At the begining of reading this article I was disagreeing with the writers opinion. It talks about how people act differently depending on the surounding group (family, or friends, or classmates ect.). Its true that most people act differently but i didnt think this would be considered 'split personality'. As I read on it seems that the medical illness schizophrenia is often misunderstood as split personlaity..."Schizophrenic individuals, far from having split or multiple personalities, actually have a great struggle maintaining the coherence and integrity of even a single self." I'm still a bit confused, the symptoms of schizophrenia sounds like it causes more personlaities then one.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Split-Personality---A-Myth-or-a-Reality?&id=45153
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I thought about this "split personality" idea a lot. Now, when i think of people my self included, i think of how we act when we are a lone. . . would you say we act differently than we do when we are with are family? with friends? strangers? different groups of people? I don't like to call it split personalities, but rather, the many facades of an individual. When there is someone you might like or admire, you'd want to impress or maybe play hard to get. When you're at school you're a student, when you're at work you're a worker, when you're at a concert you are a fan. Each of these different cases evokes a slight change in the way you act, whether you choose to accept it or not. But it's not like one can't understand that and control it. what would be the point though? well how about consistency, being yourself all the time. . . but think about what yourself really is, and think about being that all the time, for the rest of your life, you'd think you'd want to change the channel once or twice.
I agree Linnea: split personalities are different for me than people acting certain ways in certain situations, with certain groups of people. I feel that a lot of people understand that, and I think that it is for the most part, without extremes pretty common and normal.
Where as mentally unstable people diagnosed with schizophrenia is abnormal. The constant, irrational, involuntary and psychotic personality flop is completely different.
Personality is the organization of biological Psychological, social, cultural and situational factors which underlie a person's behavior.
here some Determinants of personality Formation
1.Biological inheritance-"biological structure" - biological needs(food, house, cloth) - starting point of socialization
2.Geographical Environment - Location, Climate, topography and natural resources~"life style"
3.cultural Environment - learned ways of living and norms of behavior which are transmitted to the child thru social groups - "child - rearing"
4.social Environment - From birth the person undergoes a continuous process of social interaction known as socialization - Adaptation to a changing social order
(discipliny/punishment/reward)
The process of socialization - begins at birth and ends to death
a. Language is a system of signs and symbols with meaning
b. Socialization as Role Training
Role is the functional and dynamic aspect associated with a certain status
c. Ascribed and Achieved status
given to you from birth - male, female caution
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