Part II of Personality: Social

[tracy_d74]

Last time I looked at personality through a psychoanalytic lens. This week, Social theory is the focus. Albert Bandura, the originator, proposed that a person’s personality is the result of reciprocal determinism. WHAT? Oh, it sounds fancy, but in laymen’s terms it means that your personality is the result of the interaction between behaviors,

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[tracy_d74]

Ignore away. Where is this show you speak of?

I don't know if it goes to the DNA level. It certainly does impact her brain chemistry. Hmmm? Well, I suppose to some degree DNA can be involved. In psychology we talk about disorders being the result of stress-diathesis: a person is born with innate strengths and weaknesses and when his/her environment taxes her/his system beyond its innate ability, s/he experience a stress...and a disorder may appear. This underlies why people with Schizophrenia are often not diagnosed until late teens, early 20's. The stress of that MAJOR developmental change (going ot college, starting a trade, starting a family) taxes the body, the system is ill-equipped to address the strain = delusions and hallucinations. The family's relationship style before the disorder and post disorder is a GREAT predictor for how well the person will cope with Schizophrenia. So, another environmental factor will influence the person's thoughts and actions. It is all very fascinating...how the mind and body interact with the world. Fascinating.

[misha_mcg]

Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNnIGh9g6fA

[tracy_d74]

Merci! I watched part of it. Very interesting!

[misha_mcg]

I'm on the fifth one. It just gets better.

[tracy_d74]

When I hear lectures like that, it reminds me of WHY I majored in psychology.

[misha_mcg]

I wish I had! Jealousy...