The Enduring Self: Humanistic Perspective, The
Humanistic psychologists came to the forefront in the mid-twentieth century bridging the gap between the Freudian era and contemporary personality research. Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow were the forerunners of today's ..
The Enduring Self: Personality Inventories
In recent years personality inventories have become an increasingly common assessment tool in searching for a CiO or looking for a date. The key idea of an inventory is to determine the basic underlying dimensions of som..
The Enduring Self: Personality Traits-The Big Five
Today's personality researchers are mainly interested in investigating the basic dimensions of personality and its connection to behavior. They start with a few characteristics that are stable over time and can be captur..
The Enduring Self: Self Esteem
There are two facets to self esteem, one is your sense of self worth, and two is the feedback you receive from other people. The way performance feedback is processed depends on whether someone has high or low self estee..
The Enduring Self: Social-Cognitive Perspective, The
The social-cognitive perspective on personality takes into consideration the interplay between behavior, cognition and the environment. Albert Bandura shares his own background to illustrate why he sees human beings as c..
The Fabric of Health: Defining Health: Different Perspectives
Health is not a single state of being. It is a combination of factors which over time shape and mold the life of a human being. Various specialists in the field of health and medicine share their perspectives on the mean..
The Fabric of Health: Genetics and Health
DNA is a blueprint that determines our physical make up and influences the way we think and feel The transmittal of genes from parent to child occurs with very few "mistakes." Your DNA is 99.9% the same as your friend's,..
The Fabric of Health: Health Comparisons, the United States and Other Industrialized Nations
The United States is in the bottom quartile of industrialized countries in standard statistical and public health measures. The healthcare emphasis in the U.S. generally improves quality of life but not life expectancy. ..
The Fabric of Health: Health, a National and International Concern
The health of any nation is closely linked to the health of its people. The productivity of its workforce, the health of future generations, its very survival depend on it. Most countries have ministers of health or publ..
The Fabric of Health: Impact of Social and Environmental Factors on Health
The conditions in which people live play a critical role in their ability to maintain good health. People who live in the large slum areas that surround most cities sacrifice preventive care, treatment for illness, good ..