Chapter 1 Flashcards
What are the 4 factors that determine ones personality?
Heredity
Environmental
Development
Physiological
What are Hereditary factors?
a persons height, weight, appearance
What are environmental factors
They are all of the outside influences and conditions that affect a person’s life and development.
What are developmental factors
Things like an abusive home, death of a parent,
What are physiological factors
Things like physical health, proper function of the endocrine system, chronic illness, and the level of vitality
What are the stages of development?
Childhood (0-12 years)
Adolescence (13-19 years)
Adulthood (20- death)
What are the 4 different periods of childhood?
Infancy (birth- 12m) Early childhood (12m - 3y) Middle childhood (3y-5y) Late childhood (6y-12y)
When is physical development the greatest?`
Infancy
What is our self-concept?
Our self-concept is our subjective perception of who we are like.
What are the 7 dimensions of self?
Bodily self Self recognition Extension to self reflective self Personal Competence Aspirations and goals Self esteem
Who founded the “looking-glass self”
Charles Cooley
What is the looking-glass self?
- Our imagination or image of how me appear
- An imagination or image of other’s judgment on the appearance
- Some self feeling about that judgment
How do people get positive self image?
When the person perceived more positive traits than Negative traits
How do people get negative self image?
When the person perceived more negative traits than positive traits
What are the 4 basis for personality traits?
Family, positive/negative reinforcement
School, Success/ failure and the self image
Parents/ teachers/ “significant others”