Activity: What's inside a scientist? (2 of 3)

Activity: What’s inside a scientist?
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Below is a list of common personality traits. Review the biographies and think about the previous lessons that you’ve completed. Which of these traits do you associate with our DNA scientists? In terms of a scientific career, are some traits more important than others? Would any of these traits hinder a scientific career? Which traits do you have?

Serious: 1) Deeply interested or involved. 2) Concerned with important rather than trivial matters.
Lively: Full of life and energy; vigorous.

Shy: 1) easily startled; timid. 2) Drawing back from contact or familiarity with others; retiring or reserved.

Perfectionist: A propensity for being displeased with anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards.

Expedient: 1) Serving to promote one's interest. 2) Based on or marked by a concern for self-interest rather than principle; self-interested.

Deferential: An attitude of deference (i.e., submission or courteous yielding to the opinion, wishes, or judgment of another).

Utilitarian: Exhibiting or stressing utility (i.e. usefulness) over other values.

Sensitive: Susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others.

Forthright: Direct and without evasion; straightforward.

Private: Placing a high value on personal privacy.

Self-Assured: Having or showing confidence and poise.

Apprehensive: 1) Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy. 2) Capable of understanding and quick to apprehend.

Self-Reliant: Reliance on one's own capabilities, judgment, or resources; independence.

Practical: Level-headed, efficient, and unspeculative.

Sociable: Fond of the company of others; gregarious.

Disorganized: To destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or unity of.

Imaginative: Tending to indulge in the fanciful or in make-believe.

Domineering: To rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly; tyrannize.

Activity: What’s inside a scientist?	Page 2 of 3
Below is a list of common personality traits. Review the biographies and think about the previous lessons that you’ve completed. Which of these traits do you associate with our DNA scientists? In terms of a scientific career, are some traits more important than others? Would any of these traits hinder a scientific career? Which traits do you have? Serious: 1) Deeply interested or involved. 2) Concerned with important rather than trivial matters. Lively: Full of life and energy; vigorous. Shy: 1) easily startled; timid. 2) Drawing back from contact or familiarity with others; retiring or reserved. Perfectionist: A propensity for being displeased with anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards. Expedient: 1) Serving to promote one's interest. 2) Based on or marked by a concern for self-interest rather than principle; self-interested. Deferential: An attitude of deference (i.e., submission or courteous yielding to the opinion, wishes, or judgment of another). Utilitarian: Exhibiting or stressing utility (i.e. usefulness) over other values. Sensitive: Susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others. Forthright: Direct and without evasion; straightforward. Private: Placing a high value on personal privacy. Self-Assured: Having or showing confidence and poise. Apprehensive: 1) Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy. 2) Capable of understanding and quick to apprehend. Self-Reliant: Reliance on one's own capabilities, judgment, or resources; independence. Practical: Level-headed, efficient, and unspeculative. Sociable: Fond of the company of others; gregarious. Disorganized: To destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or unity of. Imaginative: Tending to indulge in the fanciful or in make-believe. Domineering: To rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly; tyrannize.