Friday, November 5, 2010
Theories of Personality
After discussing personality in our class lecture yesterday I really started to notice how many people just assume that personality is present and not really think about where it comes from. Just yesterday I heard five different people mention something about self-esteem. They actually never thought about "having" a self-esteem before. For a phrase used so often, it is weird that nobody thinks about how there isn't a location in the body for self-esteem or personality.
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I believe the reason for this is because self-esteem and personality aren't things we are born with. Instead something we gather from observing others such as our parents, older siblings, and friends. It is something we gather over the years within our minds, and the things we learn, or observe determines how our minds react to those things. If someone is able to take a positive outlook in a mostly negative situation then that person may have more confidence in the future because they look on the bright side of things.
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