August 9th, 2019 Things Fall Apart by: Chinua Achebe

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Directions: Answer using complete sentences! Use the information you have been given to answer questions about: Personality and Your Environment.


Level#1

Some of your personality traits were passed down to you. No one really knows how much of personality is inherited. Environment, attitude, and personal choices also shape your personality. Everyone is born with a certain temperament. Your temperament is your emotional nature. A person who is easily excited has an excitable temperament. A person who acts calmly most of the time has a calm temperament.

1. Where do some of your personality traits come from and how much?

2. What are other factors that shape your personality?

3. What is everyone born with?









Level#2

Some of your personality traits were passed down to you. No one really knows how much of personality is inherited. Environment, attitude, and personal choices also shape your personality. Everyone is born with a certain temperament. Your temperament is your emotional nature. A person who is easily excited has an excitable temperament. A person who acts calmly most of the time has a calm temperament. Just because you are born with a certain temperament does not mean you will always be that way. Your personality and temperament are also shaped by your environment. If a person grows up in a violent household, there is a greater chance that person may become violent later in life. This is sometimes the case with children who are abused by their parents. When abused children grow up, they sometimes abuse their own children. They have learned violent behaviors that became part of their personality.

1. How much of your personality is passed down to you or inherited?

2. What are the things that shape your personality?

3. What is everyone born with and what is your temperament?

Level#3

Some of your personality traits were passed down to you. No one really knows how much of personality is inherited. Environment, attitude, and personal choices also shape your personality. Everyone is born with a certain temperament. Your temperament is your emotional nature. A person who is easily excited has an excitable temperament. A person who acts calmly most of the time has a calm temperament. Just because you are born with a certain temperament does not mean you will always be that way. Your personality and temperament are also shaped by your environment. If a person grows up in a violent household, there is a greater chance that person may become violent later in life. This is sometimes the case with children who are abused by their parents. When abused children grow up, they sometimes abuse their own children. They have learned violent behaviors that became part of their personality. If behaviors are learned, they can also be “unlearned.” With work, new behaviors can take the place of old behaviors. One of the great things about being a human being is that you can learn and change. A shy person can learn to be outgoing. In cases such as child abuse, people can learn to break the cycle of violence.

1. Explain what part of your personality is passed down to you or inherited, and what other factors can shape your personality.

2. Explain what a person's temperament is, and provide two examples of different temperaments.

3. Explain a known factor that can shape your personality and temperament.

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