Know Your Characters: Traits of Human Consciousness

Traits of Human Consciousness

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by Roy Posner

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The table below shows various traits that make up a human being. They are the traits of human consciousness; or perhaps we can call them the endowments of human character, or simply character or personality traits.They are grouped within the categories of an individual's (1) attitudes, (2) miscellaneous attributes, (3) socialendowments, and (4) skills. Each trait is shown in two ways; how it manifests in a positive way in a person, and how it manifests negatively in a person.

If, for example, you decide you want to improve your attitudes or other aspects of your being, you can reference this table to discover which items you might want to improve on. Also note that at the end of the table are other ways of looking at the traits of human consciousness, including subdividing them at three planes -- physical, vital, and mental; divided in ways that relate to one's success and accomplishment in life, breakdown of traits amongst human values, and so forth. This is an even more advanced knowledge.

(Go directly to: Attitudes, Attributes, Social Endowments, Skills,; Several Steps Further)

Trait-Positive	Trait-Negative
Attitudes
accepts authority, loyal, devoted	rebellious
accepts what's given	ignores, rejects what's given
affectionate	distant, cold, aloof
aspiring, ambitious, motivated	self-satisfied, unmotivated
candid	closed, guarded, secretive
caring	uncaring, unfeeling, callous
change; accepts, embraces-	rejects change
cheerful	cheerless, gloomy, sour, grumpy
considerate, thoughtful	inconsiderate, thoughtless
cooperative	uncooperative, unhelpful, combative
courageous	cowering, fearful
courteous	rude, impolite
decisive	indecisive
devoted	uncommitted, uncaring, hostile
determined	indecisive, unsure
does what is necessary, right	does what is convenient
perseveres, endures	relents, gives up
enthusiastic	unenthusiastic, apathetic, indifferent
expansive	kept back, tight, constricting
faith in life	life can't be trusted
faith in oneself	lack of faith in self
faith in others	others can't be relied on
flexible	inflexible, rigid, unbending, stubborn
forgiving	unforgiving, resentful, spiteful
focused	unfocused, scattered
freedom given to others	authoritarian, controlling
friendly	unfriendly, distant, aloof, hostile
frugal, thrifty	wasteful, spendthrift
generous	stingy, miserly, selfish
goodwill	ill-will, malice, hatred
grateful	ungrateful, unappreciative
hard-working	lazy
honest	dishonest, deceiving, lying
humble	arrogant, conceited, ego-centric
interested	indifferent, uncaring
involved	complacent, indifferent
jealous, not	jealous, envious, covetous
kind	unkind, uncaring, cruel, mean
mature	immature
modest	vain
open-minded, tolerant	narrow, close, small-minded, intolerant
optimistic	pessimistic
perfects	allows imperfection
persistent, sustaining	flagging, fleeting, unsustaining
positive	negative
practical	impractical, not viable
punctual	late, not on time
realistic	unrealist, impractical
reliable	unreliable, undependable
respectful	disrespectful, rude, impolite
responsibility; takes-	blames others
responsible [ep to 9 levels]	unreliable, undependable
responsive	unresponsive, unreceptive
self-confident	lack of self confidence, insecure
self-directed	directed by externals
self-disciplined	undisciplined, unrestrained, indulgent
self-esteem, high	self-esteem, confidence - low
self-giving	self-centered
self-reliant	dependent
selfless	selfish
sensitive	Insensitive, indifferent
serious	frivolous, silly, trivial
sincere	insincere, dishonest
social independence	social approval required
sympathetic	unsympathetic, unfeeling
systematic	unsystematic, disorganized, disorderly, random
takes others point of view	insists on own view
thoughtful towards others	thoughtless, inconsiderate, callous
trusting	suspicious, mistrusting
unpretentious	pretentious, affected, ostentatious
unselfish	selfish
willing does, willingness	unwilling, reluctant, recalcitrant
work-oriented	convenience first [ep psych/soc]
For additional information on personal attitudes, click here