From this past unit in psychology it was eye-opening to see all the different factors that come into play when a person’s personality is being crafted in their life. There are five major contributing factors to personality: psychodynamic influences, genetic influences, environmental influences, cultural influences, and personal influences. While some of these may seem more obvious than others, the one that struck me the most was how genetics can play a huge role in aspects such as spender versus saver. Before learning about all of this, I believed things like this to just be influenced on the style of parenting that one experienced. While this may be partially true, it makes sense as to why genes are really the key ingredient in affecting this part of your
From this past unit in psychology it was eye-opening to see all the different factors that come into play when a person’s personality is being crafted in their life. There are five major contributing factors to personality: psychodynamic influences, genetic influences, environmental influences, cultural influences, and personal influences. While some of these may seem more obvious than others, the one that struck me the most was how genetics can play a huge role in aspects such as spender versus saver. Before learning about all of this, I believed things like this to just be influenced on the style of parenting that one experienced. While this may be partially true, it makes sense as to why genes are really the key ingredient in affecting this part of your