JOURNAL: WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR BEST FRIEND? LIST 5 THINGS
CHAPTER 2.1 GUIDED NOTES
INTROVERT
PESSIMIST
ABLE TO STAND UP FOR YOURSELF AND EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS IN A NON- THREATENING WAY
HOLDING BACK YOUR FEELINGS AND YIELDING TO OTHERS
COMMUNICATING YOUR FEELINGS IN A FORCEFUL OR THREATENING WAY
PSYCHOLOGISTS STUDY THE HUMAN MIND AND BEHAVIOR
MENTAL HEALTH IS THE STATE OF BEING COMFORTABLE WITH YOURSELF, WITH OTHERS AND WITH YOUR SURROUNDINGS
PEOPLE WHO ARE MENTALLY HEALTHY: REALISTIC ABOUT THEIR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES ABLE TO TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF DAILY LIVING CARING TOWARDS THEMSELVES AND OTHERS ABLE TO HANDLE DISAPPOINTMENTS AND LEARN FROM THEM ABLE TO FEEL ENJOYMENT AND A SENSE OF ACHEIVEMENT
MOST PERSONALITY TRAITS, ARE INFLUENCED BY A COMBINATION OF BOTH HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT
SOME EVIDENCE INDICATED THAT SHYNESS AND AGGRESSIVENESS AS WELL AS TALENTS, SUCH AS MUSICAL OR ARTISTIC ABILITIES MAY BE PARTLY INHERITED
BY YOUNG ADULTHOOD, YOUR TRAITS ARE FAIRLY WELL ESTABLISHED BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU CANNOT WORK TO CHANGE THE TRAITS THAT YOU ARE UNHAPPY WITH
MOST PERSONALITY TRAITS ARE MODIFIED BY A PERSON’S ENVIRONMENT
MODELING IS WHEN YOU COPY THE BEHAVIOR OF OTHERS EXAMPLE: A CHILD MAY LEARN HOW TO BE RESPECTFUL OF OLDER ADULTS BY OBSERVING HIS OR HER PARENTS BEHAVIOR TOWARDS THEIR GRANDPARENTS
EXAMPLE: A CHILD MAY LEARN HOW TO BE RESPECTFUL OF OLDER ADULTS BY OBSERVING HIS OR HER PARENTS BEHAVIOR TOWARDS THEIR GRANDPARENTS
FRIENDS, WHO ARE ABOUT THE SAME AGE AND SHARE SIMILAR INTERESTS ARE KNOWN AS A PEER GROUP. THIS GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF AND TO GET ALONG WITH OTHERS
CHAPTER 2.2 GUIDED NOTES
3 IMPORTANT THEORIES OF PERSONALITY WERE PROPOSED BY: SIGMUND FREUD, ERIK ERIKSON, ABRAHAM MASLOW