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Personality Patterns
Traits or specific qualities of behaviour
Individuals unique adjustments to life
Role of Heredity
Physique
Intelligence
Temperament
First - the mother
Later the father and siblings
Later extrafamilial figures
Role of Heredity
Role of Learning
Forms of learning
Conditioning
Imitation
Training
Under the guidance & direction of another
Role of Learning
Learning is important for two reasons
Control can be exercised on learning experiences
Healthy self-concept
Socially approved modes
Traits
Persons experience
Inner world
Thoughts and feelings
Strivings and hopes
Fears and fantasies
His view of what he is
What he has been
What he might become
Attitude pertaining to his worth
Concept of Self
Components of self-concept
Perceptual physical self-concept
Conceptual psychological self-concept
Attitudinal philosophical self-concept
Kinds of Self-concept
Basic real self
Transitory momentarily
Social mirror image
Ideal aspiring self
2. Traits
The major function of traits is to:
Integrate
Lesser habits, attitudes and skills
Into
Larger thought-feeling-action patterns
Meaning of Traits
An aspect or dimension of personality which
consists of a group of related and consistent
reactions characteristic of a persons typical
adjustment.
Traits are learned tendencies to:
1. evaluate situations in a predictable way and
2. react in a manner which the person has found
more or less successful in similar situations.
Characteristics of Traits
a) Uniqueness
b) Degree of likeableness
c) Consistency
Number of Traits
Surface Traits:
Environmental molding
Vary in different cultures
Source Traits
Basic- apply in any culture
Influence many surface