CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Cognitive theories of personality are based on thoughts and perceptions, not on biological factors such as genetics. Cognitive theories of personality focus on an individual’s self-perception, thoughts, what they value, and attitude toward life events.

Detailed explanation-2: -Psychoanalytic, humanistic, trait perspective and behaviorist theory are the four main personality theories.

Detailed explanation-3: -While there are many personality theories available to discuss, the following lesson provides information on the three main theories: psychodynamic, humanistic, and behaviorist. Let’s take a closer look at each of these and go over an example describing each theory in practice.

Detailed explanation-4: -Originally based on the works of Aaron Beck, M.D.. and Albert Ellis, Ph. D., CBT emerged from the observation that people react emotionally and behaviorally to events according to their interpretation of those events. In other words, our thoughts (cognitions) lead to our emotions and subsequent behavior.

Detailed explanation-5: -Behavioral personality theory, also known as behaviorism, is the study of human behavior that connects personality to one’s environment. Behaviorists believe that people learn behaviors through reward and punishment and that a person’s behavioral development is rooted in external forces in one’s environment.