Define
Define the term defense mechanism.
are coping strategies that help you to protect yourself from difficult feelings.
Two factors that influence your personality
Environment
Heredity
Explain the importance of being able to recognize your emotions.
Its the first important step toward dealing with them in healthful ways
Self Actualization
process by which you people achieve their full potential.
Three parts of your environment that influence personality development.
Family
Friends
Culture
Explain one helpful way of coping with emotions
write it down
Emotions
is a reaction to a situation that involves your mind, body, and behavior.
five central traits used to define personality
Extroversion
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness
Emotional Stability
Openness to Experiences
Happiness, sadness, anger and fear are examples of
Primary Emotions
Coping Strategy
is a way of dealing with an uncomfortable or unbearable feeling or situation.
Stages of Personality development according to Erikson
Develop trust
Learn to be independent
Take Initiative
Develop Skills
Search for identity
Establish Intimacy
Create and Nurture
Look Back with Acceptance
Love, guilt and shame are examples of
Learned Emotions
Reaction Formation
Behaving in a way opposite of how you feel.
Ways to improve your self-esteem
Make a list of strength and weakness
Set Ambitious goals
Do not be hard on yourself
Rely on Values
Learn to accept compliments
Look beyond your own concerns
Do not focus to much on appearance
Abraham Maslows
Created the Hierarchy of needs