Psychology

BODY LANGUAGE

WHAT IS BODY LANGUAGE Would you believe that in real life situations, 60% to 80% of the messages that we convey to other people are transmitted through body language and the actual verbal communication accounts for only 7% to 10%? Our ability to use body language in a positive way and to read other people’s […]

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Personality Assessment Techniques

Personality Assessment Techniques Some of the important techniques of personality assessment can be broadly classified into the following three categories: 1. Subjective methods 2. Objective methods 3. Projective method 1. Subjective methods include: Autobiography, Case Study, Interview, Questionnaire, Diaries 2. Objective methods include: Observation, Anecdotal Record, Rating Scales, Situation Tests 3. Projective methods include: Rorschach

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Personality

Personality The term personality has been derived from the Latin word persona which means a mask. It was used by actors to hide and to act without being noticed by the audience. Layman’s View: Layman looks at personality from the point of view of the dress, manners facial expressions, etc, this is not true, however.

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Meaning Of Learning

Meaning Of Learning Learning is an aid to be equivalent to change, modification, development, improvement, and adjustment. It is not only confined to school learning but even cycling reading writing or typing, singing, effects, or impressions on the individual. We are going to give you an important definitions box given below which will help you

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Meaning Of Intelligence

Meaning Of Intelligence In day to day conversation, we are considered intelligent if he/she successfully confront general life situations. What is there in intelligence that contributes towards this success? Psychologists give some of the important definitions: “Intelligence means intellect put to use. It is the use of intellectual abilities for handling a situation or accomplishing

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Environment

Environment According to Boring Langfield & Weld, “A person’s environment consists of the sum total of the stimulation which he receives from his conception until his death.” In the words of Anastasi,” The environment is everything that affects the individual expects his genes”. Douglas and Holland say, “ the term environment is used to describe

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Heredity

Heredity Have you ever pondered over what heredity is? Heredity or nature is an inherited quality or tendency. It covers all those factors that were present in the individual when he began life, not at birth at the time of conception about nine months before birth (Woodworth). Floyd L. Ruch considers heredity as the totality

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Stages Of Development

Stages Of Development Our development can be viewed as taking place in the successive stage that is related to age. We pass through the following five stages of development: Infancy (birth to 2 years) Early childhood (2 to 5 or 6 years) Later childhood (6 to 12 years) Adolescence (12 to 21 years) Infancy period

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Growth and Development

Growth and Development Growth usually indicates physical development like height and weight. It means the increase and enlargement of the body or some parts of the body. This also means that which can be observed and measured in quantitative terms. Ordinarily, these changes occur. More during the early phase of life unto adolescence. Growth ceases

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