| Q. |
Do
the color traits ever change? |
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| A. |
Personalysis
measures enduring traits that
essentially do not change. The
nature of a person changes no
more than the nature of an oak
tree changes. At times a person
may appear different, just as
an oak tree appears different
with and without leaves. People
learn, evolve and grow, but
their fundamental nature stays
the same.
A person who perceives himself
as changing may be style shifting.
As he deals with different forces
in his environment, he changes
his point of view and his observed
behavior.
Style shifting is made possible
because each of us is a three-dimensional
person with different instinctive
needs, socialized behavior,
and preferred style. An individual
can have completely different
behavioral traits in each of
these dimensions. This gives
a person a rich variety of behaviors
to use in responding to changing
forces in the environment. |
