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Theories of Personality Ms. Flair

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11/15/2011

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1. Personality first develops during fertilization. When the sperm of the male penetrates the egg of
the female, genes from the father and genes from the mother transfers to the growing baby.
Hence, certain predisposed traits that come from either mother or father (or both) and
sometimes, even from other relatives or grandparent(s). But there are certain traits that we
inherit from the environment from the people we interact with, our living conditions, the
things that we learn from a day-to-day basis. The traits we receive from these factors come
together to mold our personality.

2. My assumption is that there are two parts in a humans personality one is the seen and one is
the unseen. The seen part is more of the superficial part. It is not necessarily unreal, but it is a
part of our personality that we would like for others to see. In order to be deemed good citizens
of society and to form bonds such as friendships or other intimate relationships, there are
certain behavior that are deemed acceptable and others as unacceptable. For us to be accepted
in society, we have to conform to these unwritten codes of conduct. It is not necessarily
uncomfortable, but it is more of a necessity for us to live normally in a society and form
relationships. The other part of the human personality is the unseen, or what we normally do
not present to people, or even to us, for that matter. It isnt necessarily sinister, but more or less
these are the things we want or desire that are not deemed as acceptable in the society. These
are the thoughts, the things we are capable of doing but we choose not to, unconscious or no. I
think there are other levels in a human personality after all, I dont think humans are entirely
two-dimensional. I guess it could be said that we are like onions; we have many layers or facets
to our personality. But I think those two are the polar ends of that spectrum.

3. I think behaviors are both learned and inherited. As explained in the first part, certain traits from
parents can be inherited through genetics while some traits may be inherited through our
environment. These traits form our behavior which influences our personality.

4. Yes, people can change. For example, when a babys temperament is that of a difficult one, it
can be an indication of future, life-long temperament, but it can still change through external
help. From our relationship with other people or through the things we learn as we grow up,
this temperament could change. Personal preferences could change as well. For example, if you
inherited a certain liking for carrots from your mother and also inherited a disliking for peanuts,
as a child you would not want to eat peanuts and eat plenty of carrots. If you are given so much
carrots as a child, there is a chance that you will grow tired of it eventually. As we grow older
and experience more things and delicacies and tastes, there is a chance that you can grow to
like peanuts. Sometimes, though, I think change can come from within. For example, hormones.
As we age and reach puberty, certain physical changes happen in our body. As a lady, I know
personally of these changes, and I know of the changes in moods these changes can cause. I was
in grade four when I started having these changes, and it was not very pleasant since no one
around me was changing in the same way I was. In turn, I became more reluctant to make new
friends and this, I think, affected my way of thinking and my disposition just as much as other
factors. So, yes. I think people can change either internally or externally.