Chapter 1: Overview Professional Ethics & Etiquette ➢ Sanguine- great in a crowd.

She loves new situations

and experiences and is seldom at a loss for words.
What is Professional Development? (based on your new environment (piniit)
➢ Choleric- independent, decisive, and self-sufficient.
Professional development is learning to earn or maintain
He has little trouble making decisions and usually
professional credentials such as academic degrees to formal
makes a strong leader. (dark side/dark personality
coursework, attending conferences, and informal learning
(black) how you react/control your dark side/
opportunities situated in practice.
personality/ self-sabotage)
Gain Self-Knowledge
6) Learning Styles- (it is contiguous/ continuous) You’ve
Self-knowledge is definitely “in”. Focusing on self- probably heard about recent studies on how our brains
knowledge can be invaluable as you pursue a career. function. The brain has two sides, and each hemisphere
functions differently. Most of us depend more on one side of
1) A new you- If you’re just beginning your career, you’re on the brain than the other as we learn new information. In part,
the verge of becoming a whole new person. that explains our different learning styles.
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, Some of us are more “left-brained,” or analytical, in the way
because your character is what you really are, while your we learn. We need the instruction book and well-ordered steps.
reputation is merely what others think you are”- John Wooden, The left side of the brain handles numbers, words, and details.
former basketball coach & member of the Basketball Hall of It’s organized and sequential. The left brain analyzes parts.
Fame
“Right-brained” people see the whole picture. They remember
2) Know Yourself- Now is the right time for you to get to faces (forget the names), patterns, and images. Give them a
know yourself. If you can learn more about yourself, you can vision of what’s needed and let them create spontaneously.
equip yourself for your career. Knowing yourself gives you a
chance to meet your own needs. That takes pressure off at Another difference in learning style is whether we learn more
work. effectively through hearing (auditory), seeing and writing
(visual), or touching (kinesthetic).
3) Profiles and Types- Psychologists Professional Ethics &
Etiquette generally refer to personality and type by certain ➢ Auditory learner learns best from word of mouth.
categories. Many of these categories are based on opposite Verbal instruction has the most impact—hearing
characteristics: introvert/extrovert; feeling/thinking; someone’s name, listening to instructions.
perceiving/judging; sensing/intuiting. ➢ Visual learner tends to think in pictures and remember
what she sees or writes. Hearing directions doesn’t
People seem to be born with tendencies toward specific work as well as putting those directions in writing.
temperaments, learning styles, and thinking styles. No one ➢ Kinesthetic learner prefers to learn by doing. Reading
style is the right one or even the preferable one. But if you or hearing isn’t as effective for him as hands-on
know your styles and your temperament, you can use your instruction. Touch is important to the learning process.
strengths in work situations—and can be on guard against your • Recognize your Values & Ethics
potential weaknesses.
Values are the things and principles that are most important to
4) Personality- Each personality is completely unique, but us. Values involve our feelings, ideas, and beliefs. Whether
many have common characteristics that can be grouped you’re aware of it or not, you operate according to a system of
together. Middle Ages, physicians divided the temperaments values.
of personalities into four categories: phlegmatic, sanguine,
choleric, and melancholy. You make choices all day and probably never stop to think
about your values. Nevertheless, your values are in place and
5) Applying your Knowledge of Personality- Each of the at work all the time. A good knowledge of personal values will
four temperaments, or personality types, carries with it a set of help you take responsibility for your decisions and your career.
strengths and corresponding weaknesses.
➢ Observer yourself- How well do you know yourself
➢ Phlegmatic- tends to go along smoothly. Her on the inside? Do you make your decisions according
strengths lie in her combination of abilities and her to what you think is most important? Do you think
steady consistency. (Your personality doing it on your you’re unselfish, polite, respectful, generous, and
own- your up-bringing (hereditary) pattern of attitude) honest?
➢ Melancholy- sees things in life that others miss. He ➢ Value questions- Another way to get at the root of
doesn’t mind sacrificing himself for others and makes your values is to ask yourself questions. Remember
a faithful friend and a good listener. (norms, what that the more you understand your own values, the
others do, you do it also) better equipped you’ll be to handle the tough choices
in a new career.