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An eight page paper which looks at some of the theories regarding the development of personality and the importance of biological impulses, reward and punishment, environmental influences and other extraneous factors in the way that personality traits manifest themselves and behavioural patterns are modified.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JL5_JLPerson.rtf
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In order to consider whether personality is something which is fixed and immutable, or whether it is something which can be changed and altered by extraneous factors
over the course of time, it would be useful to consider the definition of personality and the way in which it relates to behavioural patterns and the individuals interaction with
society.
Some theorists
are of the opinion that personality is something which originates from a genetic basis, and that personality traits, like physical appearance, are something which are basically hereditary and static, although
the events which impinge upon an individuals life may effect minor variations especially in terms of behaviour patterns. Others maintain that personality is something which develops, in the main, over
the course of time and is heavily influenced by the way in which the individual interacts which those factors which affect them in the course of their life.
Freud
was one of the major exponents of the psychodynamic theory of personality development, and although his theories are now considered somewhat outdated and have been superseded by other models, there
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