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    Personality Development

    BS(CS) 3rd Semester

    3rd

    Week

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    Scope Of This Week

    o Personality Developmento Reciprocal Influenceso Its Importanceo Understanding Self & Otherso The Effects of Society on a Persono Issues Related to Gendero Personality Disorders

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    Personality Development

    Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flowerCharles M. Schwab

    Moving From:

    o Dependence to Self-Directiono Impulsiveness to Self-controlo Ignorance to Knowledgeo Incompetence to Competence

    o Self-Centered to Other-Centeredo Similarity to Dissimilarityo Amoral to Moral

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    ReciprocalInfluences

    Our Personality Helps Us:

    o Choose Different Environments

    o Shape How We Interpret and React toEvents

    o Create Situations to Which We React

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    Reciprocal Determinism

    Interpersonal/Cognitive Factors

    EnvironmentalFactors

    Behavior

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    Understanding Self & Others

    What is self?o The total, essential, or particular being of a

    person; the individual.o The essential qualities distinguishing one

    person from another; individuality.

    o An individual's consciousness of his or herown identity.

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    Understanding Self & Others

    o Personal Control:Are We In Charge or Others?

    o Locus of Control:Perception of Control

    o Internal:A Person is Responsible for own Destinyo External:Perception that Chance or Outside Forces

    Determine Their Fate

    o Learned Helplessness:Deepened Feelings ofResignation

    1 Uncontrollable Event 2 Perceived Lack of Control3 Generalized Helpless Behavior

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    Optimism:o Positive Subjective Wellbeing:Feeling

    Good Insideo Positive Character:Explore & Enhanceo Creativityo Courage

    o Compassiono Integrityo Self-Controlo Wisdom

    o Spiritualityo Positive Groups, Communities & Culture:

    Physically, Socially, Psychologically Healthy

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    The Effects of Societyon a Person

    o No US without a YOU or an Io Each person gets effected by surroundingso Also makes a difference in his/her own wayo Adapt Emotions of Those Around Uso Nothing is Perfectly Predictableo Systems Emerge Bottom-Upo Each Interaction part of the Big Pictureo Nations emerge from a network of Provinces,

    Districts, Communities, Neighborhoods,

    Workplaces, Families, People & A Person

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    Issues Related to Gender

    Activity

    Gender diversity

    Gender roles Gender agenda at work

    --- Womens access to career opportunities

    --- Work and family conflicts--- Masculine corporate cultures

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    Personality Disorders

    A personality disorder is basically a set of

    traits that combine to negatively affect the

    individual.

    Patterns of perceiving, reacting, and relatingto other people and events that are relatively

    inflexible.

    Impair a person's ability to function socially.

    Respond inappropriately to problems. Personality disorders vary in severity.