Ideographic personality theory-Gordon W. Allport, "Personality: A Psychological Interpretation" (New York: Holt).
This is a logical and acceptable response to my question. I am curious how contingencies of reinforcement (B.F. Skinner) affect the central traits of soldiers. Would the combat training of an American soldier shape their response to combat in a different manner than the combat training of an Islamic soldier of ISIL? In other words do cultures and subcultures help shape central traits?
The growth of human body & physical structure is bound to change from childhood to adultscion period .This period is very important for every physcial line whether it may be a male or female .
It is this age with all the physical changes & structure in the physical play an very important part in every human body it is not only the period of growth but also covers his/her physical change which they have to accept it as either moral code ,ethics,willpower ,development ,& the way of behavior of the individual concerned .
Any human beings if they care of the above period may help them to offer the standing status of their career or otherwise of it.
If I understand you correctly, the mind affects the body and the body affects the mind, and this applies throughout one's lifetime. What about feelings? I have difficulty separating my thoughts from my feelings. For example, if I do not feel a compulsion or compelling interest to write about a given topic, I am never happy with the results of my efforts.
Two points might be of interest here. Firstly it is generally accepted that as we age we become less willing to accept change, the new and paradigm shifts. Kellys work on construct theory is a good way into this area. Another interesting point that I have thought about quite a lot recently is how we seem to experience time going by more quickly. There is a big literature on this but I dont find any of the proposed explanations totally convincing. One would have thought the duirnal rhythm was an anchor in this regard, but apparently not.
Bryan,
The idea of a correlation between the aging process and a changing circadian rhythm interests me. When I was a practicing pharmacist I noticed that more senior citizens have a need for somnifacients than younger people. I never did a scientific study about this, and my experience is limited to a few pharmacies. If such a correlation does exist between aging and insomnia, could it effect the central traits of the affected senior citizens?
Interesting idea valentine. Personal experience confirms your data and anecdotally with my peer group supports too. I hadn't made the connection. Archetypes also show increased irritability, which I think could be partly due to this?
Bryan,
I agree that archetypes can be affected by the aging process, particularly the Self, which represents a person's striving for unity, wholeness and completeness. I am particularly thinking of Jung's concept of the archetype. The Persona could also be affected as the aging person seeks to respond to the ever-changing demands of social convention influenced by advancing technology.
Val
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