Ch 2. Personality, Self-Esteem and Emotions

Personality

• A set of behaviors, attitudes, feelings and ways of thinking that are unique to an individual.

• A person who is always happy and wants to make others happy all the time.

• Individuals who are similar in their interests and choices they make.

• A set of similar behaviors that are found in every person. 

Modeling

• a person who wears clothes to sell them.

• an area of the personality that refers to fashion.

• learning how to behave by copying the behavior of others.

• showing others how to do something by demonstrating.

Peer Group

• an individual that is seeking to become part of a team or group.

• a group of people on opposite sides of a social, political or emotional issue.

• the one person you go to for advise on issues affecting your life. 

• a group of people who are about the same age and share similar interests.

Identity

• a sense of who you are
• a way people use to know who you are
• a sense of not knowing yourself
• introducing yourself to new people you meet

Self-Esteem

• others talking about how you act and treat others
• talking about yourself in a very positive way to others
• your opinion of yourself; how much you respect yourself and like yourself
• the opinion of others, how they respect you and like you

Self-Actualization

• realizing that you will not be able to ever change
• the process by which people achieve their full potential
• the process describes showing who you are

Emotion

• a reaction to a situation that involves the mind, body, and behavior
• showing people how you feel at all times
• an image on your phone used to express your emotions
• denying your feelings and ignoring things that happen to you

Primary Emotion

• the first emotion you feel when you react to events in your life
• Emotions that are learned from other people
• an emotion that is expressed by all people
• the first emotion you display when you wake up

Defense Mechanism

• A coping strategy that helps protect a person from difficult feelings
• the ability to defend yourself in a dangerous situation
• items used to help you protect yourself
• a feeling you get that helps you not get hurt

Learned Emotion

• an emotion whose expression depends on the social environment in which a person grows up
• emotions that one learned are forgotten over time 
• emotions that you can't forget
• emotiones used to express how easy it is to learn