JOURNAL: WHAT DO YOU
LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR
BEST FRIEND? LIST 5
THINGS
INTROVERT
PESSIMIST
ABLE TO STAND UP FOR
YOURSELF AND EXPRESS
YOUR FEELINGS IN A NONTHREATENING 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
3 IMPORTANT THEORIES OF
PERSONALITY WERE PROPOSED BY:
SIGMUND FREUD, ERIK ERIKSON,
ABRAHAM MASLOW
3 IMPORTANT THEORIES OF
PERSONALITY WERE PROPOSED BY:
SIGMUND FREUD, ERIK ERIKSON,
ABRAHAM MASLOW