Personality and interests

How personality and interests shape learning.

Teaching Aptitude5 questions

Personality

Personality is a person’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling and behaving.

Big Five traits (OCEAN): openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism.
Jung: introverts and extroverts.
Freud: id, ego and superego.

Interests are preferences that draw a learner towards some activities. Linking lessons to learners’ interests increases attention and motivation.

Which is NOT one of the Big Five personality traits?	Medium
The classification of people as introverts and extroverts is associated with:	Easy
According to Freud, the part of personality that balances desires with reality is the:	Medium
A teacher links a maths lesson to cricket scores because many students love cricket. This uses:	Easy
A student who is careful, organised and dependable is high in which trait?	Medium