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• Greg Caudillo

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Negative attributes

Positive attributes

ambitious attentive audacious calm charming cheerful amusing considerate courageous creative curious determined energetic extroverted frank friendly generous gentle kind polite honest/truthful humble likeable loyal / faithful mature obedient optimistic organized passionate patient polite practical realistic reliable / trustworthy respectful responsible self-confident sensible sensitive sincere sociable / outgoing strong sympathetic grateful tolerant patient understanding zealous

Some Questions to think about…. What images spring to mind when you hear the word ‘personality’? What are some characteristics of your personality? How would you describe your personality? What or who has helped shape your personality? What of your personality traits do you like most? Can a person have no personality? What is the most attractive personality trait a person can have? Is your true personality always on show or do you hide parts of it? What are the personality differences between you and other family members? What makes you happy? What are some things that make you angry? Are you happy with your personality? Would you like to be different? In what ways? Are you a determined person? Are you a stubborn person? Are you shy? In which occasions are you shy? Do you consider yourself selfish? Why? Do you think birth order (oldest, youngest or middle) makes a difference in your personality? How do you think your personality will affect your choice of job? In what way has your personality changed? Why has it changed? Are you more introverted (focused on your inner world) or more extroverted (focused on other people and the outer world)? Do you think you can change a major characteristic of your personality if you try? Do you think you have an unusual personality? Why? If you could change any aspect of your personality, what would it be? What sort of things would you do to amuse yourself during a car journey? What personality traits do you consider important in a good friend / a teacher / a partner? Do you consider yourself to be even-tempered? What is one thing that many people don't know about you? What expressions include colours and feelings? (ex. I feel blue, green with envy, red with rage, turning red, black circles under the eyes, you are turning blue (with the cold))

Someone who is easy to get along with may be ___________________________________________ Someone who is chatty and always on the phone to friends is probably also ___________________________________________ Someone who’s grumpy may also be ___________________________________________ Someone who’s wise may also be ____________________________________________

absent-minded aggressive annoying arrogant bad-tempered boastful bossy cheeky clumsy deceitful dishonest disrespectful dominant dull / boring eccentric envious forgetful frivolous fussy hypocritical impatient impulsive indifferent insecure insensitive insolent introverted irresponsible jealous lazy lonely materialistic mean / cruel mean /stingy,  tight-fisted modest moody nosey obsessed pessimistic proud = arrogant quarrelsome resentful rude / impolite selfish self-seeking shy spiteful strict stubborn talkative unpredictable untrustworthy vain/conceited