurosis(Neurosis)opening(Opening)Consists of:
Extraversion is a category we commonly classify as E/I in MBTI, and people with high extraversion are perceived as people who enjoy being together and are full of energy. Although they like to assert themselves and attract attention, introverts tend to have lower activity levels and prefer to spend time alone. Agreeableness is a concept that is generally interpreted as agreeableness and means having the tendency to sympathize and cooperate with others. At relatively low levels, they are indifferent to the well-being of others and are unwilling to cooperate.
Conscientiousness can be said to be a kind of conscientiousness about one’s work, and refers to a goal-oriented tendency to show self-control, faithfully perform what one is supposed to do, and strive to achieve. Neuroticism is also called emotional stability/lability and refers to the tendency to experience negative emotions. Openness refers to the tendency to understand a variety of experiences and tends to have a wide range of interests.
Seodaemun Bom Psychiatric Clinic | Director Ho-seon Lee
[참고문헌] Taehoon Kim. (2011). Preliminary consideration of the educational moral implications of the five-factor model of personality. Elementary moral education, (36), 87-110.
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