Personal Essay: Classification Of Personality And Its Types

Types of personality

Types of personality

Hundreds of personality classifications exist. (Already the ancient cultures created their own character ideologies.) I can’t review all, this pile of information is as high as the Himalaya. I will only have a short look at some basic treats from you can hopefully find the one that suits best to you. The traits consist of the next elements:

Actions - activities what you do

Attitudes - how you relate to other beings or objects around you, what is your principal attitude toward yourself

Behaviors - how you behave with other beings (human or animal), and objects around you and with yourself

The way, how these components manifest, appear in different personalities. A widely used classification of personality traits is the so-called Big Five. You can find many books and articles about the Big Five. To be in the picture of what we are talking about, here are the five categories:

Agreeableness: being kind, sympathetic and helpful

Conscientiousness: planning, rather than being spontaneous.

Neuroticism: inclined to worry or be vulnerable or temperamental.

Openness: appreciation of experiences.

Probably, we don’t need to examine all of them in detail; we only grab those could affect how to pick a meditation. The important traits for us are the Extroversion/Introversion, the Conscientiousness, and the Openness.

Let’s see the first one: introversion and extroversion. First of all, we should clarify what are these. The extrovert person’s behavior usually something like this:

Energized by the outside world

Turns out to seek experiences

Prefers to be in company

Communicative

Often acts first, before he thinks

Values widespread experience

The introvert person is the opposite of the