Classroom Activity: Discovering Personality
Discovering Personality
Purpose: Understanding our personality has important implications for our personal and professional lives. It impacts the way we view ourselves, the way we interact with others and can influence the way we perceive the world around us. The purpose of this activity is to learn about our personality and reflect on how it impacts our interactions with others.
Timeframe: Approximately 1 hour (30 minutes to complete the personality tests, 10 minutes reflection, 20 minutes classroom discussion)
Instructions:
- Go to the website truity.com and complete the 16 types (MBTI) and the Big 5 personality tests.
- Were the results of the personality tests the same? Different?
- Do you believe that the results were accurate based on what you know about yourself? How so? Were there parts of the personality test that were not accurate?
- How could you use your understanding of your personality to:a) Communicate with friends and family?
b) Work with others as part of a team?
c) Identify what careers may or may not be a good fit for you?
