Understanding Personality: Traits, Structure, and Development

What is Personality?

The term personality refers to a set of features that are more or less stable, not fixed, but constantly evolving and unique, that identifies an individual. The features that form it are shaped by temperament, personal characteristics, and character.

Temperament, Emotions, and Feelings

Everyone is born with a temperament, which manifests in the form of emotions. It acts as an instinctive reaction of self-defense, and its expression is purely hormonal.

It is important to clarify

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Cognitive Impairment in Dementia: Symptoms and Diagnosis

Cognitive Impairment in Dementia

This article discusses the most relevant aspects of some of the more frequent cognitive symptoms of dementia. We review the superior functions that are altered during the evolutionary process of dementia, taking Alzheimer’s disease with amnesic syndrome-aphasic-apraxic-agnostic as a paradigm. Then, we analyze the clinical differences between the most common dementias: cortical and subcortical.

Introduction

A few years ago, the concept of dementia was always related

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Understanding Learning: Theories, Types, and Strategies

Understanding Learning

Definition

The definition of learning is complex, with many different points of view. It can be defined as a process by which a new behavior is acquired, an old behavior is modified, or a behavior is extinguished as a result of experience or practice. Learning is how living creatures adapt to survive environmental changes. Maturation is required to learn and adapt to the environment appropriately.

Theories of Learning

There are two main theories of learning:

  • Behavioral theory
  • Cognitive
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Cognitive Learning and Human Behavior

Cognitive Learning: An Active Process

Cognitive learning is an active process by which an individual modifies their behavior, giving a personal meaning to what is learned. Cognitive psychology is a school of psychology that deals with the study of cognition, i.e., the mental processes involved in knowledge. Its object of study includes the basic mechanisms whereby knowledge is drawn from perception, memory, and learning, until the formation of concepts and logical reasoning.

Human Memory

Human memory

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Peak Performance in Sports: Mental Strategies for Athletes

Chapter 9: Psychological Characteristics of Peak Performance

  • Total immersion in the activity
  • Thoughts focused on the present moment, not distractible
  • Feeling in complete control
  • Time/space disorientation (usually slowed down)
  • Feeling that performance was automatic and effortless, being on “autopilot”
  • Control over emotion, thoughts, and arousal
  • Highly self-confident, loss of fear—no fear of failure
  • Physically and mentally relaxed
  • Limited or no recall of the event
  • Highly energized
  • Fun, enjoyable, and rewarding

Flow

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Key Psychological Theories in Education and Child Development

Psychological Theories in Education

Humanist Theory

Empirical Learning Theories

Carl Rogers created a climate conducive to educational focus, in order to take over itself, creating positive attitudes to integrate better in all areas and strata, get greater tolerance for unpleasant and frustrating situations, and achieve better overall adaptation. Rogers distinguished two types of learning:

  • Rote Learning (traditional education, cognitive or empty)
  • Existential Learning (true learning, experiential or important)
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