I am trying to understand the terminology of human potential from the point of view of modern psychological science. I work with teenagers after a long quarantine and, in fact, psychosocial deprivation. There are a lot of difficulties. I came to the need to restore the psychological potential of the individual in small groups (group lessons, rest, creativity). It is in such temporary groups (similar to a children's camp, but with a psycho-corrective component) that it is now possible to restore motivation, emotionality, activity, pro-social behavior and interest in life in adolescents. I want to write correctly about my experience and research.
Dear Tatiana,
I define self-potential as the creative process of making sense of our experience, finding. direction and purpose in life, setting goals, and making plans based on life purpose. Self- potential is closely related to the term self-development as it is used in personality psychology.
Psychological potential of children :
- The intellectual and mental abilities that kids achieve over time is also known as cognitive development. It includes things like language, memory, judgement, and problem-solving. The speed at which kids can think, the amount they can memorize, and the ability to think in abstract ideas all grow steadily with age. 4.
- As children grow and develop, they sometimes have trouble learning in school, difficulty concentrating, or problems getting along with others. When this happens, a psychological assessment can pinpoint where the difficulties lie. A psychological assessment offers insights into a child’s learning, social, behavioral and personality and indicate Psychological potential of children.
- Psychological potential of Adolescent :
Psychological Development in Adolescents | Psychology
- Shifts in Group Belongingness or Identification: A social group is a dynamic whole based on the interdependence of...
- Conflicts in Motivation: In modern western society there is a more or less permanent conflict between various...
- Cognitive Differentiation: The relative difference in degree of cognitive differentiation of life spaces of...
- Intensification of Self-Awareness: Self-awareness involves who and what a person is and what he does about it.
- Psychological well-being is the full achievement of one’s psychological potential .
Hi Tatiana,
I'd completely agree with the above, by Sandeep. The terminology can become quite grey when you factor for the subdisciplines within psychology (cognitive, behavioural, etc).
There are a wide range of topics that you could focus on and, I guess, depending on your rationale for writing about the concept of potential (whether it is to support other colleagues who work with adolescents, or as part of a paper), being aware and mentioning some theoretical components would be useful to give yourself a solid grounding. For example, Vygotsky and Bandura wrote religiously about the role of social interactions in influencing human behaviour, some of which were published in reference to the ZPD (Zone of Proximal Development) or the SCT (Social Cognitive Theory). They might give you some references to use.
My caveat to the above, is that a large portion of theories were developed without an understanding of how technology influences human behaviour (my research area!), and we still have no idea (well, some ideas, but it's complicated).
My advice would be to try and start some of the concepts and work your way up to the bigger areas.
More than happy to support :)
Psychological potential is a very broad concept. It may include one's capacity to conform, change, re-invent oneself, bounce back from adversity, etc. It may also be seen as one's capacity to muster psychological resources that may be conjured up in time of need.
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