2006-12-24 04:08:24 · 11 answers · asked by stow7 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
No we don't. We all react differently to different situations and with different people.We all wear different "hats" to suit our situations. When we are dealing with people who are subordinate to we act differently then we would with people that we are subordinate to. We also act one way around friends, and another around strangers.
2006-12-24 04:51:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The saying "When in Rome do as the Romans" kind of applies, we treat people the way they are accustomed to being treated. We all have at least one personality but that personality has multiple layers, we adjust to certain circumstances in order to stay in the boundaries that are set by society.
2006-12-24 04:14:59 · answer #2 · answered by GMILF in training 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I find your question unclear -- it would have been really nice if you'd explained what you're asking.
Largely, it depends on what you mean by 'personality' -- usually we mean all of that person's ways of being, but it can also refer to specific behaviors.
Of course, we don't always act the same regardless of who we're dealing with. We adjust our behavior to fit whatever situation we are in, and who we are dealing with.
Piaget's concept of schemas comes in to play here: we have sets of structures that we use for different activities or in different contexts. (People have been giving examples in their answers: work or school, as opposed to with family, as opposed to with friends, as a customer, at a party -- we all have different ways of acting, for good reason.)
But does this mean we have more than one personality?
Like I said, it isn't clear what it is you're asking.
2006-12-24 06:22:37 · answer #3 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no .Dealing with different people requires different masks .Like when we talk to a child we try to become a child,we talk to a fighter in his language only,to a weak person sympthetically etc. So u cant use the same personality to deal with everyone
2006-12-24 04:57:39 · answer #4 · answered by money money 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't before, but since I got older & don't care as much about what people think, I speak my mind more & as a result have lost some "friends". They weren't really friends anyway, because a real friend will respect your opinion whether they agree or not.
2006-12-24 04:18:14 · answer #5 · answered by shermynewstart 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, we all adapt in some way to the people or situations we deal with, constantly changing personnas. Which is why we don't really exist.
2006-12-24 04:14:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope
2006-12-24 04:17:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Definitely not.
Think about it. At work, you are more professional, assertive.
With your friends, you may be a bit sillier, funnier, kinder.
With people of another culture, you may tend to blend in with their speech patterns...Etc.
2006-12-24 04:13:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think we have "tendencies". Tendencies toward being shy or not, being reflective or not, etc. However, when we interact with other people, they can influence our tendencies in one direction or another.
2006-12-24 04:12:29 · answer #9 · answered by Allan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
of course not. everyone is different, and we like to be appealing to those people so that we'd make/remain friends.
2006-12-24 04:12:26 · answer #10 · answered by ipodlady231 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋