How the PERSONALITY developed?

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#1 Causes and Process of PESRONALITY development

 

Today, I will write down about causes and process of PESRONALITY development.

 

Diverse personality of each people

 

There are 2 types of causes for Personality building up.

ⓐ Inborn Factor ⓑ Acquired factor

 

ⓐ "Inborn factor" would be built from genetic things from parents.

ⓑ "Acquired factor" would be built from environmental things like parenting style, friends or surround.

 

You may think that the personality would be built up by education or environmental factors,

But many psychologists believe that the "Inborn factor influence would be over 50%"in Personality built up process.

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#2 Inborn Factor: Identical twin experiment

 

Telling about how this theory is supported,

You may know about the "Identical twin" that has very similar genetic factors for each other.

 

 

Some psychologists decided to make the psychological experiment with Identical twins like below.

 

Process 1) If they are grown up in same environment with this similar genetic, the will get similar personality surely.

Process 2) Lets study the case of identical twin that grown up from totally different environment.

Process 3) after they are grown up, We would made personality test and check the similarity

 

We call it "Identical twin experiment"

This "Identical twin experiment" is used in diverse aspects over the psychological experiment,

To prove the theories are from genetic factor or not.

 

In conclusion of the experiment, As you expected the similarity of personality test was high.

 

Cf) There was an article I read before, but I cannot find this article.

The Article said the story about separated identical twin meet again when they grow up as a same job, the police.

Of course, this is not a case that prove personality is form genetic factor 100%, but it is unexpected isn’t it?

 

Anyway the psychologist started to believe the power of genetic factor in personality, based on this experiment

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#3 Acquired factor: Parenting

 

Of course, the acquired factors are also strong. It is still 50%!

But personality development is usually effected by "Attitudes of parents", "Form of relationship", "Form of affection"

Not by "Teaching by rote" or "Education"

 

For example, if parents made the attitude of ambivalence to their children,

or if children could not get enough affection because parents are dual-career couple,

these kind of situational environment can effect to character development of their child.

 

As I wrote before, All the people has inborn personality.

The acquired personality is developed based on this these inborn personalities.

Thus, Even if child named "A" and "B" got same amount of affection,

The personalities of "A" between "B" would be different surely.

 

If "A" is born with personality that doesn’t need affection, Lack of affection would be fine to "A"

But, If "B" is born with personality that need enough affection,

Lack of affection might make "B" got hysteric personality disorder.

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#4 Acquired factor: "Trauma" and "continuous stimulus"

 

"Trauma" or "continuous certain stimulus" can affect to personality development.

Let’s suppose the student named "C" was bullied in school like below.

 

Ex1) When he was going to sit, the other kids suddenly get rid of chair.

Ex2) at lunchtime, someone suddenly hit his head in the back.

 

Then "C" might goes crazy.

With these harassment, "C" goes to be anxious person.

 

Cause, Even if "C" try to be stable, "C" still get attacked somewhere.

That kind of environment makes "C" be nervous all the time.

And, these continuous nervous status might make "C" get anxious personality.

 

Even when he became adult, he would still feel anxiety all the time.

He could doubt anyone has willing to give him a favor.

 

Cause "C" got schema like this.

"I should be always be wary"

 

With this process, this optimistic personality can be turn into careful and uneasy personality.

 

Until this, I told about the "traumatic" case,

below would be "continuous stimulus" case.

 

Let’s suppose "D" had little bit ugly face.

So, "D" decided to get plastic surgery, and the result was successful.

 

 

"D" used to be passive and introverted because "D" was not confident in my appearance in the past.

But, now "D" turn to hot, and other people starts flattering him.

 

Then "D" would be changed little by little.

"Because people treat me like this, I have to be an outgoing person according to what people expect."

 

In this way, "continuous stimulus" can make personality transformation.

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#5 Finishing the article

 

People might like or dislike their own personality.

Still, some psychologist insist "Personality is not changeable thing"

 

Personally, I do not agree with that opinion.

Personality could be change, If owner efforts hard.

But, the process of change might takes long time at least 1 year.

 

So, if you dislike your own personality,

Please do not take it like "Yeah... This is me! What am I supposed to do?”

Making a deep consideration and strategy like "How can I change" is more recommendable attitude.

 

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