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Study Guide Prelim Professional DEvelopment
Study Guide Prelim Professional DEvelopment
Infancy
A psychologist who in 1943 proposed his idea of the hierarchy of needs and how it affects who we are. Maslow
A stage of personality development that focuses on learning to control bowel movements and maintain bladder control.
Anal
This refers to the influences on your personality that you are born with. Heredity
Is a slip of the tongue that is motivated, and reveals come unconscious aspect of themind, according to the Merriam-
Webster dictionary. Freudian Slip
This was believed to be an important period in personality development, when children focus on relationships with their
peers, finding hobbies they enjoy and pursuing interests. Latency
The nurturing aspect of our lives where it is the type of environment in which we live and grow up. Environment
These are the most important needs that must be met. Physiological
These are the experiences that each individual person goes through. Situations
This most important thing follows when once your basic needs have been met. Safety.
Are those things that people can do without, but they just have a strong desire to have. Wants
His stages of development focused on trying to provide a theory on social development. Erik Erikson
This layer in the hierarchy is smaller but still important that includes the love and social relationships we have with
people, including friends, family, and lovers. Love and belonging
This is the layer of our needs that deals with your confidence. Esteem
He published the results of an experiment on conditioning after originally studying digestion in dogs. Pavlov
He classified personality into three categories based on body types: endomorph, mesomorph, and ectomorph. Aristotle
Stage of development that happens between about 18 months to two years and three to four years of age. Toddlerhood
Termed as the set of emotional, cognitive, and behavioral patterns learned from experience that determines how a
person thinks, feels, and behaves. Personality
According to him the socialization process of an individual consists of eight phases, each one accompanied by a
"psychosocial crisis" that must be solved if the person is to manage the next and subsequent phases satisfactorily.
Sigmund Freud
He proposed a theory of personality based on biological factors, arguing that individuals inherit a type of nervous system
that affects their ability to learn and adapt to the environment. Hans Eysenck's
It is the development of the organized pattern of behaviors and attitudes that makes a person distinctive. Personality
Development
This approach assumes the behavior is determined by relatively stable traits which are the fundamental units of one's
personality. Trait Approach to Personality
He claimed that personality could be described based on three fundamentals factors: psychotics, introversion-
extroversion, and emotionality-stability. Eysenck
It is the set of genetically determined traits that determine the child's approach to the world and how the child learns
about the world. Temperament
He investigated the ways in which traits combine to form normal personalities. Gordon Allport
Degree of Concentration and paying attention when the child is not particularly interested. Distractibility
Enumeration:
Sigmund Freud's Stages of Development Factors Affecting the Development of Personality under
Nature
Oral
Anal Genetic
Phallic Non-Genetic
Latency
Genital Parts of Personality Structure
Emotional
Cognitive
Behavioral Patterns
Personality distinguishes individuals and defines their Personality Traits Locus to Control:
general nature. It's composed of psychological
Locus of Control: Internal belief in controlling
characteristics or traits that influence personal
destiny versus external reliance on other
performance and behavior style.
factors.
Definitions of Personality:
Type A and Type B Personalities:
Mathis and Jackson (2000): Personality is a
Type A: Competitive under pressure
unique blend of individual characteristics
affecting interaction with the environment. Type B: Calm without pressure.
Parkinson (2002): Personality is the Self-Esteem:
characteristic way in which someone responds
to situations and behaves towards Reflection of self-worth affecting behavior and
circumstances and people. attitude towards oneself.
Determinants of Personality: