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1. Come up with a definition for the word “PERSONALITY” 2. Write down words that describe personality. Personality and Mental Health. Personality.
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1. Come up with a definition for the word “PERSONALITY” • 2. Write down words that describe personality
Personality • Personality - The unique combination of traits that make you an individual. These traits include behaviors, attitudes, feelings, and ways of thinking that are characteristic of you.
Question? • If you heard gunshots what would you do? • Why does one person act completely different than another person in the same situation?
Describing Personality • Extrovert – Friendly and outgoing personality • Introvert – Less outgoing and thoughts are directed inward. • Optimist – Someone who focuses on positive. • Pessimist – Someone who looks at the negatives and expects the worst.
Describing Personality • Assertive – Able to stand up for yourself and express your feelings in a nonthreatening way. • Passive – Holding back your feelings and yielding to others • Aggressive – Communicating your ideas and feelings in a forceful or threatening way.
Question? • Who determines what type of personality is mentally healthy?
Psychologists • Psychologists – People who study the human mind and behavior. • They study what it means to be mentally healthy. • What is mentally healthy?
Mentally Healthy • Mental Health – the state of being comfortable with yourself, others, and surroundings. • 5 characteristics of Mentally healthy people • 1. Realistic about their strengths and weaknesses. • 2. Able to take on the responsibility of daily living. • 3. Caring toward themselves and others. • 4. Able to handle disappointment and learn from them. • 5. Able to feel enjoyment and a sense of achievement.
How is our personality formed? • Psychologists state that there are two ways our personality is formed. • 1. Heredity – passing from parent to offspring just like hair color and eye color. • 2. Environment or Surroundings • For the most part, personality is a combination of both.
Environment • What does our environment have to do with our personalities being formed?
Environment • Children learn about feelings, attitudes and appropriate ways of behaving from the people close to them. • This would most likely be their __________? • Modeling - As children develop, they copy the behaviors of others. • Ex. A child may learn to be respectful of older adults by observing his/her parents behavior toward the grandparents.
Environments Influence on Personality • As children grow older and get into teenage years, friends, school, and community become increasingly important influences on personality. • American teenagers spend more than half their time with other teens. • Peer group – people about the same age group with the same interests.