Personality Development

Personality Development 2(1+1)

Lesson 8 : Development of Personality- Humanistic Perspective

Definition of self

Jersild defines self in the following terms:

Is there oneself or many?

Psychologists are of the opinion that there are many different self presentations based on

• The people we interact with
  
• The social environment we are present in
  
• Our own personal feelings and moods

Why we present different selves?

• We have learnt that it is expected of us.
  
• We have learnt that it is necessary if we want people to love us.