Thoeries of Personality

Theories of Personality

Individuals have different behaviors depending on how they feel, think, want, or what they do because these things change from moment to moment. This paper will be writing about personality and how this can be influence by different factors. The writer will explain how personality can be in a child learning environment and influential adults in life and how these influences shape those behaviors. These changes show how the personality is and help to recognize, and understand the individual.

Personality

“Personality is an abstraction used to explain consistency and coherency in an individuals’ pattern of affects, cognitions, desires and behaviors” (Revelle, n.d).According to Feist and Feist,”personality is a pattern of relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to a person’s behavior. Traits contribute to individual differences in behavior, consistency of behavior over time, and stability of behavior across situations. Characteristics are unique qualities of an individual; these characteristics include temperament, physique, and intelligence” (Feist and Feist, 2009).

Theoretical Approaches in the Study of Personality

Sigmund Freud was one who developed his theory in the modern psychology. Psychoanalytic was his theory and consists on the human psyche. The id, the ego and the superego were the beginning basics. The scientists who continued with this investigation were Erich Fromm, Carl Jung, and Erik Erikson. Another theory is Phenomenological. It says that people are inclined toward goodness and fulfilling ones potential. Abraham Maslow was the scientist who reviewed this theory. Behaviorist, another theory says that personality is when the ...

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...iors are challenging as we will always face those, and our patience, character, and flexibility affect everything. Creating a stimulating environment for a child allows that child to grow and develop into a confident individual who is eager to learn. Every individual needs to respect different personalities in this world. As I always say, children are blank canvas and whatever we paint on them whether we use oil paint, or sparkle paint it will still. That is why as teachers we have to be adamant on our materials and our implementation of lessons.

Works Cited

Feist, J., & Feist, G. J. (2009). Theories of Personality, Seventh Edition. Retrieved from http://ecampus.phoenix.edu/content/eBook

Revelle, W. (n.d.). Experimental Approaches to the Study of Personality. Retrieved from http:// http://www.personality-project.org/revelle/publications/exp.person.pdf