JOURNAL: WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST

ABOUT YOUR BEST FRIEND? LIST 5

THINGS

CHAPTER 2.1

GUIDED NOTES

INTROVERT

PESSIMIST

ABLE TO STAND UP FOR YOURSELF AND EXPRESS

YOUR FEELINGS IN A NON-

THREATENING WAY

HOLDING BACK YOUR FEELINGS

AND YIELDING TO OTHERS

COMMUNICATING YOUR FEELINGS IN

A FORCEFUL OR THREATENING WAY

PSYCHOLOGISTSSTUDY 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

CHAPTER 2.2

GUIDED NOTES

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