Week  #2

Personality and Self-Esteem 

Notes referenced from or revision of: 

Pearson Health

by Pruitt, Allegrante,Prothrow-Stith

Chapter 2

Personality and Self-Esteem

 

Monday:

Turn In:

Complete the 16personalities quiz at 16personalities.com

1. Email the results to Ms. Dahl

2. Write one paragraph about your personality

 

Vocabulary:

1. Extroversion and Introversion are used to describe how much you like being with other people. Preferences for social stimuli high (extroversion) and low (introversion).

 

Tuesday:

Turn In:

Detailed notes for the day

 

Vocabulary:

1. Personality: consists of the behaviors, attitudes, feelings and way of thinking that make you an individual.

 

There are two factors which impact personality development:

1. Heredity/Nature: The genetics which you are born with. Example: Gender, eye color, genetic disposition for disease

2. Environment/Nurture: Includes family, friends and culture. Example: a mother teaching her child how to cook.

Stages of personality development:

1. Develop trust: At this stages infantes learn to trust their parents or other adults who care for their needs.

2. Learn to be independent: At this stage 18 month to 3 year olds learn to control their own bodies and begin to become independent.

3. Take initiative: During this stage 3 to 6 year olds begin planning their own activities including fantasy play.

4. Develop skills: At this stage 6 to 12 year olds start to develop skills which they will use through the rest of their lives.

5. Search for Identity: Ages 12 to 20 where people search for their values, hobbies and who they want to become.

6. Establish Intimacy: At this stage people form close connections or friendships with other people.

7. Create and Nurture: In older age people help to raise the younger generation. This occurs whether they are relatives or not.

8. Look Back with Acceptance: At the end of life this stage is when people look back to see if they are satisfied with their life and accomplishments.

 

Wednesday:

Turn In:

Write one paragraph which explains where you are on the Hierarchy of needs and why.

 

The Hierarchy of Needs

1. Know the five levels and be able to explain the information which fits into each category

   1. Physical Needs: The needs to live. Ex: Food/Water/Air

   2. Safety: Emotional, Mental, Physical Safety should be achieved through behavior, social interactions and wise consumer use.

   3. Belonging: Forming a deep connection with other people.

   4. Esteem: Refers to how much you respect yourself, your confidence and your overall self value.

   5. Self-Actualization: Highest potential is reached

 

Vocabulary:

1. Self-esteem: refers to how much you respect and like yourself.

2. Self-Actualization: The process by which people achieve their highest potential.

 

Thursday:

Turn In:

Put together a script/dialog that demonstrates the 5 stages of expressing anger in a healthy way.

 

Expressing Anger in a Healthy Way:

1. Accept your feelings: Understand and identify your emotion as anger. Barrign your emotion will not make it go away but may cause it to escalate.

2. Identify your trigger: Understand what makes you angry so that you can identify your trigger.

3. Describe your response: Write down what happened in your journal so that you can analyze the event.

4. Seek constructive alternatives:

   1. Address the problem

   2. Release excess energy

   3. Avoid certain situations

   4. Avoid destructive behaviors

   5. Ask for help

5. Evaluate your progress: Discuss your approach to anger and evaluate it as you handle the emotions.

 

Friday:

Turn in:

A paragraph of self reflection to identify your coping and defense mechanisms for emotions. Identify how you can handle emotions in a healthy way.

 

Vocabulary:

1. Emotion: is a reaction to a situation that involves your mind, body and behavior.

2. Primary emotions: are emotions that are expressed by people in all cultures.

3. Learned emotions: emotions that are not expressed in the same way by all people.

4. Coping Strategy: a way of dealing with an uncomfortable or unbearable feeling or situation.

5. Defense Mechanisms: coping strategies that help you to protect yourself from difficult feelings.

 

Common Defense Mechanisms:

1. Denial: Refusal to recognize an emotion or problem

2. Compensation: making up for weakness in one area by excelling in another area

3. Rationalization: making excuses for actions or feelings

4. Reaction Formation: Behaving in a way opposite to the way you feel

5. Projection: putting your own faults onto another person

6. Regression: Returning to immature behaviors to express emotions