PSYCHOLOGY

Let me take you back to your school days. Teacher was taking the New chapter. In the middle of his lecture he is shooting some questions. We notice that two or three students only answers immedietly just like a bullet. Some answers with some hesitation if specifically asked . Few students drop their head so as to hide from teacher's notice. The student who answers to almost all questions first beliefs himself that he can tell the answer. He always wants to be a superior student . what makes him to act so swiftly. That is the personal evaluation of himself. This is known as Self-Esteem. The California task force defines self-esteem as below. "appriciating my own worth and importance and having the character to be accountable for myself and to act responsibily towards others" The student who acts quickly has high self -esteem.The others have low or very low self Esteem. If the individual person with high self -esteem faces failure in a particular area in which he thinks him...

Personality is defined by Allport as below. “ Personality is the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustment to the environment” It is a complex structure of traits( mental structure) as viewed by Cattell. It is an inference made from the observed consistency in behaviour. Thinking, feeling and behaving constitute the methods of adjustment of individual towards Environment. The personality Traits may be positive or Negative. The positive traits make the individual to cope with the people and environment and events. The negative trait will produce loneliness, anxiety and failures. Through proper training and practice in the following areas the individuals personality can be developed. 1. Psychological (emotional) adjustment. 2. Self analysis 3. Self confidence. 4. Stress management. 5. Community activities. 6. Religion and culture. 7. Self hypnosis. 8. Assertiveness. 9. Anger control. 10. Interpersonal relationship. 11....