Personality Development Lesson 1: Knowing Oneself

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What do teenagers need to know to find where they belong?

Their strengths

Which of the following is not listed as a weakness?

  • Keeping anger and resentments
  • Being insecure
  • Being envious towards others
  • Faith, trust, and confidence (correct)

Match the following psychosexual stages with their corresponding erogenous zones:

Oral Stage = Mouth Anal Stage = Anus Phallic Stage = Genitals Latency Stage = Sexual Feelings Inactive Genital Stage = Maturing Sexual Interests

The latency stage occurs from ages 5 or 6 to adolescence.

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In Erik Erikson's psychosocial theory, the basic virtue for the trust vs. mistrust stage is ______.

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What is the major conflict during the anal stage?

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Knowing Oneself: Strengths and Weaknesses

  • Understanding personal strengths helps adolescents identify their place in the world.
  • Recognizing weaknesses is crucial for personal growth and overcoming limitations.
  • Strengths: Faith, confidence, excitement for life, courage, self-discipline.
  • Weaknesses: Envy, anger, ingratitude, arrogance, gullibility, insecurity, lack of interest.

Good and Bad Habits

  • Habits are often unconscious actions performed regularly.
  • Examples of Bad Habits:
    • Snacking without hunger
    • Excessive TV watching
    • Skipping breakfast
    • Overindulging in alcohol
    • Smoking

Ways to Stop Bad Habits

  • B: Be prepared for negative consequences of harmful habits.
  • A: Affirm commitment to change.
  • D: Develop alternative strategies to resist temptations.

Developmental Theories: Sigmund Freud's Psychosexual Theory

  • Proposed by Sigmund Freud emphasizing five psychosexual stages of personality development.
  • Oral Stage (0-1 year):
    • Erogenous Zone: Mouth
    • Activities like sucking and breastfeeding can lead to oral fixation in adulthood (e.g., smoking).
  • Anal Stage (1-3 years):
    • Erogenous Zone: Anus
    • Focus on toilet training leads to independence and accomplishment.
  • Phallic Stage (3-5/6 years):
    • Erogenous Zone: Genitals
    • Discovery of gender differences; introduces Oedipus and Electra complexes.
  • Latency Stage (5/6 years to Adolescence):
    • Sexual feelings are dormant. Focus shifts to intellectual and social development.
  • Genital Stage (Adolescence to Adulthood):
    • Erogenous Zone: Mature sexual interests.
    • Aim is to balance various life aspects.

Developmental Theories: Erik Erikson's Psychosocial Theory

  • Developed by Erik Erikson, focusing on social interactions throughout the lifespan.
  • Trust vs. Mistrust (0-1.5 years):
    • Basic virtue: Hope
    • Dependence on caregivers; inadequate care leads to mistrust.
  • Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (1.5-3 years):
    • Basic virtue: Will
    • Children gain independence and make choices; supportive environments foster autonomy.
  • Initiative vs. Guilt (3-6 years):
    • The stage was not detailed in the text but marks further exploration of independence and initiative.

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