Self and Personality Test - 3

Biological needs lead to the development of a biological self.

Studies indicate that by the age of 6 to7 years, children seem to have formed self-esteem at least in four areas: academic competence, social competence, physical/athletic competence, and physicalappearance, which become more refinedwith age.

Our capacity to view ourselves in terms of stable dispositions permits us to combine separate self-evaluations into ourselves’ general psychological image —this known as an overall sense of self-esteem.

The western view seems to hold clear dichotomies between self and other, man and nature, subjective and objective. The Indian view does not make such clear dichotomies.

In the Indian culture, the self is generally not separated from one’s own group; rather, both remain in a state of harmonious co-existence. But at the next moment, it seems to be completely withdrawn from it and focused fully on the individual self.

Many Asian cultures are characterised as collectivistic. The term personality often appears in our day-to-day discussion.

Personalitycharacterises individuals as they appear in most circumstances.

Each behavioural pattern refers to one type in which individuals are placed in terms of the similarity of their behavioural characteristics with that pattern. In contrast, the trait approach focuses on the specific psychological attributes along which individuals tend to differ inconsistent and stable ways.

They are more like stereotypes which people hold. Jung has proposed important typology by grouping people into introverts and extroverts.

H.J Eysenck proposed athird dimension, called psychoticism vs.sociability, which is considered to interact with the other two dimensions.