Self-Knowledge of Personality: Its Accuracy and Limits

CHEN Shaohua; ZENG Yi

Volume 32 Issue 3

Oct. 2014

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CHEN Shaohua, ZENG Yi. Self-Knowledge of Personality: Its Accuracy and Limits[J]. Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences), 2014, 32(3): 78-83.

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CHEN Shaohua, ZENG Yi. Self-Knowledge of Personality: Its Accuracy and Limits[J]. Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences), 2014, 32(3): 78-83.

CHEN Shaohua, ZENG Yi. Self-Knowledge of Personality: Its Accuracy and Limits[J]. Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences), 2014, 32(3): 78-83.

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CHEN Shaohua, ZENG Yi. Self-Knowledge of Personality: Its Accuracy and Limits[J]. Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences), 2014, 32(3): 78-83.

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Self-Knowledge of Personality: Its Accuracy and Limits

CHEN Shaohua¹,
ZENG Yi²

1.
School of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
2.
School of Nursing, South Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China

Publish Date: 2014-09-20

Abstract

Abstract

The self-knowledge of personality is the self-perception of individuals' thinking, emotion, behavior and reputation. Usually, it is obtained by introspection, the self-and other-observing of behavior. The study indicated that there is some moderately correlation between self-knowledge of personality and behavior, people have some insight of his or her personality and the accuracy is changed with personality dimensions. Influenced by the information and motivation obstacle, the self-knowledge of personality has its own limits. Because of the blind spot and motivation factor in self-perception, people cannot judge himself or herself without any prejudice like stranger, there exist asymmetry between the self and other knowledge of personality. There are some effective ways to improve the accuracy of self-knowledge of personality, such as providing the true feedback information, reducing the self-protection motivation, using mindfulness skills and insisting on be-yourself.
- Personality,
- Self-Knowledge,
- Self-Perception,
- Accuracy,
- Limit

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