PERSONALITY2004课件.pptVIP

PERSONALITY Defined Totality of a person’s unique biopsychosocial characteristics Consistently influence inner experience and behavior across the life span Does not change quickly or easily Development of Personality Freud, Erikson, Sullivan Importance of nurturance Biogenetics Gene transmission Social learning and cognitive theorists Acquired through cognitive processes interacting with environment Personality Disorders Collection of personality traits that have become fixed and rigid to the point that inner distress is experienced with behavioral dysfunction Lifelong pattern of behavior P